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NEW    REMEDIES. 


DETROIT,  MICHIGAN,  U.  S.: 

PEINTEP  AT  THE  OFFICE  OF  THE  AMERICAN  OBSERVER,  Ko.  59  Wathk  Stmbkt. 


'    CHARACTERISTICS 

OF  THE 


NEW    REMEDIES. 


BY   EDWIN   M.  HALE,  M.  D. 

Formerly  Professor  of  Materia  Medica  and  Therapeutics :  now  Professor 

of  Medical  Botany,  Pharmacology  and  Therapeutics  of  the  New 

Remedies,  and  late  Special  Lecturer  on  Diseases  of  the 

Heart,  in  Hahnemann  Medical  College,  Chicago. 

Author  of  "  New  Remedies," 

"Lectures  on  Diseases  of  the  Hea7t"  etc.,  etc. 


THIRD   EDITION,  REMODELED  AND   RE-WRITTEN. 


DETROIT,  MICHIGAN  : 

PUBLISHED  AT  LODGE'S  HGMCEOPATHIC  PHARMACY,  57  a!id  59  WAYNE-8T. 

HiNRT  ToRNBR  &  Co.,  77  Fleet-strcet,  E.C.,  London.    Henry  Turner  &  Co.,  Manchester,  Enf. 

BoERiCKE  &  Tafkl.  Grand-Street,  New  York  niid  San  FranciRCO. 

Henrv  M.  Smith,  105  FourthAve.,C.T.Huui.BURT.  89S  Uroadway,  New  York. 

F.  E.  BoKHtcKB.  635  Arch-street,  A.  J.  Tafei.,  48th  North  Ninth-street,  Philadelphia. 

Otis  Clapp,  Boston.    H.C.G.  Luytiks,  St.  Louis.    Witte  &  Co.,  Cleveland. 

Halsbt  Bros.,  72  State  street,  Chicago.    {Smith  &  Worthinotojj,  Cincinnati. 

J.O.Backofen  &  Son,  Pittsburgh.    H.  T.  Appleby,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

1873- 


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Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1864,  by 

EDWIN    A.    LODGE, 

In  the  OflBlce  of  the  Clerk  of  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  of  Michigaa. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1866,  by 

EDWIN    A.    LODGE, 

In  the  Office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  of  Michigan. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1872,  by 

EDWIN   A.    LODGE, 

In  the  Office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington,  D.C. 


TO  THE 


HOMCEOPATHIC    PHYSICIANS 


OF 


NORTH  AMERICA  AND  ENGLAND, 


THIS  VOLUME  IS  RESPECTFULLY  DEDICATED 


BY 


THK      AUTHOR. 


N'^T^ 


PREFACE  TO  THIRD  EDITION. 


In  writing  the  first  and  second  editions  of  this  work,  it 
seemed  to  me  necessary,  or,  at  least,  important,  that  all  that 
was  known  relative  to  the  medicines  therein  mentioned,  should 
be  given,  because  the  homoeopathic  school  at  that  time  was 
quite  unacquainted  with  nearly  all  of  them. 

I  therefore  gave  the  botanical  description,  natural  history, 
medical  history,  chemical  analysis,  and  method  of  preparation 
of  each  remedy,  together  with  many  other  observations. 

Provings  were  also  given  in  full,  and  the  clinical  cases  pub- 
lished as  they  were  reported  to  me  by  various  physicians. 

In  writing  this  third  edition,  I  have,  after  due  consideration, 
omitted  the  descriptions,  history,  etc.,  of  the  remedies,  as  well 
as  the  voluminous  provings  and  reports  of  cases,  and  have 
given  only  those  symptoms  which  I  believe  to  be  peculiar  and 
characteristic,  or  have  been  verified  by  new  provings,  or 
clinical  experience.  I  have  also  added  over  eighty  medicines 
to  those  contained  in  the  second  edition,  and  have  treated  them 
in  the  same  manner  as  I  have  the  older  remedies,  namely : — 
condensed  the  provings,  clinical  experience,  etc.,  into  the 
smallest  compass  compatible  with  their  value.  The  former 
editions  contained  only  indigenous  vegetable  remedies.  This 
contains  agents  from  all  parts  of  the  world,  and  from  the 
animal,  vegetable  and  mineral  kingdoms.  I  have  attempted^to 
bring  our  information  of  these  agents  up  to  the  present  date  ; 


llt\ 


X.  PREFACE  TO  THIRD  EDITION. 

if  I  have  failed  it  has  not  been  from  any  indifference  in  the 
matter,  but  from  my  inability  to  find  any  further  material  and 
experience. 

The  reader  will  find  at  the  end  an  appendix  containing  some 
new  matter,  found  too  late  for  insertion  in  its  proper'  place  ;  a 
copious  clinical  index,  prepared  by  a  careful  colleague,  under 
my  supervision ;  and  a  complete  list  of  medicines  with  their 
synonyms. 

If  this  edition  shall  be  received  with'the  same  interest  as  the 
two  former,  I  shall  consider  myself  amply  repaid  for  the  labor 
I  have  bestowed  upon  it.  H. 

Chicago,  January  i,  1873. 


NEW  REMEDIES.  XI. 


PREFACE  TO  SECOND  EDITION. 


The  favorable  reception  which  the  first  edition  of  this  work  received 
from  the  homoeopathic  physicians  of  this  country  and  England,  induced 
me  to  prepare  a  second  edition, 

Another  reason  which  impelled  me  to  re-write  the  work,  was,  that  the 
first  edition  met  with  such  rapid  sale  that  at  the  expiration  of  two  years 
from  its  issue,  not  a  copy  was  for  sale  in  the  United  States.  This  fact  was 
as  much  an  encouragement  to  the  publisher  as  to  myself,  and  it  will 
doubtless  result  in  an  improvement  in  the  style  and  appearance  of  the 
second  edition. 

Not  only  was  I  encouraged  by  the  above,  but  by  other  inducements, 
namely  :  the  prompt  and  courteous  response  of  many  of  my  professional 
colleagues  to  my  request  for  new  provings  and  clinical  reports.  It  would 
be  invidious  to  mention  any  names  of  physicians,  when  so  many  have 
contributed  to  swell  our  knowledge  of  the  pathogenetic  and  curative 
powers  of  these  medicines.  I  cannot,  however,  in  justice,  omit  to  record 
my  acknowledgments  of  the  valuable  aid  received  from  the  members  of 
the  North-Western  Provers'  Association,  who  have  enriched  this  edition 
with  several  excellent  provings. 

The  names  of  all  the  contributors  and  provers  will  be  found  collected 
at  the  end  of  this  volume. 

When  it  is  understood  that  this  edition  contains  nearly  three  times  the 
amount  of  matter  included  in  the  former,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  task  has 
not  been  a  small  one. 

In  addition  to  the  medicines  mentioned  in  the  first  edition,  the  following 
have  been  added  :  Agave,  Alnus,  Ampelopsis,  Aralia,  Asarum,  Asclepias 
incarnata.  Cactus,  Cerasus,  Chelone,  Cistus,  Comocladia,  Corydalis, 
Erechthites,  Euonymus,  Frasera,  Galium,  Geranium,  Gnaphalium  polycep- 
halum,  Gymnocladus,  Hedeoma,  Hepatica,  Juglans,  Lachnanthes,  Lobelia, 
Lycopus,  Mitchella,  Myrica,  Nabulus,  Nymphaea,  Pulsatilla  Nuttalliana, 
Rhus  glabra,  Rhus  venenata,  Stillingia,  Triosteum  and  Zizia  ;  thirty-five 
in  all ;  two-thirds  as  many  as  were  contained  in  the  first  edition.  Not 
only  are  these  new  remedies  added,  but  new  matter  is  added  to  every  one 
of  the  other  medicines,  either  in  new  pathogenetic  observations  or  clinical 
experience.  Of  many  of  the  first  medicines,  new  and  valuable  re-provings 
have  been  made.  The  other  additions  of  the  second  edition  are,  the  com- 
plete botanical  description,  natural  history,  and  medical  history  of  each 
medicine. 

Pharmacological  observations  of  a  practical  character  are  made  con- 
cerning each  remedy.  The  officinal  preparations  are  also  designated. 
These  practical  additions  will  do  away  with  the  necessity  felt  for  a 
pharmacopoeia  of  the  new  remedies,  until  a  complete  Homoeopathic  Dis- 
pensatory shall  be  published. 

Of  some  of  the  medicines  added  to  this  edition  no  provings  have  been 
made,  and  the  clinical  experience  is  almost  entirely  wanting.  This  was 
the  case  with  several  of  the  medicines  in  the  former  issue  ;  but  their 
appearance  called  attention  to  them,  provings  were  instituted,  they  were 
used   in    practice,  and    are  now  valuable    additions    to    our    Materia 


Xii.  PREFACE  TO   SECOND    EDITION. 

Medica.    This,  I  believe,  will  be  the  case  with  the  unproven  medicines  in 
this  edition. 

Partly  through  an  inadvertence,  one  of  the  medicines  of  the  former 
edition  has  been  omitted  from  this,  namely,  the  Silphium  laciniatum. 
No  provings  of  this  plant  were  communicated  to  me,  nor  any  clinical 
experience.  Its  omission,  therefore,  will  not  be  much  loss  to  the  pro- 
fession. That  it  has  some  active  and  useful  properties  I  do  not  doubt, 
and  at  some  future  day  it  may  be  again  introduced  iuto  our  Materia 
Medica. 

Since  the  first  appearance  of  this  work,  various  critics  in  our  school 
have  expressed  doubts  as  to  the  propriety  of  introducing  clinical  testimony 
drawn  from  allopathic  and  eclectic  sources.  These  objections  were  fully 
answered  through  the  columns  of  the  American  Homoeopathie  Observer ^ 
and  Medical  Investigator.  That  my  views  in  this  matter,  which  I  con- 
sider to  be  logical  and  scientific,  may  be  known  to  my  colleagues,  I  here- 
with again  present  them  for  consideration. 

"  In  my  private  correspondence  I  am  frequently  asked  the  question, 
'Why  do  you  quote  allopathic  authorities  in  your  New  Remidies  and  other 
writings.'  In  some  of  the  periodicals  of  our  school  I  find  the  same  ques- 
tion asked.  In  other  words,  the  questioners  ask  :  'Can  allopathic 
authority,  or  their  cures,  become  of  value  to  the  homoeopathician  ? ' 

"  I  answer,  *  Their  bald  dictum  cannot,  but  their  cures  can.'  I  propose 
to  state  the  reasons  for  this  belief.  But  first,  I  would  ask  the  reader  to 
glance  over  the  pages  of  the  '  Introduction '  to  that  immortal  work  of 
Hahnemann,  the  *  Organon.'  He  will  there  find  page  after  page  occupied 
with  a  concise  narration  of  allopathic  cures.  He  makes  such  testimony 
contribute  to  the  proof  of  the  homoeopathic  law,  and  intimates,  in  the 
strongest  language,  that  all  the  cures  were  homceopathic.  I  have  only  fol- 
lowed, humbly  I  admit,  in  the  footsteps  of  our  great  Master. 

"  It  is  true  that  in  writing  of  new  and  unproven  remedies,  I  have  quoted 
all  medical  authors,  but  not  as  authority,  except  in  certain  cases.  I 
mention  their  alleged  cures  for  the  purpose  of  drawing  attention  to  the 
successful  uses  of  the  medicines  in  certain  diseases.  I  mention  their 
theoretical  deductions  and  even  their  crude  recommendations,  thinking 
that  perhaps  .ve  may  get  a  little  grain  out  of  the  great  amount  of  such 
chaff,  It  must  be  recollected  that  I  had  little  or  no  homoeopathic  experi- 
ence to  draw  from,  and  had  to  use  such  material  as  I  could  find.  That 
such  mention  of  allopathic  and  eclectic  experience  was  not  productive  of 
injury,  the  contents  of  the  second  edition  will  prove.  The  valuable  use  of 
Caulophyllum,  Dioscorea,  and  many  other  medicines,  first  came  to  us 
from  that  source,  yet  our  school  has  since  verified  the  reality  of  their 
cures — and  more  ;  they  have  proved  that  such  cures  were  made  homeo- 
pathically,  because  the  medicines  are  capable  of  causing  similar  affections. 

"It  seems  strange  to  some  of  our  school  that  because  allopathists  use 
such  massive  doses,  they  can  make  any  cures  at  all.  But  a  cure  is  a  fact. 
We  can  not  explain  it  away.  The  testimony  of  a  physician  of  one  school 
is  as  good  as  that  of  another,  provided  his  alleged  cure  was  made  with 
one  medicine  given  singly. 

"  No  proposition  is  more  generally  accepted  in  our  school  than,  that  a 
dose,  to  be  homoeopathic,  need  not  be  a  high  potency  dose.  The  true 
definition  of  a  homeopathic  dose  is,  atiy  quantity  of  medicine  capable  of 
effecting  a  cure.  If  we  do  not  admit  this,  we  must  admit  that  allopathists 
cure  by  virtue  of  the  law  of  contraria,  and  if  we  do  this,  we  give  them 
vantage  ground  at  once.  All  cures  are  Homoeopathic  cures,  whether  made 
with  the  2ooth,  or  with  grain  doses  of  the  crude  drug.  For  example, 
Hahnemann  cured  a  severe  case  of  colicodynia  with  Veratrum  album — 
"four  powders,  each  containing  four  grains"*    of  the  crude  powdered 

*  Leiiii«r  Wiitingi. 


PREFACE  TO  SECOND  EDITION.  xiil. 

root.  Although  the  patient  took  two  powders  a  day,  instead  of  one,  and 
aggravated  the  pain  temporarily,  yet  it  was  as  brilliant  a  cure  as  ever 
Hahnemann  made  with  the  30th  potency. 

"The  remarkable  cures  made  by  eclectics  with  Caulophyllum  and 
Dioscorea,  were  made  with  material  doses.  Are  such  cures  to  be  denied 
and  pronounced  worthless?  If  so,  then  Hahnemann's  cure  with  Veratrum 
must  be  placed  in  the  same  list.  I  do  not  say  that  such  material  doses 
are  necessary  to  the  cure  ;  but  if  they  remove  suffering,  or  prevent  danger- 
ous conditions,  let  us,  instead  of  ignoring  them,  claim  the  remedies  as  gifts 
of  Providence,  and  by  experience  show  that  they  really  cure  according  to 
our  law. 

"  If  an  eclectic  cures  a  cough  of  long  standing  and  gfrave  character  with 
crude  doses  of  Rumex  or  Sanguinmia,  is  not  the^cure  as  good,  as  homeo- 
pathic, as  though  made  by  joslin  or  Hering,  with  the  30th  or  200th 
dilution  ? 

"  Those  who  are  familiar  with  my  theory  of  the  action  of  medicines,  and 
the  law  of  dose  deduced  therefrom,  need  not  be  told  that  I  would  consider 
that  where  an  allopathist  does  not  use  a  drug  in  a  certain  disease,  for  fear 
of  aggravations,  that  the  drug  is  primarily  homeopathic  to  such  disease, 
and  must  be  used  in  a  high  dilution  ;  also,  that  when  the  opposite  school 
cure  a  disease  or  condition  with  material  doses,  as,  for  instance,  uterine 
inertia,  wirh  Ergot  or  Caulophyllum,  paralysis  with  Nux  vomica,  etc.,  the 
drug  must  be  seconda*-ily  homeopathic  to  the  condition,  and  will  generally 
act  better  in  the  lower  dilutions. 

"  Our  course,  as  consistent  homeopathicians,  is,  to  claim  ALL  CURES 

AS  MADE  BY  THE  LAW  OF  SIMILIA  AND  PROVE  THEM  TO  BE  SUCH,  aS  did 

Hahnemann.     The  law  discovered  by  our  great  master  is  all-embracing, 
universal,  and  the  sooner  his  followers  adopt  this  proposition,  the  better  it 
will  be  for  the  honor  and  influence  of  our  school." 
Chicago,  January,  1867.  H. 


xiv.  NEW  REMEDIES. 


PREFACE  TO  FIRST  EDITION. 


The  object  in  the  preparation  of  this  work  has  been  to  furnish  the  physi- 
cians and  students  of  the  homoeopathic  school  of  medicine,  with  full  and 
accurate  information  relative  to  a  class  of  remedies,  mostly  indigenous, 
but  few  of  which  have  had  any  place  in  the  published  Homoeopathic 
Materia  Medica.  Some  of  the  provings  have  been  incorporated  into  the 
Symptomen  Codex  (Phytolacca,  Podophyllum  and  Sanguinarid),  others 
have  been  published  in  the  various  journals  of  our  School  {Rumex,  Cunici- 
fuga,  Cornus  c.  etc.,)  but  the  great  majority  have  never  been  proven  until 
now,  and  the  only  mention  of  them  has  been  in  occasional  clinical  or 
empirical  suggestions.  To  the  first  and  second  classes  I  have  added  many 
pathogenetic  symptoms  gleaned  from  various  sources,  re-provings,  poison- 
ings, etc.,  and  added  also  all  the  clinical  observations  that  could  be  col- 
lected from  reliable  sources.  The  latter  class  may  be  divided  into  two 
others  ;  namely,  those  which  have  been  proven,  and  those  of  which  we 
have  only  empirical  data  upon  which  to  base  clinical  use,  and  suggestive 
or  theoretical  deductions. 

As  we  gather  experience  in  the  use  of  these  remedies,  and  institute 
accurate  provings,  the  necessity  for  these  suggestions  and  theoretical 
deductions  will  be  done  away.  Each  physician  should  consider  himself 
bound  to  collect  all  the  symptoms  which  are  really  pathogenetic,  and  note 
down  all  reliable  curative  experience  belonging  to  these  medicines,  and 
faithfully  report  the  same  to  our  journals. 

The  causes  which  led  me  to  investigate  the  properties  and  virtues  of  the 
remedies  mentioned  in  the  following  pages,  will  be  patent  to  every  pro- 
gressive mind.  After  using  for  many  years  those  invaluable  remedies 
found  in  our  standard  Materia  Medica,  most  of  which  were  handed  down 
to  us  by  Hahnemann  and  his  colleagues,  I  found  that  although  their  cura- 
tive scope  was  very  wide,  it  did  not  apparently  include  many  symptoms 
and  diseases.  I  was  led  to  investigate  the  field  of  indigenous  remedies  for 
these  reasons  :  (i)  the  suggestion  of  Teste*  that  plants  are  adapted  to 
cure  the  diseases  which  infest  the  same  localities  :  and  (2)  the  many  cures 
which  had  come  under  my  observation,  made  by  these  remedies  in  the 
hands  of  eclectic  and  domestic  practitioners  (some  of  the  cases  will  be 
mentioned  in  the  body  of  this  work.)  These  reasons,  together  with  a 
natural  ambition  to  enlarge  the  sphere  of  Homoeopathic  Materia  Medica 
induced  me  to  throw  away  all  prejudice,  and  devote  my  energies  to  the 
task  of  introducing,  by  provings  and  clinical  experience,  the  indigenous 
medicines  which  so  largely  abound  in  the  United  States.  A  few  others 
had  started  before  me,  and  Cimicifuga,  Cornus,  Podophyllum,  and  Sangui- 
naria  had  been  proven,  and  their  pathogeneses  published.  But  from  some 
cause  they  have  not  attracted  the  attention  which  they  deserve.  After 
several  years  spent  in  the  investigation  and  study  of  the  new  remedies, 
publishing  from  time  to  time  items  from  my  experience  with  them,  I  was 
induced  to  attempt  the  work  of  collecting  all  that  had  been  published 
concerning  the  indigenous  plants  of  this  country,  and  to  add  to  such  all 

*  "  Introduction  to  Materia  Medica  " 


PREFACE  TO  FIRST  EDITION.  ;  XV. 

the  knowledge,  clinical  and  theoretical,  which  could  be  gleaned  from  my 
colleagues,  together  with  my  own. 

To  this  I  have  taken  the  liberty  of  adding  the  testimony  and  empirical 
experience  of  physicians  of  the  allopathic  and  eclectic  schools,  relative  to 
the  medicines  under  consideration.  If  any  object  to  this  method,  I  would 
refer  them  to  the  writings  of  Hahnemann  and  his  colleagues, — Dudgeon, 
Madden  and  Drysdale,  of  England  ;  Teste  and  Roth,  of  France  ;  and 
Joslin,  Marcy,  Hempel,  and  others  of  this  country.  I  contend  that  the 
experience  of  others,  besides  members  of  the  Homoeopathic  school,  is 
often  useful  in  building  our  pathogeneses,  and  adding  to  reliable  clinical 
knowledge. 

I  shall  not  be  held  responsible  for  the  opinions  of  any  writer  quoted  in 
the  following  pages.  Let  each  be  judged  upon  his  own  merits.  I  do  not 
claim  that  this  work  is  in  any  way  complete.  Indeed,  I  shall  be  satisfied 
if  it  is  only  pronounced  by  the  profession  as  eminently  suggestive.  Many 
of  the  provings  are  very  imperfect,  and  some  of  the  clinical  remarks,  open 
to  criticism.  Let  the  wheat  be  separated  from  the  chaff  by  the  inexorable 
test  of  honest  trial. 

Chicago,  July  1864.  H. 


XVi.  NEW  REMEDIES. 


EXPLANATION    OF    SYMBOLS. 


Symptoms  without  a  symbol  prefixed,  are  simply  pathogen- 
etic ;  if  in  italics,  they  may  be  considered  important,  or  of 
constant  appearance  in  the  provings. 

A  •  signifies  that  the  symptom  is  pathogenetic,  and  has 
been  verified  by  cures, 

A  o  signifies  that  clinical  experience  has  proven  the 
medicine  to  be  curative  for  that  symptom  or  condition. 

In  a  few  cases  the  letter  (v)  has  been  used  to  indicate  a 
verification.  The  letters  (p)  and  (s)  have  been  used  to 
deslgnaitc  primary  and  secondary  symptoms. 


ABIES  CANADENSIS. 
(Hemlock  Spruce.) 

Analogues  : — ^sculus,  (f)  Copaiva,  (?)  Nux.  (?) 
Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture   of  the   bark   and 
buds. 

HEAD. 
A  "  tipsy "  feeling ;    a   swimming   of  the   head.      He  feels 
"  light-headed." 

GASTRIC   SYMPTOMS. 
Gjiazvingjiungry,  faint  feeling  at  the  epigastrium. — (Gatchell.) 
A  tendency  to  eat  far  beyond  the  capacity  for  digestion. — (lb.) 
Distension  at  the  epigastrium,  with  increased  action  of  the 
heart. — (lb,) 
o  Canine  hunger,  with  torpid  liver. — (lb.) 
O  Dyspepsia — or  very  weak  digestion. — (Gatchell,  Beckwith.) 


ACALYPHA    INDICA. 

(Indian  Acalypha.) 

A  plant  found  in  the  East  Indies.  Proved  by  Dr.  Tonnere, 
of  Calcutta. 

Analogues  : — A  mica  (?)  Hamamelis  (?)  Ipecacuanha  (?) 
Calcarea  carbonica  (?)  Millefolium  (?) 

Officinal  preparations: — Tincture  of  the  plant;  dilu- 
tions. 

RESPIRATORY    ORGANS. 
*  Dry  cough,  followed  by  spitting  of  blood, 
o  Hcemoptysis.      The  patient  had  tuberculous  affection  of  the 

upper  portion  of  left  lung,  with  expectoration  of  blood ; 

in   the  morning,  pure  blood  ;  in  evening,  dark  lumps  of 

clotted  blood  ;  the  fits  of  coughing  were  very  violent  at 

night.    In  this  case  the  haemoptysis  did  not  return. — {Dr. 

Tonnere.) 
o  HcBinoptysis   in  three   cases   of    consumption,    in    the   last 

stage. — (/^.) 
o  Haemoptysis,  with  loss  of  voice  ;  the  bleeding  stopped,  but 

the  disease  progressed. — ( Thomas.) 


1 8  ^SCULUS    GLABRA. 

o  Haemorrhage  from  the  lungs,  a  severe  case,  after  other  rem- 
edies had  failed. — {Holcombe.) 
[Used  in  the  above  cases  in  the  6th,  7th  and  loth  dilutions.] 


iESCULUS  GLABRA. 

(Ohio  Buckeye.) 

Analogues: — ^sculus  hippocastanum,  Aloes,  Collinsonia, 
Cocculus,  Gymnocladtis,  Ignatia,  Nux  nomica. 

A  large  tree,  growing  abundantly  in  the  rich  alluvial  bot- 
tom lands  of  Ohio,  and  other  States  watered  by  the  Ohio  river. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  prepared  from  the 
bark  and  whole  fruit,  and  triturations  of  the  whole  fruit. 

Sphere  of  action. — An  irritant  of  the  cerebro-spinal  sys- 
tem ;  affects  the  intestinal  canal,  and  probably  the  liver. 

SYMPTOMS. 
mental  sphere. 
Confusion  of  mind,  always  attended  by  vertigo,  and  may  be 
followed  by  stupefaction  and  coma. 

HEAD. 

Vertigo,  with  staggering,  reeling  and  unconsciousness. 
Vertigo,  with  fulness  and  heaviness  of  the  head,  dimness  of 
sight,  thickness  of  speech,  nausea  and  vomiting. 
EYES. 
Dimness  of  sight,  and  even  loss  of  sight. 
Eyes  fixed  and  expressionless. 

MOUTH. 
Thickness  of  speech  from  paralysis  of  the  tongue. 

STOMACH   and   ABDOMEN. 
Great  distension  of  the  stomach  and  abdomen. 
Nausea,  with  loathing  of  food  and  vomiting,  with  cramp-like 
pain  in  the  stomach. 

STOOL  AND   ANUS. 
Obstinate  constipation  ;  hard,  knotty  stools. 
Hemorrhoidal  tumors,  dark  purple,  with  lameness  and  weak- 
ness of  the  back. 

BACK    AND   NECK. 
Wry  neck  (spasmodic.) 

extremities. 
Great  lameness  and  weakness  of  the  back. 
Paralysis  of  the  hinder  extremities  of  animals. 


iESCULUS    HIPPOCASTANUM.  1 9 

Trembling  of  the  lower  limbs  with  spasmodic  contractions. 

GENERALITIES. 
Spasms  and  convulsions,  followed  by  paralysis. 

SLEEP. 

Stupefaction,  with  confusion  of  ideas,  followed  by  comatose 
state. 


^SCULUS    HIPPOCASTANUM. 

{Horse-Chestnut.) 


Analogues: — u^sculus  glabra,  Aloes,  Collinsonia,  Ignatia, 
Nitric  acid,  Nux  vomica,  Mercurius,  Sulphur,  Podophyllnm,  Iris 
versicolor,  Hydrastis,  Rhus. 

A  large  tree,  a  native  of  middle  Asia,  but  now  cultivated 
extensively  in  Europe  and  America. 

Officinal  preparations. — Triturations  and  tincture  from 
the  nut. 

Sphere  of  action. — On  the  spinal  cord,  the  mucous  mem- 
brane of  the  alimentary  canal,  especially  the  lower  portion,  the 
liver  and  portal  system. 

SYMPTOMS. 

MENTAL    SPHERE. 
On  waking,  cannot  recognize  what  she  sees ;    knows   not 

where  she  is,  nor  whence  come  the  objects  about  her. 
Inward  cheerfulness  and  placidity  of  temper. 
Feels  miserably ;  cross  ;  sad  ;    disinclination  to  perform  any 

labor. 
Vertigo  very  annoying  all  the  forenoon. 

HEAD. 

Aching  in  the  forehead  ;  sometimes  over  the  left,  sometimes 

over  the  right  eye  ;  also  the  right  temple. 
Heaviness,  with  dull,  stupefying  pain  in  the  head. 
In  the  occiput  dull  pain  ;  also  a  bruised  feeling,  with  heat, 

extending  to  the  ears. 
A  sensation  of  fulness  and  pressure,  rather  than  of  acute 

pain. 

EYES. 
Sensation  of  weight  and  heat  of  the  eyes. 
Flickering  before  the  eyes, 
o  Can  read  without  spectacles,  and  see  at  a  distance,  which 

she  could  not  do  before. 

NOSE. 
Severe  fluent  coryza,  with   burning  and   raw  feeling  in  the 

nostrils ;  thin  watery  discharge,  and  headache. 


20  ^SCULUS   HIPPOCASTANUM. 

FACE. 
Flying  heat  and  redness  of  the  left  side  of  the  face. 
Pale,  ill-looking  countenance. 

MOUTH. 
Tongue  feels  as  if  it  had  been  scalded,  with  a  constricted 

sensation  in  the  fauces. 
Bitter  taste,  with  yellowish-white  coated  tongue. 

THROAT. 
Dryness  and  a  sense  of  excoriation  and  constriction. 
Pricking  and  stinging  pain  in  the  fauces. 
Heat,  dryness,  smarting,  with  desire  to  swallow, 
STOMACH   AND   GASTRIC   SYMPTOMS. 
Nausea  ;  violent  vomiting  and  retching,  with  burning  in  the 

stomach. 
Vomiting  of  thick,  viscid  mucus,  with  eructations. 
Pain  in  the  stomach  for  four  or  five  hours  after  eating,  which 

continues  till  food  is  taken.  (Am.) 
A  feeling  of  fulness   and   tightness    in    the.  stomach,  with 

labored  breathing. 
Cardialgia ;    aching,    cutting  and    burning   distress   in    the 

stomach. 
Fluttering  sensation,  with  faintness,  in  the  pit  of  the  stomach. 
*  Congestion  of  the  liver  and  portal  system. 

Pain  and  distress  in  the  stomach  and  bowels,  attended  with 

a  constant  desire  for  stool. 

ABDOMEN. 
Cramp-like  and  constricted  feeling  in  the  V»owels. 
Pain  extends  from  the  bowels  to  the  small  of  the  back. 
Tearing  pain  in  the  right  side,  above  the  hip. 
Colicky  pains  in  the  bowels  with  severe  cutting  pains  in  the 

rectum. 
Dull  aching  and  burning  in  the  umbilical  region. 
o  Hemorrhoidal  colic. 

Rumbling  in  the  bowels,  with  distension  and  bearing  down. 

LIVER. 
Dull  aching  pains  in  the  right  hypochondriac  region  and 

region  of  the  gall-bladder. 
Pinching  pains,  stitches  and  aching  in  the  liver,  extending 

between  the  shoulders. 
White,  soft  stool. 

RECTUM   AND   STOOL. 

Frequent,  loose  stool,  with  constant  urging  (primary)  diar- 
rhoea, composed  of  ingesta. 

Pressure  in  the  rectum,  with  constant  desire  but  ineffectual 
efforts  to  stool. 


^SCULUS   HIPPOCASTANUM.  21 

Difficult,  hard,  scanty  stool,  followed  by  burning  and  con- 
striction in  the  rectum. 

Stool  very  hard  and  dry,  with  colicky  pains  in  the  umbilical 
region,  followed  by  severe  cutting  pains  in  the  rectum. 

*  Very  hard,  dry,  knotted,  difficult  stool,  followed  hy  prolapsed 

feeling  in  the  rectum. 

*  Stool  very  large,  hard  and  difficult,  followed  by  severe  pain, 

with  a  sensation  as  if  something  was  protruding,  with 
severe  pains  in  the  lumbar  and  sacral  regions. 

An  evacuation,  at  first  black  and  hard,  then  white  and  soft, 
(the  last  four  symptoms  are  secondary). 

Dryness  and  itching  in  the  rectum,  with  a  feeling  of  stiffness 
of  the  skin  and  adjacent  cellular  tissues. 

Dryness  of  the  passage  for  several  days,  followed  by  a  secre- 
tion of  moisture. 

Soreness  of  the  rectum,  with  a  feeling  as  if  something  would 
pass  off  all  the  time. 

Dry,  uncomfortable  feeling  in  the  rectum,  which  feels  as  if  it 
were  filled  with  small  sticks. 

Feeling  in  the  rectum  as  though  folds  of  the  mucous  mem- 
brane obstructed  the  passage  and  as  if,  were  the  effort 
continued,  the  rectum  would  protrude. 

Soreness  of  the  rectum,  with  increased   secretion  of  mucus. 

Pressure  in  the  rectum,  with  inclination  to  stool,  with  empty 
eructations. 

Copious,  soft  stool,  followed  by  burning,  and  a  feeling  of 
swelling  and  constriction  of  the  rectum. 

Soreness,  aching  and  fulness  of  the  rectum. 

Appearance  of  hemorrhoids,  like  ground-nuts,  of  a  purple 
color,  very  painful,  and  with  a  sensation  of  burning. 

*  Hemorrhoids,  blind  and  painful,  rarely  bleeding. 

*  Prolapsus  of  the  rectum. 

Sharp,  shooting  pains  running   through   the   hemorrhoidal 

tumors,  up  to  the  sacrum  and  along  the  back. 
Fissure  of  the  anus{.'') 
Stricture  of  the  sphincter  ani. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 
Frequent  urging  to  urinate,  with  scanty,  high-colored  urine. 

SEXUAL    ORGANS. 
(Men.)     Seminal  emissions  ;  disease  of  the  prostate ! 
(Women.)     Leucorrhcea. 
o  During  pregnancy,  pain  about  the  sacro-iliac  symphysis. 
She  cannot   walk,  because  that  part  of  her  back  gives  out, 
compelling  her  to  sit  down. 
LARYNX. 
Short  cough,  increased  by  swallowing  and  breathing  deeply. 


22  iESCULUS  HIPPOCASTANUM. 

Tickling  in  the  larynx,  causing  a  cough,  with  mucus  expec- 
toration. 
Dryness  in  the  larynx. 

Pressure  in  the  throat-pit,  as  if  something  had  stuck  there 
which  required  to  be  expelled. 
o  Chronic  cough,  with  emaciation. 

o  Catarrhal  laryngitis,  laryngeal   cough,    and   perhaps  those 
coughs  dependent  on  hepatic  disorders. 
CHEST. 

Hot  feeling  in  the  chest. 

Burning  and  heat  in  the  chest,  and  raw  feeling  in  the  throat 
and  chest. 

Pains  in  the  sternum,  as  if  a  piece  were  torn  out  of  the  chest. 

Sudden  stitches  through  the  chest. 

Pain  in  right  scapula  and  in  the  left  side  of  the  chest, 
increased  on  inspiration. 

On  the  right  side  of  the  chest  a  sensation  as  if  the  lung 
painfully  moved  up  and  down  at  each  respiration. 

Tightness  in  the  chest. 

Palpitation  of  the  heart ;  severe,  periodic,  frequent,  with  great 
anguish. 

Neuralgic  pain  in  region  of  apex  of  the  heart  and  stomach. 

Severe  neuralgic  pains  in  region  of  the  heart,  so  painful  as 
to  arrest  the  breathing,  lasting  ten  minutes. 

Frequent  stitches  in  region  of  the  heart. 

Dull,  aching,  burning  pain  in  region  of  the  heart  for  half  an 
hour  ;  pulse  66,  soft  and  regular. 
O  Functional  disorder  of  the   heart   from  hemorrhoidal  com- 
plaints. 

BACK    AND   NECK. 

Weakness,  weariness  and  lameness  in  the  back  of  the  neck. 

••       small  of  the  back. 

Heat  in  the  back  of  the  neck  and  shoulders. 

Severe  dull  aching  pain  in  the  lumbar  and  sacral  region, 
aggravated  by  walking. 

Tearing  pain  in  the  small  of  the  back  and  hips. 

Constant  back  ache,  affecting  the  sacrum  and  hips,  aggrava- 
ted on  stooping  and  rising  from  seat,  but  going  off  on 
walking  awhile  (Rhus). 

Back-ache  is  attended  with  aching  in  the  legs  and  knees, 
o  Pains  attending  curvature  of  the  spine. 

EXTREMITIES. 

The  arm  and  hand  of  the  left  side  become  numb,  as  if  para- 
lyzed. 
The  legs  and  knees  ache,  with  the  back  ache. 

SLEEP. 

Yawning  and  stupefying  sleepiness. 


AGAVE    AMERICANA.  23 

Wakes  with  dull  pressing  pain  in  the  stomach. 

FEVER. 
Chilliness,  with  rigor. 
Flashes  of  heat  in  the  occipital  region,  back  of  the  neck  and 

shoulders. 
Feverish  sensations,  with  hot  and  dry  hands. 
Disposition  to  stretch  and  yawn. 
Feeling  of  extreme  illness,    great  weakness,   faintness,  and 

tottering  gait. 

AGAVE  AMERICANA. 

(American  Aloe.     Maguey.) 

Analogues: — Lime  juice.   Lemon  juice,   Citric  acid.  Kali 
chloratum,  Natrum  muriaticum. 

An  evergreen  succulent  plant,  a  native  of  Mexico,  Florida, 
and  other  parts  of  tropical  America. 

Officinal  preparations. — Infusion  of  the  leaves  or  fresh 
root. 

general  symptoms. 

o  Army  scurvy,  with  pale  and  dejected  countenance. 

Gums  swollen,  and  bleeding,  legs  covered  with  dark,  purple 
blotches,  swollen,  painful,  and  of  stony  hardness ;  pulse 
small  and  feeble  ;  appetite  poor  ;  bowels  constipated. 

Eleven  cases  rapidly  improved  under  the  use  of  the  Maguey 
after  lime  juice  and  lemon  juice  had  failed. 

The  fermented  juice  intoxicates. 


AILANTHUS    GLANDULOSA. 

(Tree  of  Heaven.) 

Analogues  : — Acid  nitric,  Belladonna,  Bryonia,  Baptisia, 
Arum,  Phytolacca^  Gelseminum,  Hyoscyamus,  Rhus  tox.,  Stra- 
monium, Lachesis. 

Officinal  preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  flowers  and 
bark.  Blossoms  distilled  in  water  and  alcohol,  under  slow 
heat. 

MENTAL    SPHERE. 

Loss  of  memory ;  mental  alienation. 

*  Great  anxiety. 

*  Drowsiness,  followed  by  insensibility,  with  constant  mutter- 

ing ;  delirious. 
Dullness,  with  confusion  and  pain  in  forehead,  and  depres- 
sion of  spirits. 


-34  AILANTHUS    GLANDULOSA. 

Low  spirited  ;  continued  sighing  ;  restlessness  ;  confusion  of 

ideas. 
Recklessness  in  regard  to  present  or  future  events. 
Stoical  indifference  to  what  happetis. 

HEAD. 

Apoplectic  fullness  of  the  head. 

Electrical  thrill ;  starting  from  the  brain  and   extending  to 
the  extremities. 

*  Head  burning  hot. 

*  Piercing  headache. 

*  Dull  frontal  headache. 

Vertigo,  especially  when  stooping, 
o  Darting   pain    in  back   part  of  the  head  ;    beating   in  the 
occipital. 
Feeling  as  if  an  electrical  current  were  passing  through  the 

left  side  of  the  head. 
Catarrhal  obstruction  ;  thick,  heavy  feeling  in  the  base  and 

right  side  of  the  head. 
Staggering  dizziness  when  rising  or  moving. 

EYES. 
Wild-looking  eyes. 
o  Intolerance  of  light. 

*  Brilliant  eyes,  with  raging  delirium, 
o  Bloatedness  around  the  eyelids. 

o  Eyes  feel  rough  and  irritated,  as  from  wind  and  dust. 

o  Smarting  and  aching  of  the  eyes. 

o  Conjunctivitis,  with    redness    and   inflammation   extending 

around  the  outer  canthus. 
o  Purulent  discharge  from  the  eyes,  with  agglutinated  lids  m 

the  morning. 
o  Chronic  ophthalmia,  from  gonorrhoeal  poison. 

NOSE. 

*  Copious,  thin,  sanious,  irritating  discharge. 

*  Discharge  of  blood  and  pus  from  the  nose. 

Chronic  catarrh ;  dryness  and  suppressed  secretion  ;  loss  of 
smell ;  and  difficult  breathing  through  the  nose. 
FACE. 

Hot,  red  face. 

*  Eruption    on   the   forehead   and    face,    especially    on    the 

forehead. 
Irregular  spots  of  capillary  congestion. 
O  Tearing  pains  in  upper  and  lower  teeth  of  left  side,  also  in 
face  and  head  ;  pains  worse  after  lying  down  ;  force  him 
to  walk  about. 

MOUTH   AND    THROAT. 

*  Livid  hue  of  the  tongue. 


AILANTHUS     GLANDULOSA.  25 

*  Tongue  dry,  parched  and  cracked  ;  teeth  covered  with  sordes. 

*  Throat  livid  and  swollen ;  tonsils   studded  with    nmnerous, 

deep,  angry-looking   ulcerations,  exuding  a  scanty,  foetid 

discharge. 
Throat  tender  and  sore  on  swallowing  or  on   the  admission 

of  air  ;  pain  extending  to  the  ears. 
Thick,  cedeniatous,  and  dry  choky    feeling  in    the  throat,  con- 
tinuing in   an  acute   form   only  a   short  time  and   then 

becoming  chronic. 
Fresh  accumulation  of  matter,  part  of  which  is  easily  expec- 
torated, while  a  portion  is  detached  with  much  exertion, 

in  small  flakes. 
Constant  hawking  and  efforts  to  raise  hardened  lumps  of 

whitish  matter. 
Tenderness   and  enlargement   of    the    parotid    and    thyroid 

glands. 
Tongue  thickly  covered  with  a  whitish  coat,  brown  in  the 

center. 

CHEST. 
Pain  and  contracted  feeling,  especially  through  the  center  of 

left  lung. 
Equable  oppression,  as  though  the  chest  was  strapped, 
o  Asthmatic  oppression  in  the  larger  bronchi. 

Heated,  burning  fueling,  as  from  breathing  hot  steam  or  air. 

Excessive  soreness  and  tenderness  of  the  lungs. 

Wheezing,    asthmatic       respiration.       o  Cough     somewhat 

oppressed  ;  expectoration  muco-purulent ;    free  in  the 

morning,  sticky  and  scanty  during  the  day. 
Deep,  exhausting    cough,  with   asthmatic  expansion    of  the 

lungs, 
o  Cough  deep  and  painful ;  excessive  tenderness  all    over  the 

lungs ;    feeling   as   though    the   air   cells    were    stuck 

together ;  inability   to    completely   expand  the  lungs  ; 

can  hear  the  cells   open  as  the  lungs  expand. 
Crepitant  rhonchus  ;  tired   feeling  in  the  lungs,  rendering  it 

almost  an  exertion  to  breathe. 
Stitching  aching  in  the  chest  ;  aching   pain    directly   under 

the  clavicle,  sometimes  extending  to  sternum  ;  constant 

aching  between  the  shoulders. 
Burning  pain  under  the  left  shoulder  and   in  the  right  lung. 
Shooting,  aching  pain  in  the  shoulders  and  hips. 
O  Dry,  constant  cough,  with  oppressive   burning  and   pains  in 

chest. 

STOMACH   AND   GASTRIC   SYMPTOMS. 
Sudden  vomiting. 
Sight  of  food  is  repulsive  to  her. 
Inactive  condition  of  the  stomach. 
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26  AILANTHUS    GLANDULOSA. 

Water  tastes  biackish  and  flat. 

Nausea  in  the  morning,  with  febrile  heat  during  the  day. 

ABDOMEN. 
Sensation  in  the  abdomen  as  if  an  attack  of  diarrhoea  was 

imminent,  with  weakness  and  burning. 
Tympanitis. 

Looseness  of  the  bowels,  appearing  most  in  large  intestines. 
Painful  diarrhcfiic  stools. 
Dysenteric  cases,  frequent  painful  stools ;  little  passes  but 

large  quantities  of  bloody  slime,  with  more  or  less  pain, 

but   with  very   little  fever.     (From   the   odor   of    the 

blossoms.) 

URINARY   ORGANS. 

*  Acid  urine. 

*  Voids  urine  unconsciously. 

*  Urine  is  scanty. 

GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 
Male. — Chancre-like  sore  on  the  prepuce. 
Rash,  and  sore  which  characterize  primary  syphilis. 

BACK. 
Intolerable  pain  in  back  of  the  neck,  upper  part  of  the  back, 
and  in  the  right  hip  joint. 

EXTREMITIES. 

Pain  in  right  ankle,  preventing  motion. 
Pain  deep  inside  of  right  shoulder,  preventing  motion. 
Between  thumb  and   index    finger  of  right  hand  a  severe 
burning  itching. 

FEVER. 

*  Rapid,  small  pulse,  hardly  to  be  counted. 

Chill,  with  hunger  and  a  distressing  sense  of  general  empti- 
ness. 

*  During  the   hot   stage,  urgent  thirst,  with   delirium ;    chill 

preceded  by  a  miliary  eruption. 

*  Breathing  hurried,  irregular  and  heavy. 

SKIN. 
Eruption   of   dark,  almost   livid    color,  miliary   rash  ;  more 
profuse  on  the  forehead. 

*  Irregular,  patchy  eruption  on  the  body  and  extremities,  dis- 

appearing on  pressure  and  returning  slowly. 

*  Skin  generally  hot,  harsh  and  dry. 

*  Eruption  violet  hue,  profuse,  scaly,  patchy,  evanescent,  and 

often  long-delayed. 

*  Eruption  of  large  maculae  and  bullae,  filled  with  dark-colored 

serum. 


ALETRIS    FARINOSA.  2/ 

o  Typhoid-scarlatina,  w,th  general  malaise  and  apathy  ;  vom- 
iting, followed  by  severe  fever,  a  rapid,  small  pulse, 
severe  headache,  interrupted  by  delirium  of  a  frightful 
kind,  with  fear  and  anxiety,  or  muttering  delirium,  with 
sleeplessness  and  restlessness  ;  dizziness,  especially  when 
rising  up  ;  pupils  moderately  dilated,  or  photophobia. 
The  eruption  is  slow  to  make  its  appearance,  and  never 
takes  on  the  genuine  scarlet  color,  it  remains  livid,  and 
even  the  forehead  and  face  take  on  a  rather  purplish 
color,  and  in  some  cases  we  may  even  find  petechiae. 


ALETRIS     FARINOSA. 

(Stat  Grass,  or  False  Unicorn,) 


Analogues  : — China,  Chelone,  Gentiana^  Helonias,  Populust 
Hydrastis,  Viburnum,  Ferrum. 

A  small  perennial  plant  with  radical  leaves,  spreading  on  the 
ground  like  a  star ;  but  all  unequal  in  size ;  the  flowers  in  a 
long,  slender  spike,  looking  as  if  dusted  with  flour.  (Apt  to 
be  mistaken  for  Helonias  or  True  Unicorn.) 
Officinal  Preparation  : — Tincture  of  the  root. 
Sphere  of  action  : — On  the  digestive  organs,  muscular 
system,  and  uterus. 

SENSORIUM. 
Vertigo,  with  vomiting,  purging,  sleepiness,  and  even  stupe- 
faction. 

GASTRIC. 
Excessive  nausea  and  giddiness,  followed  by  vomiting  and 

purging. 
Great  increase  of  appetite, 
o  Obstinate  vomiting  during  pregnancy. 

Obstinate  indigestion,  with  much  debility  ;  nausea,  disgust 
for  food  ;  least  food   caused  distress  in   the  stomach  ; 
very   constipated  ;    frequent   attacks  of    fainting,    with 
vertigo  ;  sleepy  all  the  time,  with  emaciation. 
O  Flatulent  colic,  in  weak,  emaciated  persons. 

FEMALE  GENERATIVE  ORGANS. 

Colic  in  the  hypogastrium. 
*  Premature  and  .profuse  menses,  with  labor-like  pains, 
o  Pressure  and  pain  in  the  region  of  the  uterus. 

Heaviness  in  uterine  region, 
o  Habitual  tendency  to  abortion. 

o  Threatened  abortion,  even  after  hemorrhage  has  appeared, 
o  Prolapsus  uteri  from  muscular  atony. 


28  ALNUS     RUBRA. 

Anomalous  myalgic  pains  simulating  "  false  pains."  occurring 
during  pregnancy. 

GENERALITIES. 
O  Debility,    general  or  local,  from  protracted  illness  ;  loss  of 
fluids,  defective  nutrition  and  imperfect  assimilation. 


ALNUS     RUBRA. 

( Tag-alder.) 


Analogues  •.--Stdphitr,Stillingia,A  rsenicnmjodide  of  potash, 
( Hamamelis,)  Iodide  of  Mercury,  Phytolacca,  Hepar  sulphur. 

An    indigenous    shrub,    growing   by   the   side   of    streams, 
swamps  and  marshes. 

Officinal  preparation  : — Tincture  of  the  bark. 

Sphere  of  action  : — An  antipsork;  acts  principally  upon 
the  skin  and  glandular  system. 

generalities. 
p  Cutaneous  eruptions,  such  as  impetigo  ? 
O  Scrofulous  eruptions?  syphilitic  skin  diseases .-' 
o  Chronic  herpes  and  porrigo.'' 
o  Diseases  of  mucous  membrane  which  arise  from  or  alternate 

with  eruptions  of  the  skin. 
o   Haematuria  !  and  other  passive  hemorrhages. 

(No  Proving.) 


AMPELOPSIS  QUINQUEFOLIA. 

(American  Ivy.) 

Analogues: — Alnus,  Apocynum,  Arsenicum,  Calcarea, 
Dulcamara,  Graphites,  Iodine,  Chimaphilla,  Phytolacca,  Rumex, 
Stillingia,  Sulphur,  Rhus. 

An  indigenous,  woody  vine,  with  rooting,  climbing  stem, 
climbing  trees  and  shrubs,  and  much  used  for  ornamental  pur- 
poses. 

Officinal  preparation  :— Tincture  of  the  fresh  bark. 
Sphere  of  action  : — Antipsoric  ;  affects  the  skin,  mucous 
membrane  and  glandular  system. 

generalities. 
o  Chronic  cutaneous  eruptions(.^)    scrofula. 

Chronic   and    mercurial   rheumatism  (.?)    indolent  ulcers  {>) 
chronic   bronchitis  and  laryngitis  (.?)  dropsy  (.?) 
(No  proving.) 


ANATHERUM     MURICATUM.  29 


ANATHERUM    MURICATUM. 

(Rhus,  Vettivert,  Spear-grass.) 


[The  genus  Anatherum  is  now  removed  to  Andropogon,  of  which  we 
have  indigenous  five  species.  They  are  known  by  the  common  name  of 
"  Spear-grass."  The  A.  muricattttn  oi  this  pathogenesis  is  an  East  Indian 
plant  or  grass,  called  "  Rhus."  It  is  very  fragrant,  more  especially  its  roots, 
which  are  used  to  form  odoriferous  fans,  screens,  etc.  A  decoction  of  them 
is  said  to  be  acrid,  stimulating,  and  diaphoretic.  This  is  one  of  Honat's 
provings.  He  seems  to  have  the  power  to  evolve  out  of  the  simplest  medi- 
cinal substances  a  terrible  array  of  symptoms ;  in  fact,  if  his  provings  are 
reliable,  each  drug  proved  by  him  ought  to  cure  all  the  maladies  of  man- 
kind. Many  of  the  symptoms  are  merely  theoretical  indications,  and  some 
perhaps  curative,  but  I  have  no  means  of  designating  them.  In  fact  I 
hare  but  little  confidence  in  the  symptoms,  any  way.  hale.] 

Analogues  : — Belladonna,  Cajnphor,  Opium,  Hyosciamus. 
Officinal  Preparations  : — Dilutions,  triturations,  of  the 
root. 

MENTAL    sphere. 

She  seeks  solitude  ;  anguish  and  anxiety. 

Ungovernable  jealousy. 

Quarrelsome  and  contrary  humor. 

Steady  desire  to  cry. 

Much  self  esteem. 

Frequent  delirium  ;  idiocy  ;  mental  alienation. 

Great  physical  and  mental  debility,  with   mournfulness  and 

suicidal  ideas. 
Difficulty  of  defining  and  expressing  his  sufferings. 

HEAD. 

Vertigo,  with  debility  and  stupidity  of  the  head. 

Vertigo  and  dullness,  with  cerebral  congestion,  red  face, 
stitching  pains  in  the  head,  and  sensation  as  if  it  were 
crushed. 

Vertigo,  in  all  positions,  aggravated  especially  by  motion 
and  strong  air. 

Sensation  as  if  something  turned  round  in  the  head,  with 
pains  in  the  stomach  ;  great  appetite,  colic,  chills  and 
shaking,  notwithstanding  the  great  heat,  (very  persist- 
ent symptoms). 

Burning,  lancinating,  pulsating  headache,  principally  on  the 
right  side,  on  the  forehead  and  temple,  with  nausea, 
vomiting,  and  great  heaviness  of  the  eyes. 

Neuralgic  pains  in  the  temples,  with  sensation  as  if  pointed 
irons  were  thrust  in,  producing  fits  of  craziness. 


30  ANATHERUM     MURICATUM. 

Pressure  on  top  of  the  head,  with  sensation  as  if  the  cra- 
nium were  crushed. 

Cerebral  congestion,  with  great  ^heat,  dullness,  loss  of  con- 
sciousness and  epistaxis. 

The  pains  in  the  head  get  worse  in  the  afternoon  and  night, 
also  from  noise,  light  and  motion. 

EYES. 

Eyes  enlarged,  are  inflamed,  as  if  an  abscess  would  form. 
Great  photophobia  ;  light  produces  a  kind  of  itching  in  the 

eyes. 
Spasmodic   contraction  of  the  eyes,  which  remain   turned 

upwards. 
Sanguineous  congestion  of  the  eyes,  with  tickling,  itching, 

and  like  rheumatic  pains  in  the  eyes. 
Ulceration  of  the  borders  of  the  eyelids,  with  impossibility 

to  open  the  eyes. 
Neuralgic  and  rheumatic  pains  in  the  orbits,  with  sensation 

as  if  the  frontal  bone  were  fractured. 
Objects  appear  dark  and  vacillating,  red,  or  covered  by  a 

gray  cloud. 
Black  points,  muscce  volitantes  and    fiery  circles  before  the 

eyes. 
Desire  to  wink,  as  if  he  wished  to  remove  a  mist  from  before 

the  eyes. 
Sensation  as  if  a  great  weight  on  the  eyelids. 

NOSE. 

Fluent  coryza,  with  pressive  pains  in  the  head  and  root  of 

the  nose  ;  burning  in  the  nostrils. 
Flow  of  purulent  matter,  green  and  foul-smelling,  from  the 

nostrils. 
Ulcers  in  the  nose,  with  epistaxis. 
Inflammation   and  swelling  of  the  bones  of  the  nose,  with 

hammering  pains. 
Small  tumors  in  the  lobes  of  the  nostrils. 

EARS. 

Intense,  lancinating  pains  in  the^ears,  with  discharge  of  yel- 
lowish purulent  matter. 

Crusty,  burning  eruption  in  the  ears ;  impossible  to  lie  on 
them. 

Noise  in  the  ears  as  if  waves  strike  against  rocks. 

Heat  in  the  interior  of  the  ears,  with  pulsations,  and  sensa- 
tion as  if  there  were  abscesses  in  them. 
FACE. 

Face  yellow  or  red,  inflamed  and  congested. 

Face  pale  and  transparent. 


ANATHERUM    MURICATUM.  3 1 

Face  emaciated,  bluish,  with  cyanosis  contracted,  and  ^sun- 
ken eyes. 

Red  spots  in  the  face,  which  sting  and  burn. 

Erysipelatous  swelling  of  the  face,  with  closed  eyes,  fever. 

Metastasis  to  the  brain  ;  desire  to  expose  himself  to  the 
fresh  air. 

Yellow  spots  and  pustular  herpes  on  the  face. 

Facial  neuralgia  from  the  eyebrows  to  the  chin. 

Spasmodic  motions  of  the  muscles  of  the  face,  and  involun- 
tary grimaces,  especially  on  the  left  side. 

Convulsive  agitation  of  the  facial  muscles,  with  diflficulty  of 
biting  and  masticating. 

The  lips  swollen  enormously,  ulcerated,  everted,  yellowish, 
violet ;  the  ulcers  look  syphilitic. 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 

Lancinating,  burning  and  drawing  pains  in  the  teeth,  with 
sensation  as  if  they  would  separate  violently,  or  as  if 
they  were  torn  with  pincers. 

The  gums  swollen,  inflamed,  burning,  and  like  scorbutus. 

Odontalgia,  with  the  sensation  as  if  the  jawbone  were 
broken. 

Toothache,  aggravated  by  cold,  wine,  and  especially  coffee. 

Gumboils,  with  swelled  cheeks,  and  swelling  of  the  submax- 
illary glands. 

Ulcers  like  apthae  in  different  parts  of  the  mouth. 

Inflamed  palate,  with  very  painful  nodosities. 

Froth  and  saliva  in  the  mouth,  with  constant  desire  to  expec- 
torate. 

The  tongue  fissured,  lacerated,  and  as  if  cut  on  its  edges, 
with  abundant  and  weakening  salivation,  as  if  from  the 
effect  of  mercury. 

Tongue  is  covered  with  a  gray,  greenish,  bloody  coating  or 
brick  color. 

Burning  in  the  throat,  with  violent  and  convulsive  cough. 

Frequent  and  tenacious  abscesses  in  the  tonsils. 

Debility,  and  fits  of  constriction  in  the  throat,  with  constant 
sensation  of  strangulation. 

Accumulation  of  mucus  in  the  throat,  with  granulations, 
grayish  ulcers. 

Sensation  either  of  burning  heat  or  of  icy  coldness  in  his 
oesophagus. 

Burning,  stinging,  and  oppression  in  the  cesophagus. 

Bitter,  acid,  and  sometimes  sweetish  taste,  extending  to  the 
stomach,  with  epigastric  burning. 

Inextinguishable  burning  thirst. 

Tenacious  and  painful  eructations. 


32  ANATHERUM    MURICATUM. 

STOMACH. 

Burning  in  the  stomach,  as  if  it  were  on  fire. 

Incessant  nausea  and  desire  to  vomit. 

Vomiting  of  blood  and  even  pus. 

Vomiting  of  acrid,  burning  matter,  followed  by  bile  and 
blood. 

Vomiting  of  food  or  mixed  with  blood  after  the  meal. 

Vomiting  a  mixture  of  bile,  blood  and  water. 

Watery  vomiting,  with  whitish  particles  in  it,  and  most  foul 
eructations. 

Stinging  and  cramps  in  the  stomach  and  extremities  ;  hurry 
for  stool  and  very  liquid  diarrhoea  ;  painful  and  icy  cold- 
ness over  the  whole  body ;  excessive  thirst ;  pressure 
and  constriction  in  the  epigastrium  ;  spasm  ;  agitation  ; 
cold  perspiration,  especially  on  the  head. 

Contractions  and  spasms  in  the  stomach. 

It  seems  as  if  the  whole  vital  power  was  concentrated  in  the 
stomach,  to  produce  an  infinity  of  suffering. 

Contracting  perforating  and  tearing  pains  in  the  stomach. 

Burning,  tearing  and  crampy  pains  in  the  stomach. 

Cramp,  presure  in  epigastrium,  extending  to  the  back. 

Sensation  as  if  he  had  tumors,  needles,  or  sharp  pointed 
stones  in  the  stomach. 

Spasmodic  contractions  of  the  oesophagus  and  pylorus,  with 
impossibility  to  swallow. 

Digging,  tearing,  clawing  and  clutching  pains  in  the 
stomach. 

The  pains  in  the  stomach  are  worse  in  the  evening,  at  night, 
after  eating,  by  motion,  emotion,  and  by  every  occupa- 
tion. 

HYPOCHONDRIA. 

Cramps  in  the  hepatic  region. 

Pulsative,  burning  and  digging  pains  in  the  region  of  the 
liver. 

Inflammation  and  swelling  of  the  liver,  as  if  caused  by 
abscesses,  with  cedematous  swelling  of  the  belly,  or  of 
the  whole  body  ;  prostration  ;  impossible  to  move  with- 
out groaning ;  stool  hard,  difficult  ;  dark,  black,  gray  or 
yellowish  color  of  the  body. 

Vomiting  of  bile. 

Cramps  and  pinching  in  the  spleen,  with  loss  of  respiration. 

Sensation  as  if  there  were  foreign  bodies  in  the  spleen,  and 
as  if  the  blood  would  tear  it  to  pass  through  it. 

ABDOMEN. 
Inflammation  and  swelling  of  the  abdomen,  painful  to  the 
touch. 


ANATHERUM    MURICATUM.  33 

Colic  ;  cramps  and  tearing  pains  in  the  abdomen,  with  sen- 
sation as  if  there  had  been  a  red-hot  iron. 

Colic,  with  cramps  in  the  extremities,  icy  coldness  and  chol- 
eraic diarrhcEa. 

Lancinating  crampy  pains  in  abdomen,  radiating  to  the 
hypochondria  and  kidneys. 

Burning  and  cramps  in  abdomen,  with  alternating  chills  and 
heat. 

Pains  like  bruises  and  tearing  in  the  bowels,  with  nausea  and 
vomiting. 

Twisting,  colicky  pains. 

STOOL    AND   ANUS. 

Chronic  constipation,  followed  by  dark,  dry,  voluminous 
stools,  then  diarrhoea. 

Rebellious  constipation,  with  fever,  thirst,  sweat  and  debility. 

Hard  stools,  like  nuts,  compressed  and  passing  with  diffi- 
culty. 

Repeated  mucus  and  bloody  stools,  with  colic,  burning  in 
the  intestines  and  anus,  tenesmus  and  great  weakness. 

Dark,  yellow,  diarrhoeic  stools,  of  a  foul  smell. 

White  choleraic  stools,  with  cramps,  general  chills,  oppress- 
ive and  painful. 

Constriction  in  epigastrium,  colic  and  burning  in  the  stom- 
ach ;  frequent,  insatiable  thirst,  with  impossibility  of 
drinking,  on  account  of  the  spasms  in  the  throat  and 
stomach  ;  vertigo,  heat  of  the  head,  weakness  in  think- 
ing, great  prostration,  emaciation,  suppression  of  urine. 

Taenia  lumbrici  and  other  worms  pass  with  the  stools. 

Stools  containing  only  blood,  with  severe  colic  and  extreme 
weakness. 

Following  haemorrhoids  with  black  blood,  and  steady,  burn- 
ing pains  in  rectum. 

Haemorrhoidal  tumors,  with  abscesses,  which  ulcerate  and 
suppurate. 

Prolapsus  ani,  with  great  sensitiveness,  even  when  he  does 
not  defecate. 

Coldness  of  the  ears  and  of  the  nose  during  the  vomiting 
and  diarrhoeic  stools. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 

Continued  desire  to  urinate,  with  stitches  and  a  curling  pain 

in  the  kidneys. 
Sensation  as  if  the  kidneys   and  bladder  were  always  full 

and  swollen. 
Pressive  and  burning  pains  in  the  bladder,  with  desire  to 

urinate  every  minute  ;  the  bladder  cannot  hold  the  least 

quantity. 

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34  ANATHERUM     MURICATUM. 

Difficult,  painful,   intermittent  urination  ;    it   stops    to    flow 

again  the  next  minute. 
Fulness  and  distension  of  the  bladder,  with  impossibility  to 

urinate ;  with   lancinating  and  spasmodic  pain   in  the 

kidneys. 
Frequent  desire,  with   burning  urine,    coming  out  drop  by 

drop 
Urine  thick,  red,  free  of  sediments. 
Incontinence   of    urine,    with   involuntary   urination    when 

walking,  at  night  in  bed,  during  sleep. 
Urine  with  yellow,  gray  or  dark  sediment. 
Clear  urine  with  chalky  sediment. 

GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 

(Male.)     Syphilitic-looking  ulcers  in  meatus  urinarius. 

Thick,  yellow  or  green  mucus  flows  from  the  urethra,  with 
priapismus ;  burning  and  tearing  pains  in  the  ure- 
thra, inflammation  and  swelling  of  the  penis  and  ingui- 
nal glands. 

Secretion  of  a  thick,  strong-smelling  matter  between  the 
glans  and  prepuce,  which  are  swollen. 

The  penis  excoriates  easily  during  coitus,  and  even  from 
an  erection. 

Inflammation  and  swelling  of  the  testicles. 

Ulcers  looking  like  indurated  chancres  on  the  penis. 

Tumors  like  buboes  or  hernia  in  the  groins. 

Heat,  stinging  and  pricking  pain  in  scrotum  and  anus. 

Great  exaltation  of  the  venereal  appetite. 

Total  absence  of  venereal  desire. 

Nocturnal  pollutions  without  dreams,  and  unconscious  of 
them. 

(Women.)  Sensation  of  swelling  in  the  ovaries  as  if  they 
were  stretched  and  every  moment  pinched. 

Burning,  crampy,  pinching,  penetrating  pains  in  the  womb, 
with  great  debility. 

Lancinating  and  distensive  pains  in  the  womb. 

Os  uteri,  swollen,  hard,  ulcerated,  closed. 

Burning  pains  in  the  uterus,  radiating  towards  the  kidneys. 

Stitches,  which  pass  like  lightning  from  one  side  of  the 
womb  to  the  other. 

Pressure  of  the  womb,  as  if  it  would  be  pressed  out  of  the 
pelvis. 

Prolapsus. 

Menstruation  anticipating,  very  painful  and  copious. 

Menstruation  retarded,  the  blood  black,  thick,  followed  by 
clear,  but  fetid  leucorrhoea. 

Menstruation  suddenly  suppressed. 


ANATHERUM     MURICATUM.  35 

Menstruation  very  marked,  with  pains  and  bruised  sensation 
in  the  kidneys. 

Great  heat  and  itching  in  the  vulva,  especially  in  the  after- 
noon and  at  night  in  bed. 

White  and  reddish  eruptions,  like  sycosis  execresences  in  the 
vulva. 

Thick,  purulent,  yellow,  green  leucorrhoea. 

Stitches  and  distensive  pains  in  the  breasts,  with  sensation 
of  enlargement. 

Inflammation  and  swelling  of  the  mammary  glands. 

Indurated  and  ulcerated  tumor  in  the  breast,  with  swelling 
of  the  ganglia  of  the  chest  and  axilla  ;  burning,  lanci- 
nating, deeply  seated  pains. 

Excoriation  of  the  nipples. 

LARYNX  AND  BRONCHIA. 

Desire  to  cough  every  minute  in  order  to  breathe  easier. 

Excoriating  pains  in  the  larynx,  with  severe,  tearing,  rough 
cough,  with  purulerit  and  sanguinolent  expectoration. 

Paroxysmal  cough,  fatiguing,  rebellious,  with  itching,  burn- 
ing, and  large  quantities  of  phlegm  in  the  larynx  and 
aphonia. 

Cough,  especially  in  the  afternoon  and  night,  and  when  ly- 
ing down. 

Rough  cough,  nearly  tearing  the  chest,  with  bloody  expec- 
toration, palpitations  and  fainting. 

Short  cough  and  tussiculation,  with  heaviness  and  stitches  in 
the  chest. 

Heat  and  sensation  of  excoriation  in  the  whole  chest  and 
larynx,  with  severe  dry  cough,  producing  expectora- 
tion of  blood. 

Spasmodic  cough,  with  vomiting  and  involuntary  urination. 

Cough  generally  dry  and  painful,  aggravated  by  heat. 

Cough,  with  fever,  chilliness  and  coldness,  copious  sweat  ot 
a  putrid  smell,  especially  in  the  afternoon  and  night. 

Haemoptysis. 

Expectoration  of  white,  glairy  matter,  or  of  thick  yellow  or 
green  mucus. 

CHEST. 

Stitching  pains  and  heaviness  in  the  pleura,  with  cough  and 
oppression. 

Contraction  and  oppression  of  the  chest,  so  that  he  can 
neither  eat  nor  breathe. 

Great  oppression  of  the  chest,  with  continual  fits  of  suffoca- 
tion. 

Intense  pain  on  the  right  side. 

Rawness  and  ulcerative  pains  in  the  chest. 

Excoriating  pains  in  the  bronchi,  as  if  scraped. 


36  ANATHERUM    MURICATUM. 

Anxious,   frequent  respiration,    or   frequently  intermittent, 

caused  by  spasmodic  contractions  of  the  chest. 
Lancinating,  tearing,  or  compressive  and  tensive  pains  in  the 

chest,  with  crepitation  and  crackhng. 
HEART, 
Heat  and  sensation  of  weight  in  the  heart,  with  mournful- 

ness,  anguish  and  fear  of  death. 
Stitches  and  prickhng  sensation    in   the  heart,  with  great 

anxiety. 
Lancinating  pains,  cramps  and  weakness  of  the  heart,  which 

seems  excessively  full  of  blood,  and  could  not    beat, 

with  oppression,  slow  and  full  pulse,  then  accelerated, 

hard,  and  dicrotic. 
Violent  palpitations,  with   fits  of  suffocation,    at  the   least 

emotion. 
Stitches  and  cramps  in  the  heart,  as  if  something  pierced  it 

through  and  through. 
Trembling  of  the  heart. 
Heart  seems  paralyzed,  as  if  it  could  not  beat  any  more, 

BACK. 
Pains  and  bruised  sensation  vertebrae  and  kidneys. 
Rigidity  and  painful  weakness  in  the  whole  spinal  column. 
Rheumatic  pains  in  the  back  and  shoulders. 
Tension  in  the  back  and  kidneys,  with  cramps  and  tearing 

pains,  excited  by  the  least  motion. 
Drawing,  lancinating,  crampy  pains  in   the  articulations  of 

the  shoulders,  and  between  the  shoulder-blades,  espe- 
cially when  moving  the  arms. 
Weariness  in  the  kidneys  and  scrotum,  with  great  debility 

and  impossibility  to  keep  up. 
Stinging,   stabbing  pains,   with  sensation  of  tension  in  the 

kidneys. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES, 
Red  swelling  of  the  articulations  of  the  arms,  with  burning 

and  tearing  pains. 
Convulsive  motions  of  the  superior  extremities,  principally 

in  the  forearm. 
Erysipelatous  swelling  of  the  arms. 

Abscesses  and  ulcers  on  the  hands,  penetrating  to  the  bone. 
Burning  and  lancinating  pains  in  the  arms. 
Ulcers  and  fissures  in  the  hands. 
Sensation  of  tearing  lengthwise  in  the  fingers,  as  if  they 

were  dislocated  or  broken. 
Swelling  of  the  articulations  of  the  fingers,  with  rheumatic 

and  gouty  pains. 
Burning  pulsative  pains  on  the  fingers. 


ANATHERUM     MURICATUM.  37 

LOWER  EXTREMITIES. 

Tension,  with  lancinating  and  crampy  pains  in  sacrum  and 
iliac  bones. 

Paralytic  debility   and  palsy  of  the  feet,  with  complete  in- 
sensibility. 

Sciatic  and  rheumatic  pains  in  the  legs,  making  him  shriek, 
aggravated  by  cold. 

Erysipelatous  swelling  of  the  legs. 

Spasmodic  pains  and  acute  stitches  in  the  legs  and  in  the 
instep. 

Feet  swollen,  red,  burning,  cannot  bear  anything  on  them. 

Ulcers  on  the  outside  of  the  right  thigh,  as  coming  from  an 
abscess. 

Very  painful  furuncles  on  the  legs. 

Blisters  and  ulcers  on  the  soles  of  the  feet. 

Foul-smelling  perspiration  of  the  feet. 

SLEEP. 

As  soon  as  night  comes,  the  eyes  close  involuntarily,  and  he 
falls  asleep  in  any  place  where  he  is. 

Sleep  disturbed  with  shrieks,  fear,  movements  of  the  extrem- 
ities and  dreams  and  anguish. 

Comatose  sleep,  with  continual  delirium  and  snoring. 

Sleeplessness  for  many  nights,  with  fatigue,  tired  feeling  and 
debility. 

Dreams  of  epidemic  contagious  diseases,  especially  of  hy- 
drophobia. 

Dreams  as  if  he  fell  from  a  frightful  height. 
FEVER  AND  CHILL. 

Chilliness  and  cold  feeling  in  the  head  and  down  the  back, 
followed  by  burning  heat. 

Excessive    general    coldness,    with  trembling,  spasms  and 
cramps,  hunger  and  great  thirst. 

Nearly  continual  alternation  between  chills  and  heat. 

Chilliness  and  shivering,  with  cold  sweats,  chattering  of  the 
teeth,  colic  and  cramps  in  the  stomach  and  extremities. 

Fever  with  chilliness  and  shivering,  and   aggravation    of  all 
the  pains. 

External  shivering  and  chilliness,  with  internal  heat,  espe- 
cially in  the  chest. 

Fever  with  typhoid  character,  and  great  constipation. 

Aggravation  of  the  fever  in  the  evening  and  at  night. 

Pulse  generally  accelerated  and  rebounding,  or  slow,   small 
and  imperceptible,  or  irregular  and  intermittent. 
SKIN. 

Pruritus,  with  stinging  and  heat  of  the  skin. 

Burning  heat  of  the  skin,  with  stinging,  itching  and  miliary 
eruption. 


38  ANATHERUM     MURICATUM. 

Furuncles  and  abscesses  in  different  parts  of  the  body. 

Scarlet  redness  and  burning. 

Red  pimples,  like  milaria  or  urticaria,  with  pruritus  and  ob- 
stinate burning. 

Pustular  eruption,  with  the  aspect  of  confluent  small  pox. 

Eruptions  simulating  scarlatina  and  measles. 

Herpes  and  ulcers  on  the  hairy  part  of  the  head,  with  com- 
pact, thick,  humid  scabs  and  prurigo. 

Productions  like  warts  and  lupia  on  the  eyebrows. 

Ulcers  and  scabs  on  the  face. 

Small  furuncles  in  the  face. 

Pustular  herpes  on  the  face  ;  furuncles  and  abscesses. 

The  skin  cold,  frigid,  pale  or  violet. 

Itching  of  the  skin,  like  of  ants,  with  sensation  of  drowsi- 
ness, and  loss  of  sensibility. 

Bluish,  scorbutic-looking  spots  over  the  body. 

Enlargement  and  painful  tumefaction  in  different  parts  of 
the  body. 

Erysipelatous  swelling  on  different  parts  of  the  body. 

Inflammation  and  suppuration  of  the  glands. 

Induration  of  sub-maxillary  and  cervical  glands,  with  diffi- 
culty of  speaking. 

GENERALITIES. 

Nervous  irritation,  with  great  agitation,  although  every 
movement  is  difficult  and  painful. 

Severe,  lancinating,  spasmodic  pains,  with  uneasiness  all 
over  the  body. 

Burning,  lancinating,  tearing,  rheumatic  and  gouty  pains, 
principally  aggravated  during  the  evening  and  night  by 
change  of  position,  by  strong  winds,  by  cold  air,  mois- 
ture, and  by  strong  heat. 

Coffee  aggravates  all  the  symptoms,  and  afterwards  it  calms 
them. 

Cramps  and  spasms. 

Tiredness  and  debility,  with  continual  agitation. 

Tetanus,  with  inclination  of  the  head  backwards,  with  nau- 
sea and  vomiting. 

Eclampsia  convulsions  ;  involuntary  of  the  extremities  as 
in  chorea. 

Epileptic  convulsions,  which  commence  with  loss  of  speech, 
restlessness,  hiccup,  contraction  of  diaphragm,  heat  in 
the  stomach. 

Cerebral  congestion ;  after  loss  of  consciousness  he  falls 
down  under  violent  motions  of  the  extremities  ;  bloody 
foam  from  the  mouth  ;  seminal  losses  ;  stool  and  urine 
pass  involuntarily. 

Extreme  prostration,  with  desire  to  sit  and  lie  down. 


APOCYNUM     ANDROSEMIFOLI  UM.  39 

Nervous  perturbation,  with  acceleration  of  the  circulation. 
Spasmodic  fits,  with  contractions  of  the    extremities,   eyes 

and  face. 
Giddiness  and  stupor,  followed  by  a  paralytic  sensation  of 

the  right  side  of  the  body ;  of  the   tongue   and    extre- 

tremities. 
Great  weariness  and  debility. 


APOCYNUM  ANDROSEMIFOLIUM. 
(Dogs-bane^ 


Analogues  : — Aconite,  Asdepias  tuberosa,  Bryonia,  Colchi- 
cum,  Cimicifuga,  Iris  versicolor,  Podophyllum. 

Description. — -An  indigenous,  perennial,  herbaceous  plant, 
abounding  in  a  milky  juice,  found  in  all  parts  of  the  United 
State  ;  taste  extremely  bitter. 

Officinal  preparations. — Tincture  of  the  root  or  whole 
plant. 

Sphere  of  action. — It  appears  to  have  a  marked  action 
on  the  muscular  system  and  joints. 

HEAD. 

Bilious  rheumatic  and  congestive  headaches. 

Rheumatic  or  neuralgic  hemicrania. 

NOSE. 

Severe  sneezing,  with  great  itching  and  irritation  in  nostrils. 
face  and  teeth. 

Swollen  sensation  of  the  face  and  body. 

Violent  itching  of  the  body  and  face. 

Itching  and  burning  of  the  face  ;  twitching  of  the  face. 

Pain  in  all  the  teeth  of  the  lower  jaw,  left  side. 
GASTRIC   SYMPTOMS. 

Tongue  coated  white. 

Excessive  nausea,  with  violent  headache. 

Vomiting,  severe  and  long,  with  retching. 

Increased  appetite. 

BOWELS. 

Diarrhoea,  with  persistent  nausea  and  vomiting. 

Copious   evacuations    in    the  evening,    of  soft   consistency, 
brown  in  color,  with  slight  colic. 
O  Expulsion  of  worms  (ascarides.) 
o  Constipation, 
o  Dyspepsia. 


40  APOCYNUM    ANDROSEMIFOLIUM. 

URINARY    ORGANS. 
Enormous  increase  of  urine. 
Scanty  urine  with  headache. 
Burning  sensation  in  the  urethra  when  urinating, 
o  Uraemia. 
o  Scarlatinal  dropsy, 
o  Anasarca, 
o  Dropsy  from  disease  of  the  heart. 

GENERATIVE  ORGANS. 
(Men.)     Tickling  sensation  at  the  end  of  the  penis. 
Burning  in  the  urethra  when  urinating. 
o  Chancres  on  the  glans  penis  ;  syphilis. 

(Women.)     o  Intermitting,  bearing  down,  labor-like  pains. 
Dysmenorrhcea,  and  threatened  abortion,  with    copious  flow 
of  urine. 

BRONCHIA,    LUNGS,  ETC. 
Expectorations  in  bronchitis  and  other  pulmonary  complaints. 
Bronchial  irritation. 

BACK  ANO  EXTREMITIES, 
o  Acute  rheumatism,  the  inflammation  confined   to  the  small 

joints,  with  much  pain  and  swelling, 
o  Pains  in  the  limbs,  especially  the  feet. 

SKIN. 
Profuse  sweating  all  night,  with  coldness  of  the  skin. 

SLEEP. 

Great  sleepiness,  with  profuse  sweating. 

FEVER. 
Heart's  action  increased  ;  pulse  98,  quick,  full. 


APOCYNUM   CANNABINUM. 

{Indian  Hemp.) 


Analogues  : — Asclepias  tuberosa  and  syriaca,  Eupatorium 
purpiireum,H elleborus  niger,  Kali  hydriod,  Bensoate  of  ammonia. 

Description. — A  perennial  plant,  growing  in  damp  places 
by  marshes  and  running  streams,  and  is  indigenous  to  nearly 
every  part  of  the  United  States. 

Officinal  preparations. — Tincture,  and  infusions  of  the 
root. 

Sphere  of  action. — Mucous  surfaces,  serous  membranes, 
skin  and  kidneys ;  causing  increased  secretion  and  elimination 
(primary,)  followed  by  the  opposite  condition,  (secondary.) 


APOCYNUM   CANNABINUM.  4I 


HEAD. 


Heavy,  stupid  headache,  with  drowsiness. 
O  Hydrocephalus  acutus,  in  children.     (Third  stage.) 


EYES. 


Heat,  with  redness  and  irritation,  as  if  several  sharp  grains  of 
sand  were  in  the  eyes. 

NOSE. 

Nostrils  and  throat  filled  with  thick  yellow  mucus, 
o  Coryza  ;  first  dryness,  then  thin,  irritating  watery  disdiarge, 

followed  by  discharge  of  thick  mucus. 
O  Infantile  coryza,  "  snuffles." 

MOUTH  AND  TONGUE. 

Dryness,  with  nausea  and  thirst. 

THROAT. 

Throat  filled  with  thick,  well  concreted  yellow  mucus  in  the 

morning. 
Unpleasant  degree  of  heat  in  the  throat, 

STOMACH. 

Distension  of  the  stomach  and  bowels  after  very  light  meals, 
o  Sinking  at  the  stomach. 

Violent  vomiting,  with  prostration  and  drowsiness. 
o  Increases  the  appetite  and  digestion, 

o  Irritable  stomach,  so  bad  that  the  patient   could    not  retain 
even  a  draught  of  water,  in  dropsy. 

ABDOMEN. 

Decided  distension  of  the  abdomen,  especially  after  a  mod- 
erate dinner. 

The  upper  bowels  seem  distended, — the  lower  not  at  all. 

Occasional  flatulence,  with  slightly  uneasy  sensations  of  the 
bowels. 
o  Ascites — many  cases,  from  a  variety  of  causes, 

KIDNEYS  AND    URINE. 
Primary. 

*  Dull,  aching  pain  in  the  region  of  the  kidneys,  with  increased 

secretion  of  straw-colored  urine. 
Very  profuse  light-colored  urine. 
Several  quarts  were  passed  every  day. 
No  sediment  in  the  urine. 

Secondary. 

*  Decided  scantiness  of  urine,  mth  slight  dyspncEa. 

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42  APOCYNUM    CANNABINUM. 

Urine  diminished  to  about  one-third  the  usual  amount. 
Scanty  urine,  with  Httle  expulsive  power  in  the  bladder. 
*  Very  peculiar  torpid  action  of  the  kidneys. 

Urine  of  a  light  golden,  sherry  yellow  color, 
o  Dropsy  complicated  with  chronic  diarrhoea, 
o  Diffiailt  and  painful  urination,  from  catarrh  of  the  bladder, 

disease  of  the  prostrate,  or  morbid  irritability. 
o  Retention  of  urine,  with  paralysis  of  the  lower  extremities. 
o  Diabetes  insipidus. 

o  Dropsy,  general  or  local,  and  from  various  causes,  but  chief- 
ly from  lack  of  eliminating  power  of  the  kidneys. 
In  cases  of  acute  idiopathic  dropsies,  use  the  dilutions,  be- 
ginning with  the  highest,  and  descending  more  or  less 
rapidly  according  to  the  progress  of  the  disease. 
In  chronic  or  atonic  dropsies  (secondary,)  use  the  tincture,  or 
if  necessary,  the  decoction,  in  one  or  two  dram  doses. 

SEXUAL  ORGANS. 

O  Uterine  hemorrhage  with  great  irritability  of  the  stomach 
and  vomiting  .  syncope  and  failure  of  the  pulse  when 
moved  ;  blood  expelled  in  large  clots,  sometimes  florid. 

0  Amenorrhoea  in  young  girls  with  bloating  of  abdomen  and 
extremities. 

LARYNX,  BRONCHI  AND  CHEST. 

Unpleasant  sensation  of  heat  about  the  fauces  and  larynx. 

Irresistible  disposition  to  sigh. 

Short,  dry  cough,  and  scanty  expectoration  of  white  mucus 

in  the  morning. 
Oppression  of  the  chest  on  waking. 
Sense  of  oppression  about  epigastrium  and  chest. 
It  was  difficult  to  breathe  enough  at  times, 
o  Loose,  rattling  cough,  with  oppression  of  the  chest,  (p.) 
o  Short,  dry  cough,  with  scanty  expectoration,  (s.) 
o  Hydrothorax  and  hydropericardium. 
o  Haemoptysis. 

BACK  AND  EXTREMITIES. 
Unusual  heaviness  of  the  head,  with  dull,  aching  pains  in  the 

small  of  the  back  and  limbs. 
No  tenderness  of  the  region  of  the  kidneys  on  pressure,  but 
a  slight  soreness  of  the  parts  when  bringing  the  muscles 
into  action,  thus  indicating  the  muscles  as  the  seat  of  the 
pains. 
Hard  aching  was  felt  several  times  in  both  knees,  sufficiently 
severe  to  make  me  fear  that  an  attack  of  inflammatory 
rheumatism  was  coming  on. 
O  CEdema  of  the  feet  and  ankles,  remaining  after  typhus, or  in 
dropsy. 


ARUM   TRTPIIVLLUM.  43 

ARCTIUM  LAPPA. 

(Burdock.) 


Analogues  : — Iris,  Lycopodium,  Cakarca  curb.,  Phytolacca, 
Hepar  siilpJi.,  Sulphur,  Viola  tricolor. 

Officixat,  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  root  and  seeds. 

HEAD. 
*  Eruptions  of  the  head,  face  and  neck. 
o  Headaches  from  suppressed  eruption  on  the  scalp. 
o  Tinea  capitis — the  head  completely  covered  with  a  grayish- 
white  crust,  and  most  of  the   hair  gone :  the  eruption 
extends  to  the    face  ;  cured    rapidly   and   permanently 
by   a   weak    infusion    of   the    root,    after   a  long  and 
useless   trial    of    Sulphur,   Iris,  Mercurius,    Graphites, 
Cakarca  carb.,  and  Lycopodium.-— ( Burt,  U.  S.  Medical 
and  Surgical  Journal,  Jan.  i8y2.) 
o  Crusta  lactca,  various  forms  of  eczema. — (lb.) 
o  Chronic  erysipelas  of  years  standing. — (lb.) 
o  Moist,  bad  smelling  eruptions  on  the  heads  of  children. 

FACE  AND  EYES, 
o  Boils  on  the  face  an  eyelids, 
o  Styes,  and  ulcerations  on  edges  of  the  eyelids. 
URINARY   ORGANS. 
Profuse  and  frequent  urination. 
O  Pain  in  the  bladder  after  urinating. 
o  Dropsy  from  non-malignant  renal  disease. 
GENERAL   SYMPTOMS. 

o  Swelling  and  suppuration  of  the  axillary  glands, 
o  Boils  all  over  the  body, 
o  Fetid  sweat  of  the  axilla. 


ARUM  TRIPHYLLUM. 

(Indiati  Turnip.) 

Analogues  : — Arum  mac,  Arsenicum,  Allium  cepa.  Nitric 
acid.  Phosphorus,   Cansticum,  Phytolacca,  Baptisia. 

Description  : — A  bulbous  plant  found  growing  throughout 
North  and  South  America,  in  rich,  shady  woods  and  swamps  ; 
the  fresh  root  exceedingly  acrid,  but  mild  and  tasteless  when 
thoroughly  dried. 

Officinal  Preparation  : — Trituration  of  the  recent  root 
up  to  the  3d — then  alcoholic  dilutions. 


44  ARUM    TRIPHYLLUM. 

Sphere  of  action. — Mucous  membrane  of  the  mouth, 
throat,  bronchi,  etc.,  and  probably  some  profoundly  injurious 
effect  on  the  blood. 

SYMPTOMS. 

EYES. 

Aversion  to  light. 

NOSE. 

*  Discharge  of  a  burning  ichorous  fluid,  from  nostrils,  excoria- 

ting the  mucous  membrane,  and  skin  of  upper  lip. 
Nose  stopped  up,  can  only  breathe  through  the  mouth, 
o  Constant  picking  at  the  nose,  until  it  is  sore   and    bleeding, 
(in  a  child.) 

FACE. 

Face  swollen  and  red. 

Swelling  of  the  sub-maxillary  glands. 

*  Lips  swollen,  cracked  ;  corners  of  the  mouth  sore,  bleeding, 

cracked, 
o  The  child  picks  constantly  at  the  lips,  cheeks  and  chin,  un- 
til they  are  raw  and  bleeding  (in  cases  of  scarlatina.) 
MOUTH. 

The  mouth  burns,  and  is  so   sore  that  he  refuses  to  drink, 

and  cries  when  anything  is  offered. 
Intense  prickling,  stinging  pain,   felt  all  over  the  tongue, 

mouth,  lips  and  fauces,  as  if  from  thousands  of  needles. 
~  *  Tongue  swollen,  red,  sore  with  raised  and   irritable   looking 

papillse. 
Excessive  salivation,  and  saliva  acrid. 

THROAT. 
Very  severe  prickling  and  stinging  in  the  fauces  and  throat, 

all  the  time  ;  worse  when  swallowing. 
Throat  feels  constricted,  sore,  burning,  cannot  smell. 
6  Sudden,  severe  attacks  of  tonsillitis  ;  oedema  of  the  glottis  ; 
acute  catarrhal  inflammation  of  the  fauces. 

STOMACH. 

Burning  heat  in  the  oesophagus  and  stomach,  which  spreads 
rapidly  all  over  the  body. 

URINE. 
Frequent  discharge  of  abundant,  pale  urine. 

RESPIRATORY   ORGANS. 
Great  hoarseness — inability  to  talk. 
Voice  uncertain,  changing  continually. 
^  Accumulation  of  mucus  in  trachea  ;  hawking  up   of  thick, 

white  mucus. 
o  Hoarseness  and  sore  throat  of  clergymen,  public  speakers, 
and  singers. 


ARALIA  RACEMOSA. — ARSENICI  lODIDUM.  45 

Dry  cough,  with  dry  pricking  and  soreness  in  the  fauces,  (p.) 
Loose,  rattling  cough  in  children  and  aged  persons,  with  in- 
ability to  expectorate,     (s.) 
o  Asthma  humida. 

SKIN. 

Dry,  feverish  heat  of  the  skin. 

Eruption  like  scarlet  rash,  the  skin  peels  off  afterwards,  with 
itching. 

FEVER. 

Excited  circulation,  followed  by  hot  perspiration,  with  prick- 
ing of  the  skin. 


♦ 


ARALIA  RACEMOSA. 

(Spikenard.) 


Analogues  : — Asartim'canadense,  Asaruin  europceum,  Cham- 
omilia,  Ciinicifnga,  Caidophylhan,  Trillitim. 

Officinal  Preparation  : — Tincture  of  the  root  (infusion.) 

(no  provings.) 
"  It  is  good  to  provoke   urine,  and   cureth  the  pain  of  the 
stone  in  the  reins  and  kidneys." — (Culpepper,) 
o  Leucorrhcea,  with  pressing  down  pains  in  the  uterus, 
o  Leucorrhcea,  acrid  and  offensive, 
o  Suppressed  lochia,  with  tympanitis ;  excruciating   pains   in 

the  bowels  and  uterine  region, 
o' Sudden  suppression  of  the  menses  from  a  cold, 
o  Dry  cough  in  bronchitis  and  laryngitis. 


ARSENICI  lODIDUM. 
(Iodide  of  Arsenic.) 


Analogues  : — Arsenicum,  Arum  tryphylltim,  Nitric  acid,  etc. 

Officinal  preparations. — Triturations  to  third  :  dilutions 
upward. 

HEAD. 
Vertigo. 
Dulness  of  the  head,  with  dull  pain  in  the  left  malar  bone,  and 

occasional  slight  frontal  headache  the  entire  morning. 
An  exceedingly  sharp  pain  in  the  forehead  and  both  ears. 
Severe  frontal  headache,  with  dulness  of  the  entire  head  in 


46  ARSENICI    lODIDUM, 

forenQon,  with  stiffness  and  soreness  of  left  side  of  neck  ; 
worse  when  moving  the  head, 
o  Chronic,  obstinate,  scaly  eruptions  on  the  scalp. — (Hale.) 

FACE. 

Erythematous  redness  of  the  face. 

EYES. 

Puffiness  of  the  lower  eyelids. 

An  uneasy  sensation  of  tension  or  stiffness  around  the  eyes. 
Weakness  of  the  eyes  with  burning   pain— a    feeling   as    if 
lachrymation  would  set  in. 
o  Chronic  strumous  ophthalmia,  with  ulceration. — (Hale.) 

EARS. 

Sharp  pain  in  both  ears,  especially  in  left  ear,  when  riding  in 
a  sharp  cold  wind. 
O  Chronic  otorrhoea,  with  corrosive  sanious  discharge. — (Hale.) 

MOUTH,  TONGUE,  STOMACH  AND  ABDOMEN. 

Intermittent  pain  in  front  right  upper  molar  tooth, 
o  Diphtheria  maligna. 
o  Phagadenic  ulceration  of  the  fauces  and  tonsils. 

Severe,  burning,  lancinating  pains  in  the  stomach,  with  heat 
of  mouth  and  fauces. 

White  tongue,  with  edges  and  tip  of  a  florid,  red  hue. 

Salivation,  with  acrid  saliva. 

The  abdomen  is  hard  and  distended  with  flatus,  which  is 
constantly  discharged. 

Severe,  cutting  pains  in  the  abdomen,  as  if  he  would  have  a 
^tool ;  he  had  no  stool,  but  large  quantities  of  wind 
escaped  ;  then  pains  are  partially  relieved  by  an  escape 
of  flatus,  and  by  the  application  of  warmth  to  the  abdo- 
men.— (8  A.  M.) 

Sharp,  cutting  pains  in  the  abdomen  (at  9  A.  M,)  which  warn- 
ed him  to  go  to  stool  ;  the  pains  became  excruciating, 
embracing  the  entire  abdomen,  and  obliging  him  to  bend 
almost  double  ;  after  a  great  deal  of  straining  he  passed 
a  large,  soft  stool,  which  afforded  him  some  relief. — (Dr. 
Blakeley) 

[This  is  the  kind  of  colic  cured  by  Dioscorca. — (Hale.)'] 
o  "  The  most  serviceable  remedy  we  have  in  the  diarrhoea  of 

phthisis." — (  Watson.) 
o  Chronic  diarrJioea,   ivitJi  intestinal   nlcerition — in  cases  of 
soldiers  returned  from  the  army. — (Hale.) 


ARSENICI    lODIDUM.   ,  47 


BACK. 


Stiffness   and    soreness   of   left   side   of  neck ;  worse  when 

moving. 
Soreness  of  the  back,  especially  of  back  of  neck,  as  if  beaten. 
Burning  heat  in  the  back  (lumbar  region,)  as  if  the  clothes 

were  on  fire. 
Itching,  especially  on  the  back. 

EXTREMITIES. 

Ithing  of  back  of  left  hand,  followed  by  stinging-itching  of 
back  of  right  hand. 

Peculiar  chilliness  of  left  thigh,  followed  by  formication  and 
weight  in  left  foot ;  the  clothes  when  extending  the  left 
limb,  feel  cold  ;  the  formication  and  weight  extended  to 
right  foot — was  partially  relieved  by  walking  ;  the 
chilliness  disappeared  from  warmth. 

Formication  on  exterior  border  of  left  foot,  followed  by 
burning  in  left  instep. 

Formicating  prickling  on  left  ankle,  also  on  right  ankle. 

Tired,  w^eary  feeling  in  calves  of  both  legs,   while  kneeling. 

Dull,  heavy  soreness  of  calf  of  left  leg,  afterwards  embracing 
tha  entire  leg ;  disappearing  during  active  motion,  re- 
turning when  at  rest. 

Heaviness  of  the  legs,  with  general  weariness. 

CHEST   AND   HEART. 

*  Tightness  of  the  chest,  with  short  dry  cough, 
o  Asthmatic  complaints  ;  cardiac  asthma. 

Anxiety  in  the  region  of  the  prsecordia. — ( IVilsoii.) 
o  Palpitations  ;  in  hypertrophy  of  the  heart. — (Hale.) 

SKIN. 

Persistent  itching  all  over  the  body — especially  the  back. 
P^ormicating,  prickling  itching  on  skin  of  body  and  extremi- 
ties. 

*  Erythema — especially  in  the  face. 

*  Dry,    scaly,  burning,  itching  eruptions  on    various    parts   of 

the  body, 
o  Lepra,  impetigo  ;  diseases  resembling  cancer. — (Thompson.) 
o  Obstinate  chronic  eruptions,  psoriasis  versicolor  ;  tinea  fur- 
furans  ;  pityriasis.  In  the  jd  dec.  trit.  will  often  give 
better  results  than  any  other  preparation  of  Arseni- 
cum.— (Hale.) 

FEVER. 

Hard,  full  pulse,   with    puffiness  of  the  lower  lids  and  face  ; 
thick,  white  tongue,  w^th  red  tip  and  edges, 
o  P'ebrile  movements  attending  chronic  irritable  eruptions. 


48  ASCLEPIAS  INCARNATA. 

ASARUM  CANADENSE. 

C  Wild  Ginger.) 


(NO   PROVINGS.) 

Analogues  : — Asarum  enropeum,  Senccio,  Tanacetum,  Sa- 
bina,  Arnica,  Senega. 

Officinal  Preparation  : — Tincture  of  the  root. 

HEAD. 

o  Headache  from  suppressed  nasal  catarrh. 

NOSE. 
Watery,  irritating  discharge  from  the  nose. 

GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 

(Female.)     Frequent  and  profuse  menses. 

Miscarriage  in  the  early  months.  (.'*) 

Relieves  excessive  pain  in  labor. 

(Resembles  the  Asarum  Europaium  in  its  general  action.) 


ASCLEPIAS    INCARNATA. 

(Swamp  Milkweed.) 


Analogues  : — Aslclepias  tuberosa  and  Asclepias  syriaca, 
Pulsatilla,  Senecio,  Copaiva,  Sabina. 

Description  : — A  species  of  milkweed  with  red  or  rose- 
colored  flowers,  growing  in  damp,  wet  soils  throughout  the  Uni- 
ted States. 

Officinal  preparation. — Tincture  of  the  root. 

o  Catarrh  of  the  bronchi.  (,'') 

o  Humid  Asthma,  ij) 

o  Mucous  diarrhoea.  (.-') 

o  Gonorrhoea,  with  greenish  discharge  and  chordee. 

O  Amenorrhoea,  with  cough  and  catarrh. 

o  Pleurisy.  (.-•) 

Nausea  and  vomiting. 

Papescent  diarrhoea. 

Profuse  discharge  of  urine. 

Profuse  perspiration. 


NEW    REMEDIES.  49 

ASCLEPIAS    TUBEROSA. 

(Pleurisy  Root.) 


Analogues  : — AiUbnonium  cruduvi,  Asclepias  syriaca, 
Arnica,  Apocynum  camiabimim,  Bryonia,  Ciinicifiiga,  Caidophyl- 
lum,  Dioscorea,  Dulcamara,  Eryngium,  Enpatoriuin  perfoliatiim, 
and  Enpatorinm  pnrpureum,  Ipecacuanha,  Iris  versicolor.  Kali 
carbonic uvi,Kalihydriodicu}n,  Pulsatilla,  Sencga}Squilla,  Tartar 
emetic. 

Description  :— A  beautiful  plant  found  from  Massachusetts 
to  Georgia.  It  does  not,  when  bruised,  like  other  species  of 
the  Asclepias,  emit  a  milky  juice.  When  dried,  the  root  is 
easily  pulverized,  and  has  a  bitter  but  not  otherwise  unpleasant 
taste. 

Officin.vl  Preparation  :— Tincture  and  triturations  of 
the  root. 

Sphere  OY  Action  : — In  acute  pains  of  the  thoracic  organs, 
catarrhal  affections  of  the  larynx,  bronchi  and  respiratory  tract 
and  to  some  extent  functional  derangements  of  the  stomach. 

MIND. 
W^eakness  of  memory  and  concentration. 
Mental  dejection  and  gloominess. 
At  first  cheerful,  then  fretful  and  peevish. 

HEAD. 
Dull  headache  in  the  forehead  and   vertex,  aggravated   by 

motion  and  relieved  by  lying  down. 
Headache,  pressing  deeply  on  the  base  of  the  skull ;  resem- 
bling an  Ipecacuanha  headache. 
Swimming  of  the  head,  with  dullness  in  the  forehead. 

•  Pain  in  the  forehead  from  coughing. — (Bryonia.) 
Dull,  gloomy  feeling  in  the  head. 

NOSE. 

*  Fluent  coryza,  with  much  sneezing. 
Blowing  of  blood  from  one  nostril. 

FACE. 
Pale  face,  with  dejected  look,  after  the  diarrhoea. 

MOUTH. 
Yellow,  tough  coating  on  the  tongue,  and  putrid  taste. 

THROAT. 
Transitory  constriction  and  stinging  in  the  throat,  extending 

to  larynx. 
Soreness  and  pain  in  the  throat. 
6 


50  ASCLEPIAS    TUBKKOSA. 

GASTRIC   SVMrr(J.\IS. 

Putrid  taste  in  the  mouth  ;  also  taste  of  blood. 
Nausea  and  efforts  to  vomit. 
Vomiting,  purging  and  great  prostration. 
Nausea,  with  constipation  ;  bilious  vomiting. 
0  Bilious  vomiting,  with  or  without   diarrhoea;  but  with  pain.s 

in  the  limbs,  cramp  in  the  feet,  etc. 
Burning  in  the  stomach. 

Pressive  pain  in  the  stomach,  with  rumbling  in  bowels. 
Disagreeable  feeling  of   weight   in   stomach,  with   deficient 

appetite. 

STOMACH    AND    IK^WKLS. 

Flying  pains  in  the  stomach  ;  fulness  and  pain  in  right  side, 
with  feeling  as  if  something  would  pass  the  bowels 
with  slight  nausea. 

Constipation,  after  diarrhoea. 

*  Bilious  and  painful  diarrhoea. 

Rumbling  and  uneasiness  in   the   bowels,  with   a  feeling   of 

heat  in  umbilical  region. 
Rumbling  in  the  bowels,  with  sharp,  cutting  pains. 

*  Soft,  foetid  stool,  preceded  by  rumbling,  followed   by  urging 

to  stool. 
Rumbling  in  the  bowels,  on  waking  at  6  P.  M.,  with  soreness 

of  the  abdomen  and  pain  on  pressure. 
Stool  like  white  of  eggs. 

Clammy  stool,  green  ;  smelling  like  rotten  eggs. 
O  Catarrhal  diarrhoea,  in  children,  or  in  warm  weather  when 

the  nights  were  cool  and  damp.  * 

O  Dysentery,  chiefly  catarrhal  and  autumnal, 
o  Sub-acute  mucous  enteritis. 

o  Anomalous  symptoms,  supposed  to  be  due  to  the  abuse  of  tobacco  ; 
namely  :  Acute  soreness,  attended  by  sharp,  griping  pains  in  the  lower 
part  of  the  abdomen ;  so  severe  that  at  times  he  was  unable  to  walk  or 
ride  in  a  carriage.  Five  or  six  stools  a  day.  At  times  the  pain  came  on 
with  great  violence  at  2  or  3  o'clock  in  the  morning,  with  sudden  dischar- 
ges from  the  bowels,  leaving  such  soreness  of  the  abdomen  that  he  could 
not  walk.  (Five  drops  of  the  tincture,  in  a  wineglass  of  water,  taken  at 
one  dose,  cured  this  case  of  25  years  standing.) — Dr.  Mm'tin. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 

P'requent  passing  of  clear  urine,  (p.) 
Dark  red,  saturated  urine,  (s.) 

GENITAL   ORGANS. 

Profuse  menstruation,  with  violent  pressing  down  pain. 
Painful  stitches  in  penis. 
Sweat  of  genitals. 
O  Primary  and  secondary  syphilis.  (.') 


AscLEi'iAs   tubp:rosa.  51 


LARYNX. 


Sensation  of  constriction  of  the  larynx. 

Dry  cough,  with  constricted  sensation  in  larynx. 

Dry,  hard  cough,  with  pain  in  forehead  and  abdomen, 


CHEST,  ETC. 

Want  of  breath,  like  asthma,  worse  after  eating. 

Pain  in  right  lung. 

Warm  feeling  in  chest. 

Dull  pain  at  base  of  both  lungs,  with  tightness  of  che.st. 

*  Sharp  pains  shooting  from  left  nipple  downward,  with  stiff- 

ness of  left  side  of  neck. 
Pain  at  base  of  left   lung,  with   dry  and    spasmodic    cough, 
making  respiration  painful,  with  some  dullness  on  per- 
cussion there. 

*  Sharp  cutting  pain  behind  the  sternum,  aggravated  by  draw- 

ing a  long  breath,  or  moving  the  arms,  by  singing  or 
loud  speaking. 
Chest  feels  weak  and  sore  ;  without  cough. 

*  The  spaces  between  the  ribs,  close  to  the  sternum  are  sensi- 

tive to  pressure. 
Stitches  in  the  left  side,  shooting  over  to  the  right  side  and 
up  to  left  shoulder. 

*  Acute,  pleuritic  pain  in  right  side,  with  dry,  hacking  cough, 

and  scanty  mucous  expectoration. 
Pain  in  the  chest,  low  down,  on  the  diaphragm. 
The  pains  in  the  chest  are  relieved  by  bending  fori^'ard  and 

aggravated  by  motion. 
o  Sub-acute  peri-pneumonia  of  a  catarrhal  origin, 
o  Pleurisy,  (equals  Bryonia  in  most  cases), 
o  Catarrhal    cough,   hard,  spasmodic,    from    irritation    of   the 

larynx  or  bronchia. 
O  Influenza,  with  pleuritic  or  myalgic  pains, 
o  Capillary  bronchitis  in  children, 
o  Bronchitis,  acute  and  chronic. 
O  Humid  asthma  ;  dyspnoea  in  bronchial  affections. 

HEART. 

*  Pain  beneath  the  left  nipple,  with  palpitation  of  the  heart ; 

pulse  rising  from  64  to  88. 
Pains  in  the  region  of  the  heart,  shooting  up  to  left  shoulder. 

*  Pricking  pains  in  region  of  the  heart. 

*  Contractive  pain  in  the  heart. 

Tenderness  on  pressure  over  the  region  of  the  heart. 

*  Acute  rheumatic  pericarditis  (not  very  severe). — Hale. 

o  Hard,    heavy,    forcible    beating   of    the    heart,   with    some 
dyspnoea. — Hale. 


52  ASCLEPIAS     SVRIACA, 

BACK  AND  EXTREMITIES. 
Severe  pains  in  back  of  the  head,  arms,  legs,  feet,  shoulders, 

and  violent  pains  in  all  the  joints. 
Pains  in  left  shoulder,  shooting  from  left  chest. 
Sharp,  shooting  pains  in  right  shoulder. 
Aching  pains  in  knees. 
Drawing  pains  in  thighs. 
Pains  in  the  loins,  like  lumbago. 
Rheumatic  pains  in  the  joints, 
o  Muscular  and  articular  rheumatism,  with  stitching  pains,  dark 

red  urine,  and  hot.  perspiring  skin. 

SKIN. 
Vesicles,  pimples  and  pustules,  all  over  the  body,  especially  on 

arms,  legs  and  face. 
Itching  of  the  skin  of  the  thighs  and  nates,  without  eruption. 
Hot,  moist  skin. 

SLEEP. 
Uneasy  sleep,  with  frightful  dreams. 

FEVER. 
Pulse  rises  from  64  to  88,  with  increased  action  of  the  heart. 
Chilliness,  in  a  warm  room,  with  cold  feet. 
*  High  fever,  with  hot  sweat, 
o  Rheumatic  and  catarrhal  fevers. 

o  Bilious  fever  (.''),  "marsh  fever  of  the  rice  plantations." 
GENERALITIES. 
Weak,  languid,  as  if  he  had  been  sick  a  long  time. 


ASCLEPIAS  SYRIACA. 

(Milk-  Weed.    Silk-  Weed. ) 


If  Analogues: — Asdepias  tuberosa,Bryonia,  Colc/iicum,  Senega, 
and  the  analogues  of  Asdepias  tubcrosa. 
Officinal  Preparation  : — Tincture  of  the  root. 
A  well  known  plant  with  milky  juice,  and   pods  filled  with 
beautiful  silky  threads.     Called  by  some  botanists,  A.  cornuti. 

HEAD. 
Headache,  with  scanty  urine. 
Headache,  with  vertigo,  dullness  and  stupidity. 
*  Headache,  from  suppressed  perspiration,  or  from  the  reten- 
tion of  effete  matters  in  the  system, 
o  Nervous  headaches,  followed  by  profuse  diuresis. 

Violent  headache,  confined  principally  between  the  eyes. 


ASCLEPIAS    SYRIACA.  53 

Severe  headache,  quick,  full  pulse,  and  nausea. 

A  feeling  as  if  some  sharp  ijistrmnent  zvas  thrust   through 

from  one  temple  to  the  other. 
A  sense  of  constriction  across  the  forehead. 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 
Burning  and  tickling  in  fauces,  with  nausea  and  headache. 
Tongue  coated  with  a  white  fur. 

STOMACH. 

Excessive  nausea,  with  violent  headache. 

Slight  pain  in  the  stomach,  with  diuresis,  and   inclination  to 

evacuate  the  bowels. 
Vomiting,  severe  and  long  continued,  with  retching,  leaving 
a  sensation  of  rawness  in  the  stomach,  and  a  slight  pain, 
with  cold  skin,  feeble  pulse,  and  a  feeling  as  if  some 
sharp  instrument  was  thrust  through  from  one  temple 
to  the  other. 
Great  appetite,  even  a  few  hours  after  a  meal. 
Increased  appetite,  notwithstanding  the  vomiting  and  head- 
ache, with  constipation. 

ABDOMEN    AND   STOOL. 
Frequent  movements  from  the  bowels. 
Diarrhoea,  with  persistent  nausea  and  vomiting. 
Inclination  to  evacuate  the  bowels,  with  nausea  and  diuresis. 
Copious  evacuations  in  the  evening,  soft,  brown,  with  slight 

colic. 
Soft  yellow  stool  at  noon,  with  increase  of  appetite. 
Excoriation  of  the  anus. 

Copious  evacuations  without  pain  or  other  unpleasant  effects, 
o  Expulsion  of  worms — (ascarides.) 

o  Constipation,  pain  in  right  side,  lower  extremities,  and  loss 
of  appetite. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 
Enormous  increase  of  urine. 
Scanty  urine,  with  headache. 
Profuse  urine,  with  headache. 
Pale-colored  urine,  with  lighter  specific  gravity. 
Burning  sensation  in  the  urethra  when  urinating, 
o  Uraemia, 
o  Scarlatinal  dropsy. 

o  Dropsy  from  suppressed  perspiration,  or  renal  disease, 
o  General  dropsy  from  heart  disease. 

[This  medicine  is  one  of  the  few  like  Colchicimi,  Bryonia,  and   Cimici- 
fuga,  that  increase  notably  the  solid  matters  in  the  urine.— /A//-?.] 

GENERATIVE  ORGANS. 
(Female.)     *  Intermitting,  bearing-down,  labor-like  pains,  (in 
a  case  of  dropsy.) 


54  ATROPINE. 

Dysmenorrhcea,  accompanied  by  diuresis, 
o  Suppression  of  the  menses,  in  a  case  of  dropsy. 
(Male.)     Tickling  sensation  at  the  end  of  the  penis. 
Burning  in  the  urethra  when  urinating. 
BRONXIIIA,  LUNGS. 
Severe    broncliial  irritation,   with   burning    and    tickling    in 
fauces, 
o  Influenza  ;  catarrhal  fevers  ;  and  bronchitis. 

B.\CK   AND   EXTREMITIES. 
o  Acute  rheumatism,  confined  to  the  large  joints,  with  much 

pain  and  swelling, 
o  Pains  in  the  limbs. 

[I  would  urge  a  trial  of  this  remedy  in  rheumatism,  when  Colchiatm  and 
Chnicifuga  seem  inefficient.— //if/ /<*.] 


ATROPINE. 

(The  aitii'c prmciple  of  Belladfltina.) 


Analogues  : — Belladonna  and  its  analogues. 

Officinal      Prepar.vtiONS  : Triturations,     (centesimal) 

dilutions. 

[No  complete  provings  oi  Atropine  have  been  made.  The  symptoms  ob- 
tained are  all  like  those  of  Belladonna.  We  do  not  believe  Atropine  can 
produce  all  the  symptoms  of  Belladonna,  because  it  does  not  contain  all 
the  forces  and  medicinal  constituents  of  that  plant.  To  the  mei'e  chemist, 
who  cannot  discern  anything  left  in  the  plant  after  the  Atropia  is  extract- 
ed, this  assertion  may  seem  absurd  ;  but  the  chemist  looks  at  drugs  from 
a  point  of  view  widely  divergent  from  the  physiological  experimenter. 
There  are  intangible  remedial  forces  in  plants  which  escape  the  subtlest 
analysis  of  the  chemist,  and  can  only  be  evolved  by  careful  provings.  One 
object  of  giving  this  pathogenesis  is  to  give  an  idea  of  the  scope  and 
sphere  of  action  of  this  isolated  constituent.  While  we  should  never  think 
of  prescribing  Atropine  in  febrile  states, acute  exanthemata,  inflammations, 
erysipelas,  glandular  diseases,  etc.,  where  we  usually  use  Belladonna,  we 
hav^e  a  high  opinion  of  its  value  in  neuralgia,  acute  congestions,  painful 
spasmodic  affections,  especially  of  the  sphincters,  nervous  jactitations, 
hyperaesthesice,  and  other  affections  due  to  purely  functional  nervous 
derangements. — Hale.'\ 

MIND. 

*  Rambling,  incoherent  speech,  spectral  illusions,  with  frequent 

fits  of  wild  uncontrollable  laughter. 

*  Furious  delirium,  especially  at  night. 

Quiet,  dreamy  delirium,  with  nervous  startings. 

Muttering  and  smiling,  with'  sleepiness. 

Delirium,  with  picking,  and  other  motions  of  the  hands  and 

fingers  in  the  air,  as  if  they  were  in  contact  with   real 

objects. 


ATROPINE.  55 

He  carries  on  conversations  with  imaginary  beings. 

When  conversing,  had  to  stop  in  the  middle  of  a  sentence 

and  inquire  what  he  had  been  talking  about. 
Imagines  he  has  epilepsy. 
He  lost  the  power  of  estimating  distances ;  he  reached  at 

objects  which  were  across  the  room,  and  stumbled  on 

objects  which  he  supposed  were  far  off. 
HEAD. 

*  Beating  and  throbbing  of  the  carotids. 

Fullness  of  temples  and  of  forehead,  with  dizziness. 
Feeling  as  if  the  brain  was  being  pressed  out  in  all  directions. 

*  Neuralgic  pains  commencing  under  the  left  orbit,   and  run- 

ning back  to  the  ear. 

Vertigo  upon  turning  the  head  suddenly. 

Vertigo,  with  staggering,  and  inability  to  walk, 
o  Neuralgia,  hemicrania,  of  the  severest  character, 
o  Symptoms  simulating  meningitis, 
o  Cephalalgia,  generally  nervous  oV  congestive, 
o  Headaches  of  a  nervous  origin. 

FACE   AND    EVES. 
Dark  red,  livid  and  puffed  face,  with  burning  heat  in  face. 

*  Congested  eyes  and  eyelids. 

*  Deep-seated,  dull  pain  in  the  back  part  of  the  eye. 

*  Bright  flashes  before  the  eyes  immediately  upon  closing  them. 
Intolerance  of  light  (rare). 

Dimness  of  vision  ;  can  neither  read  nor  thread  a  needle. 

Pain  in  the  eyes ;  dull,  or  sharp  and  increased  at   each   car- 
diac pulsation. 

Eyes  fixed  and  glassy  ;  cannot  compare  objects  or  estimate 
their  distances. 

Dilated  pupils,  to  an  extent  not  caused  by  any  other  drug. 

Can    read  well  for  a  few  moments,  when  the  words    run 
together  and  become  indistinct. 

When  reading,  the  words  seem  to  contract  and  expand  with 
the  action  of  the  heart. 

Spasmodic  winking. 

Double  vision. 

Dryness  of  the  conjunctiva. 
.    When  closing  the  eyes  he  sees  all  kinds  of  spectres  and  un- 
pleasant objects. 

The  field  of  vision  is  covered  with  colored  phantasms. 

Everything  looks  yellow, 
o  Neuralgia  of  the  eyes. 

o  Used  extensively  (and  sometimes  abused)  by  oculists  to 
dilate  the  pupil  in  cases  of  iritis,  cataract,  etc.,  and  to 
assist  in  examinations  with  the  ophthalmoscope. 


56  atropine. 

nosp:. 
Redness  and  heat  of  the  nose. 
Great  dryness  of  the  mucous  membrane  of  the  nose. 

MOUTH. 
Intense  dryness  of  the  mouth,  tongue,  fauces,  soft  palate,  and 
the  lips  and  throat,  followed  by  a  sensation  of  a  viscid, 
.sticky,  acid  secretion  of  a  peculiar  and  very  sickly,  offen- 
sive odor. 
The  mouth  becomes  foul  and  clammy,  and   the  tongue  cov- 
ered with  a  sticky  white  fur. 
Smoking  does  not  excite  the  secretion  of  .saliva. 
Mucous  membrane  of  mouth  dark  and  mottled, 
o  Mercurial  salivation. 

TONGUE. 
Loss  of  sensation  in  the  buccal  cavity. 
Tongue  dry,  with  red  tip  and  edges. 
Tongue  sticky  and  coated  white. 
Cannot  move  the  tongue  around  in  the  mouth. 
Difficulty  of  protruding  the  tongue. 
Tongue  feels  thick  ;  cannot  articulate  distinctly. 
Teeth  feel  "  on  edge." 
o  Dry,  parched  and  cracked  tongue,  in  typhus. 
0  Paralytic  symptoms  of  the  tongue. 

THROAT. 
Dryness   of  the   pharynx,  making   it   almost   impossible   to 

siuallozv. 
No  natural  sensation  when  drinking  ;  the  water  did  not  seem 
'      to  touch  the  mucous  membrane. 
Cannot  swallow  solids  without  washing  them    down  with 

liquids. 
Mucous  membrane  of  throat  feels  raw  and  irritated  ;  it  looks 
darker  than  usual,  and  mottled. 

[Not  usefnl    in  tonsillitis;  where   Belladonna  is  so  often    beneficial. — 
Ha/e.'] 

TASTE   AND    APPETITE. 
Loss  of  taste ;  nothing  tastes  natural. 
Everything  tastes  salt. 

No  appetite ;  partly  owing  to  the  dryness  of  the  mouth  and 
throat,  which  obliges  him  to  ivash  his  food  down. 
GASTRO-ENTERIC. 
Nausea,  from  the  foul,  sticky  saliva. 
Vomiting,  profuse,  hurrying  him  out  of  bed  at  night. 
Easy  vomiting  of  bitter  liquid  at  first,  afterwards  tastele.s,s. 
Eructations,  tasting  like  the  yolk  of  eggs, 
o  Gastralgia,  purely  neuralgic  :  very  prompt  cures. 


ATROPINE.  57 

Violent,  severe  sticking  pains  in  the  umbilical  region,  during 

attacks  of  vomiting,  at  night. 
Diarrhoea,  hurrying  him  out  of  bed  at    midnight,  preceded 

by  urgent  desire. 
Stools  copious  and  watery,  coming  out  with  a  gush,  relieving 

the  pain  at  the  umbilical  region, 
o  Spasmodic  or  neuralgic  colic. 

o  Constipation,  cured  permanently  by  very  minute  doses  con- 
tinued for  some  time. — (Allopathic  authority.) 
URINARY   ORGANS. 
The  kidneys  are  active  in  the  elimination  of  Atropia  from 

the  minute  when  it  enters  the  blood  until  it  is  entirely 

removed  from  the  system. 
It  causes  an  excess  of  uric  acid  in  the  urine. 
It  causes  an  increased  flow  of  blood  through  the  kidneys, 

and  thus  increases  the  urea. 
The  phosphates  are  increased  by  its  administration. 
Profuse  and  frequent  urination. 
"  It  is  a  most  powerful  diuretic^' — (Harley.) 
O  Nephritic  colic,  from  poison  of  calculi. 

*  Violent,  irresistible  and  ineffectual  urging  to  urinate,  with 

agonizing  tenesmus, 

*  Paralysis  of  the  bladder — probably  the  sphincter, 
o  Dysuria  ;  it  relieves  the  pain  in  many  cases. 

o  Dropsy  from  Bright's  disease. 

o  Chronic  albuminuria  ;  the  albumen  decreased  rapidly. 
GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 

O  Neuralgia  of  the  testes,  with  extreme  sensitiveness  to  touch. 
^(Hale) 

O  Irritable  uterus. 

o  Uterine  colic,  neuralgic  and  paroxysmal. 

o  Ovarian  neuralgia.— -( Ludlam.) 

O  Vaginismus.,  a  spasmodic  disorder  of  the  vagina,  undoubt- 
edly a  neuralgic  disease. — (lb.) 

*  Hypercssthesia  of  the  vagina  and  uterine  cervix. — (Hale.) 

[In  these  cases  give  the  6th  -j-  trit.,  and  apply  a  cerate  of  i  gr.  to  i  oz., 
of  cocoa  butter  or  lard.] 

RESPIRATORY    ORGANS. 

Dryness   of  the  larynx,  causing   a   constant   inclination   to 
cough. 

*  The  tough  mucus  in  the  larynx  causes  paroxysms  of  cough- 

ing, very  severe,  occurring  every  fifteen  or  twenty  min- 
utes,   attended  with    difficult    expectoration   of    thick, 
tenacious  mucus,  and  followed  by  burning  in  the  larynx. 
o    Whooping-cough,  cured  by  the  3d  centesimal  trit. — (Ludlam.) 
p  Spasmodic  cough,  irj  adults,  after  influenza. — (Hale.) 
7  ' 


58  ATROPINE. 

Sensation  of  a  glow  of  heat  in  the  lungs. 
*   Violent  and  suffocative  constriction  of  the  chest. — (Brandes.) 

HEART. 
Pulse   feeble  and    heart's    action     almost   imperceptible. — 

(Brandes.) 
Pulse  rising  from   60  to   140  beats,  but  no  increase  in  the 

respirations. — (Harley.) 
Fluttering  sensation  in  the  cardiac  region. — (lb.) 
o  Spasmodic  asthma  (by  hypodermic  injection). 
o  Nervous  palpitation  of  the  heart,  with  red  face  and  throb- 
bing in  the  carotids. — (Hale.) 
o  Palpitation  at  night,  with  debility  and  distress. 

EXTREMITIES. 
Trembling  of  the  limbs. 

Anaesthesia  of  the  extremities  ;  the  sense  of  touch  seems 
blunted  and  sometimes   almost    abolished ;   numbness 
and  prickling  of  the  hands,  extending  to  the  tips  of  the 
fingers. 
Cannot  tell  when  the  hand  touches  an  object. 
Continued  desire  to  open  and  shut  the  hands. 
Jerking  of  the  muscles  of  the  extremities. 
While  drinking,  the  arm  suddenly  contracted,  causing  him 

to  spill  the  water. 
While  walking,  the  flexor  muscle  would  contract  suddenly, 

throwing  him  to  the  ground. 
Staggering,  tottering  gait. 
On  picking  up  a  pin,  it  feels  as  if  there  were  five  or  six  of 

them. 
Spasms  of  the  muscles  of  the  extremities. 
Spasmodic  contractions  of  extremities  at  night. 
Coldness  of  extremities. 

SKIN. 
[Dr.  Sadler  of  London,  {Med.  Times  and  Gazette,)  reports  an  interesting 
case  showing  some  of  the  physiological  effects  of  Atropine,  and  the  small- 
ness  of  the  dose  capable  of  affecting  a  child. 

He  gave  a  child,  three  months  old,  a  mixture  containing  i /200th  of  a 
grain  of  Sulphate  of  Atropine.  In  a  few  minutes  the  child  turned  a  deep 
red,  "  like  scarlet  fever,"  over  its  face  and  upper  part  of  its  body  ;  the  per- 
spiration was  checked  and  the  skin  became  hot  and  dry.  This  continued 
for  five  hours.  The  next  morning  only  half  the  quantity  was  given  ;  the 
same  e'ffect  was  produced,  but  only  lasted  for  two  hours.  The  third  morn- 
ing only  four  drops  were  given  (60  drops  contained  i  /200th  of  a  grain)  and 
this  time  without  any  effect.  Six  drops  were  given  the  next  morning  ;  the 
same  redness  appeared,  but  this  time  only  lasted  for  half  an  hour.  The 
six  drops  contained  i  /800th  of  a  grain.  No  narcotism  was  produced,  even 
by  the  larger  dose  first  given.  The  paroxysm  of  whooping-cough,  for 
which  it  was  given,  was  slightly  but  not  decidedly  improved.] 

Dark  red  or  mottled  efflorescent  redness  of  the  skin,  like  that 
in  scarlet  fever. 


ATROPINE.     •  59 

Dark  red  or  purple  redness  of  the  face. 

Scarlet  red,  hot  and  dry  skin,  on  the  upper  half  of  the  body. 
Ancesthcsia  of  the  skin  :  the  sense  of  touch  is   lost  or  per- 
verted. 
Thrusting  pins  into  the  skin  causes  no  pain. 
Water  poured  over  the  skin  produces  no  sensation. 
Skin  seefns  unnaturally  smooth,  like  glass. 
Cold,  pale  and  clammy  skin. 
O  Useful  in  some  cases  of  scarlet  fever. — (Liidlam.) 
O  In  cases  of  retarded  or  suppressed  eruptions,  it  will  cause 
their  re-appearance. — (Hale.) 
SLEEP. 
Sleepiness,  or  drowsiness  with  inability  to  sleep. 
Deep,  heavy,  comatose  sleep. 
Heavy  sleep,  with  muttering,  incoherent  talking. 
He  sits  in  a  dull,  apathetic  or   drowsy  condition,  and  fre- 
quently gives  a  prolonged  yawn. 
Deep  sleep,  with  red,  bloa'ted  face. 

FEVER. 
Continual  chilliness  all  over. 
Chills  alte7'nati7ig  zvitJi  flashes  of  heat. 

It  stimulates  the  action  of  the  heart,  causing  the  pulse  to 

rise  from  60  to  140,  with  flashes  of  heat,  red-hot  skin, 

dry  mouth  and  throat,  with  throbbing  all  over ;  a  kind 

of  erethistic  fever,  with  general  ebulition  of  blood,  (p.) 

Chilliness,  with    cold    skin,  pulse  feeble,  action  of  the   heart 

feeble,  cold  extremities,  (s.) 
Fever,  with  low  muttering,  incoherent  delirium. 
o  Useful  in  some  typhoid  fevers. 

GENERALITIES. 
General  anaesthesia  of  the  skin  and  extremities,  (p.) 
Hyperaesthesia  of  the  whole  organism,  (s.) 
o  Tetamcs : 

[In  a  late  number  of  the  British  Medical  yownal  is  a  case  of  Tetanus 
successfully  treated  by  A  tropin.  On  the  fourth  day  of  the  attack  one- 
sixteenth  of  a  grain  was  administered  every  three  hours. 

Within  twenty-four  hours  the  clonic  spasm  became  less  severe  and  of 
shorter  duration,  and  the  tonic  rigidity  gave  way,  first  in  the  legs  and 
neck,  then  in  the  back,  and  last  of  all  in  abdomen  and  masseters.  On  the 
sixth  day  of  treatment  by  Atropia,  rigidity  of  masseters  only  remained. 
He  was  kept  under  the  influence  of  Atropia  for  three  weeks,  and  made  a 
good  recovery.  The  patient  was  "  a  healthy-looking  lad,  aged  14,  who 
was  seized  with  lockjaw  and  severe  pain  in  the  cervical  and  dorsal  region, 
with  fever,  a  few  days  after  jumping  from  a  coal  wagon." 

The  reporter  asserts  that  it  cures  on  the  theory  of  Brown-Sequard, 
namely  :  "  Reducing  congestion  of  the  blood  vessels  of  the  spinal  cord." 
It  was  certainly  homoeopathic  to  the  condition,  for  the  primary  effect  of 
Atropine  is  to  cause  spinal  anaemia,  the  secondary,  spinal  congestion.  For 
this  reason  the  large  dose  cured.] 


6o  KEW  REMEDIES. 

BADIAGA. 

{Fresh-water   Sponge.) 


Analogues: — Spongia,    Silicea,     Carlo    animalis,    Kaolin, 
Kali  bichromicum,  Clematis,  Sulphur,  Iodine,  Mercurius. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  and  triturations  from 
the  dried  sponge. 

mental   sphere. 

In  spite  of  the  headache,  he  is  still  clear  in  his  mind,  and 
more  inclined  to  mental  activity  than  before. 

Upon  the  slightest  emotion  or  thought,  forcible  pulsation  of 
the  heart. 

HEAD. 

Dull,  dizzy  feeling  of  head. 

Congestion  in  forehead. 

Headache  from  two  P.  M.  till  seven  in  the  morning,  with  slight 
aching  pains  in  the  posterior  portion  of  both  eyeballs, 
and  in  the  temple. 

During  the  day  more  or  less  headache,  with  pain  in  eyeballs, 
worse  in  the  left ;  more  from  one  o'clock  in  the  afternoon 
till  seven  in  the  evening. 

Frontal  headache  during  the  forenoon,  worse  in  the  temples, 
and  extending  into  the  posterior  portion  of  the  left  eye- 
balls ;  aggravated  by  moving  the  eye. 

Headache,  with  inflamed  eyes. 

During  the  afternoon,  heat,  pain  and  congestion  in  forehead, 
worse  at  seven  P.  M. 

In  temples  and  eyeballs,  pain  ;  to  the  temples  from  eyeballs. 

A  very  severe  headache  on  the  top  of  the  head  ;  remains 
the  same  in  all  positions;  better  at  night  after  sleeping 
and  better  in  the  morning,  returning  violently  after 
breakfast,  lasting  several  days. 

Headache,  commencing  between  one  and  two  P.  M.,  lasting 
till  between  six  and  seven  in  the  evening. 

Headache  and  soreness  of  the  body,  aggravated,  from  seven 
to  ten  in  the  evening. 

An  excess  of  dandruff  or  dry,  tetter-like  appearance  of  the 
scalp,  with  slight  itching. 

Scalp  sore  to  the  touch,  with  tetter-like  eruption  on  the  fore- 
head and  dull,  dizzy  feeling  xDf  the  head  during  the  fore- 
noon. 

EYES. 

O  Slight   intermitting   pains  in  the  posterior  portion  of  right 

eyeball  and  temple  ;  more  during  the  afternoon. 


BADIAGA.        '  6 1 

Pain  in  the  posterior  portion  of  both   eyeballs,  more  in  the 

left  one ;  more  between  one  and  seven  in  the  evening. 
Inflammation  of  the  eyes,  especially  the  right. 
Pain  in  left  eyeball  and  temple,  quite  severe,  extending  to 

the  left  side  of  the  head  and  forehead. 
Twitching    of  the   left    upper  eyelid   (from    triturating  the 

Badiaga). 
Left  eyeball  quite  sore,  even  upon  closing  it  tightly. 
Scrofulous  inflammation  of  the  eyes,  with  hardening  of  the 

meibomian  glands. 
Bluish-purple  margin  of  the  eyelids  and  blue  under  the  eye. 

NOSE. 
Itching  of  the  left  wing  of  the  nose  (while  triturating  the 

Badiaga). 
Profuse  co7yza,  mostly  from  the  left  nostril,    worse  in    the 

afternoon  and  P.  M. 
Discharge  of  thick,  yellowish  mucus  from  left  nostril,  during 

the  afternoon. 
Occasional  sneezing,  with  more  profuse  coryza,  most  on  the 

left  side,  with  occasional   stoppage  of  the  nose  ;  worse 

in  afternoon  and  evening. 
Coryza  and  cough. 

FACE. 
On  forehead  tetter-like  eruption. 
Pale,  ashy,  or  lead  color  of  the  face. 
Stiffness  in  the  maxillary  joints. 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 
Mouth  hot  and  dry,  with  thirst  for  large  quantities  at  a  time. 
Throat  inflamed  and  sore,  especially  on  sivallozving ;  tonsils 

red  and  inflamed. 
Mouth  and  tongue  feel  as  if  scalded. 
Hawked  up  a  viscid,  solid  lump  of  bloody  mucus,  in  the 

morning. 

STOMACH     AND    ABDOMEN. 
Severe,  lancinating  pain  in  pit  of  stomach,  extending  to  the 

vertebrae  opposite  and  to  the  right  scapula,  and  at  times 

to  the  right  side,  resulting  in  a  pleuritic  pain. 
A  lancinating  pain,  with  a  bounding  movement  in  the  region 

of  the  liver. 
Bowels  costive. 
Haemorrhoids. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 
Sharp  pain  in  the  right  kidney. 
Urine  high-colored  and  reddish. 
Severe,  sharp,  lancinating  pains  in  and  near  the  orifice  of  the 

urethra. 


62  BADIAGA. 

GROINS, 
o  Indurated,  inguinal  glands. 

o  Syphilitic  bubo  in  the  left  groin ;  a  longlsh  swelling,  as  hard 
as  a  stone,    urinary  rugged,  like  a  scirrhus ;  at   night 
violent  lancinations,  as  if  with  red-hot  needles. 
O  Buboes  originating  by  consensus  or  cellular  irritation,  with 
shooting  pains,  if  suppuration  has  not  commenced,  will 
disappear  in  three  days  completely,  if  with  rest,  low  diet, 
cold  local  application,  the  tincture  of  Badiaga  is  given, 
one  drop  in  a  tablespoonful  of  water,  every  three  or  four 
hours, 
o  Buboes,  with  decided  fluctuation,  are  scattered  and  absorbed 
from  six  drops  of  the  tincture,  every  day  in  water. 
COUGH  AND   CHEST. 
While  lying  on  the  right  side  in  bed,  and  at  the  moment  of 
becoming  unconscious  by  sleep,  severe  oppressive  suffo- 
cating attacks,   from  suspended  respiration,   causing  a 
quick  effort  to  prevent  suffocation,  by  changing  position. 
On  full  inspiration,  pleuritic  pain  ;  aggravated  pain  in  side. 
Occasional  severe  paroxysms  of  spasmodic   cough,  ejecting 
viscid  mucus  from  the  bronchial  tubes,  which  at  times 
comes  flying  forcibly  out  of  the  mouth,  more  during  the 
afternoon  ;  caused  by  a  tickling  in  the  larynx. 
Cough,  with  yellowish  mucous  expectoration  ;  better  in  the 

warm  room. 
A  sense  of  sharp,  lancinating  pain  in  the  right  supra-clavic- 
ular region,  in  or  near  the  sub-clavian  artery,  lasting 
several  minutes  during  the  evening. 
Pain  in  the  upper  part  of  the  right  chest. 
Pleuritic  pain  in  right  side,  also  on   the  left ;  increased  with 
stitches  in  both  sides,  aggravated  on  motion  or  full  res- 
piration, with  soreness  of  the  whole  body,  especially  the 
chest. 
Severe  stitches  in  the  side,  especially  the  right  side,  from  the 
seventh   to   the   eighth   rib  ;    aggravated   by  the  least 
motion. 

HEART. 
Severe  vibrating  tremulous  palpitation  of  the  heart,  even 

while  sitting  or  lying  quiet,  upon  the  least  elation  or 

other  emotion  of  the  mind. 
While  lying  in  bed,  forcible  pulsations  of  the  heart  felt'  and 

heard,  extending  from  the  chest  up  into  the  neck,  upon 

the  slightest  emotion  or  thought. 
Palpitation  of  the  heart,  with  a  fluttering  and  vibrating  upon 

the  slightest  emotion. 
Occasional  spells  of  severe  jerking,  fluttering  palpitation  of 


BADIAGA.  63 

the  heart  upon  a  sudden  elating  thought  or  emotion  of 

the  mind,  even  while  sitting  or  lying. 
While  lying  on  the  right  side,  the  heart  is  both  heard  and 

felt  to  pulsate  from  the  chest  up  to  the  neck. 
Midnight,  while  in  bed,  vibrating  palpitation  of  the  heart, 

lasting  but  a  few  minutes,  after  which,  while  lying  on 

the  right  side,  a  sensation  as  if  the  lower  lobe  of  the 

left  lung  was  settling  down,  or  being  collapsed — relieved 

by  changing  position. 

NECK. 

A  very  stiff  neck. 

Soreness  and  lameness,  with  stitches  in  the  nape  of  the  neck, 
aggravated  by  bending  the  head  back  and  forth, 
o  Glandular  swellings  on  the  left  side  of  the  face,  the  throat 
and  neck,  nearly  all  the  size  of  a  hen's  egg,  some  hard, 
some  suppurating ;  they  disfigured  and  enlarged  the 
whole  region  considerably  since  his  early  youth,  now 
twenty  years ;  *,  in  often  repeated  doses,  lessened  it 
more  than  half  the  former  size. 

BACK. 

Painful  drawing  near  the  spine  to  the  left,  downwards  from 
the  shoulder  blade. 

Severe  lacerating  pains  and  stitches  in  the  posterior  right 
side  below  the  scapula,  aggravated  very  much  by  throw- 
ing the  shoulders  back  and  the  chest  forward. 

Pain  in  small  of  the  back,  hips,  and  lower  limbs. 

Pain  in  the  front  of  the  upper  part  of  the  right  shoulder, 
afterwards  in  the  left  shoulder  and  arm. 

LIMBS. 

Palms  of  the  hands  hot  and  dry,  dry  and  husky. 
An  intermitting  pain  in  the  muscles  of  the  lower  posterior 
third  of  the  right  leg,  with  a  sore,  contracted,  clumsy, 
bruised  feeling  of  the  arterior  muscles  of  the  lower  third 
of  the  right  leg,  which  is  aggravated  by  flexing  the  foot 
and  going'  up  stairs,  where  the  toes  have  a  tendency  to 
drop  down,  as  if  the  foot  were  asleep. 
The  anterior  muscles  of  the  right  leg  sore,  as  if  beaten. 
Several  small  hard  lumps  along  the  shin  bone. 
O  Lessened  hard-cellular  swelling  of  both  legs. 

Sharp,  stinging  pain  in  the  posterior  portion  of  the  right  heel, 
aggravated  by  the  slightest  pressure. 
o  Bad  ulcers  on  the  feet  of  horses.— -( Popular  remedy.) 
o  Hurts  of  the  hoofs  of  horses.  "  " 

o  Chilblains. 


64  BALSAMUM    PERUVIANUM. 

A  general  soreness  of  the  muscles  and  integuments  of  the 
whole  body,  especially  the  integuments  ;  aggravated  on 
motion,  and  especially  by  the  friction  of  the  clothes. 
Flesh  feels  sore,  as  if  it  had  been  beaten,  and  very  sensitive 
to  touch  or  friction  of  the  clothes. 
SLEEP. 
Awoke  with  frightful  dreams  and  severe  crampy  pains  in  the 

metatarsal  bones  of  both  feet. 
Restless  night,  could  lie  only  a  short  time  in  one  position,  on 
account  of  the  soreness  of  the  muscles  and  whole  body. 
O  At  night  violent  lancinating  pains  in  the  limbs. 
In  the  night  palpitation,  lying  on  the  right  side. 
Headache  better  after  sleep. 

FEVER. 
Feverish,  hot  breath  and  mouth. 
Hot  and  dry  palms  of  hands, 
o  Hot  stitches  in  limbs. 

SKIN. 
Itching  on  scalp. 
O  Scrofulous  diseases,  particularly  swollen  glands, 
o  Bruised  spots  from  falls  or  from  being  beaten. 
Flesh  and  skin  sore  to  the  touch. 


BALSAMUM   PERUVIANUM. 

{Balsam  of  Peru.) 


Analogues  : — Aurwn   mur.,  Copaiva,  Cubeba,  Chhnaphilla, 
Kali  hypophos,  Iodine,  Stannum,  SulpJiiir,  TJiuya,  Uva  ursi. 

Botanical  name  : — Myrospermnm  peruifemm. — De  Can- 
dolle.     A  large  tree  growing  in  South  America. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture,   or   triturations   of 
the  balsam. 

HEAI3. 

Heat  and  fulness  in  the  head. 

*  Profuse  thick  discharge  from  the  nose. 
o  Chronic,  muco-purulent  nasal  catarrh. 
o  Ozaena — with  ulceration. 

GASTRO-INTESTINAL    SPHERE. 
Increase  of  appetite  and  digestion. 
Heat  and  oppression  of  the  stomach. 

*  Vomiting  of  food  and  mucus. 
Nausea,  with  colic  and  diarrhoea. 

*  Catarrhal  states  of  the  stomach. 


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BALSAMUM    PERUVIANUM.  6$ 

o  Chronic  mucus  diarrhoea. 

o  Chronic  dysentery,  with  bloody  mucus  and  tenesmus. 

O  Irritable  bowels  after  typhoid  fever. 

RESPIRATORY    ORGANS. 

Heat  and  burning  in  the  larynx. 
Irritating  short  cough,  dry. 

Cough,  with  copious  expectoration   of  thick  yellow,  green, 
and  foetid  muco-pus. 

o  Chronic  inflamrnation  of  the  larynx. 

o  Laryngeal  phthisis — uot  tuberculous. 

o  Chronic  bronchial  catarrh — especially  of  old  people. 

0  Loose,  rattling  cough,  with  thick,  yellow,  or  green  and  foetid 
expectoration — ^^^r  pneumonia,     (i/ioth  dil.) 

O  Suppression  of  the  accustomed  expectoration  in  bronchial 
affections.     (6th  dil.) 

O  Chronic  bronchitis  with  purulent  expectoration  and  hectic 
fever. — (Hale.) 

O  I  have  seen  persons  laboring  under  perfectly  formed  phthisis, 
and  seriously  affected  for  several  years,  happily  restored 
by  the  use  of  this  balsam. — (Hoffnimi.) 

O  Purulent,  foetid  expectoration  from  vomicae  in  the  lungs. 
(In  affections  of  the  bronchia  and  lungs,  with  scanty  expec- 
toration and   fever,  use  the   6th    dilution.     If  profuse 
purulent  expectoration,   and  absence  of  lever,  use  the 
l/ioth  dilution. — (Hale.) 

URINARY  ORGANS. 

Increased  secretion  of  urine. 
*  Scanty  urine  with  mucus  sediment, 
o  Chronic  catarrh  of  the  bladder, 
0  Chronic  uterine  and  vaginal  leucorrhoea  (.-*) 

FEVER. 

General  heat,  with  excited  circulation  and  quickened  pulse, 
but  moist  skin.  ^ 

o  Hectic  fever  in  chronic  bronchitis. 

GENERALITIES. 

o  Debility,  with  slow,  feeble  circulation. 

o  Indolent  ulcers. 

o  Cracks  in  the  nipples,  fingers  and  hands. 


66  NEW  REMEDIES. 


BAPTISIA  TINCTORIA. 

( IVi'M  Indigo.) 


Analogues  : — Bryonia,  Agariais,  Kali  chloriciiin,  Nitric 
acid,  Rhus  toxicodetidron,  Muriatic  acid,  A  rsenicum. 

Officinal  Preparation: — Tincture  of  the  bark  of  the 
root. 

Sphere  of  Action  : — It  exerts  a  marked  influence  on  the 
blood  and  vascular  system,  the  nerves  of  sensation,  and  on  the 
intestinal  lesions  common  to  typhoid  and  other  low  types  of 
fevers. 

o  The  gastric  mucous  membrane   and    the   great   semilunar 
ganglion  of  the  sympathetic  nervous  system. — (Bayes.) 

MENTAL    SPHERE. 

*  Restless,  uneasy  frightful  dreams,  gloomy  and  cast  down  for 

several  days. 
Indisposition  and  want  of  power  to  think  ;  unhappy :  mind 
seems  weak, 
o  The  patient  imagines  he  "  cannot  get  himself  together,"  as 
if  the  pieces  of  his  body  were  scattered  about. — (Bell.) 
o  Stupefaction  and  drowsiness  in  typhoid,  a  "  wild  "  feeling, 
with  the  headache. 

HEAD. 
Sharp  pains  in  both  temples. 
Dull,  heavy,  pressive  headache,  very  much  aggravated  by 

motion. 
Dull  feeling  in  occiput,  with  pain  and  fullness  of  the  vessels. 
Vertigo,  a  confused  feeling,  or  swimming  sensation  in  head. 

*  Peculiar  feeling  of  the  head,  which  is  never  felt  except  during 

the  presence  of  fever,  excitement  of  the  brain,  such  as 
precedes  delirium. 

*  Headache  which  precedes  and  accompanies  typhoid  fevers. 
Head  feels  too  large,  and  too  heavy,  with  numb  feeling  of 

head  and  face. 
Soreness  as  if  in  the  brain  in  frontal  region,  with  pain,  heat, 

and  vertigo,  worse  on  stooping. — (Muriatic  acid.) 
Great  tightness  of  the  skin  of  the  forehead,  it  feels  as  if  it 

could  be  drawn  to  the  back  of  the  head,  with  pain  in 

right  eye,  and  pressive  pain  in  right  temple. 
Pressive  pain  in  the  forehead,  as  if  it  would  be  pressed  in, 

with  sharp  pain  in  both  temples,  very  much  aggravated 

by  motion. 


BAPTISIA   TINCTORIA.  '  6/ 

Severe  pain  in  occiput,  with  dull,  stupid  feeling  all  over  the 
head,  with  sharp  pain  over  the  eyes. 

Brain  feels  numb  with  stitches,  or  shocks  in  various  parts  of 
the  head. 

Head  feels  heavy,  as  if  he  could  not  sit  up,  day  and  night, 
causing  a  "  wild  "  feeling,  aggravated  by  noise, 
o  The  peculiar  headache  preceding  and  during  typhoid  and 

cerebro-spinal  fever,  also  from  brain  exhaustion, 
o  Her  head  feels  as  though  scattered  about,  and  she  to.sses 
about  the  bed  to  get  the  pieces  together. 
EYES. 

Feeling  as  if  the  eyes  would  be  pressed  into  the  head,  with 
great  confusion  of  sight ;  cannot  place  anything  till 
after  looking  at  it  a  iow  seconds. 

Vertigo,  with  sensation  of  paralysis  of  the  lids,  eyes  smart 
and  ache. 

Bloated  feeling  of  the  eyes  ;  eyes  unusually  glistening  ;  dis- 
position to  have  the  eyes  half  closed  ;  soreness  in  front 
part  of  the  head  upon  moving  the  eyes  or  turning  them 
upward  ;  soreness  of  the  eyeballs,  eyes  feel  swollen, 
with  burning  and  slight  lachrymation  ;  congestion  of 
the  vessels  of  the  eye,  they  look  red  and  inflamed. 
NOSE. 

Thick  mucus  discharge  from  the  nose. 

Severe  drawing  pains  along  the  nose. 

Catarrh,  with  dull  pain  at  the  root  of  the  nose. 

FACE. 

Burning  heat  of  face,  face  flushed  and  hot ;  external  vessels 
of  face  distended  and  full,  flashes  of  heat  over  the  face, 
which  feels  flushed  and  very  hot,  cheeks  burn. 
EARS. 

Deafness,  or  dullness  of  hearing,  *during  typhoid. 

Roax^ing  in  the  ears,  with  confusion  of  the  mind. 

MOUTH,   TONGUE,    ETC. 

*  Profuse  flow  of  saliva,  with  ulcers  in  the  mouth. 
Tongue  feels  as  if  it  had  been  scraped. 

*  Tongue  coated  yellow  along  the  centre,  with  flat  bitter  taste 

i'l  the  mouth. 

*  Tongue  feels  dry  on  rubbing  it  against  the  roof  of  the  mouth, 

smarts  and  feels  as  if  burned. 
Saliva  abundant,  viscid,  with  flat  or  filthy  taste. 
Tongue  coated  white,  with  red  papillae  protuberant,  followed 

by  yellow,  brown   coating  in  the  centre,  the  edges  red 

and  shining. 
Tongue  feels  swollen,  thick  with  numbness. 
Teeth  and  gums  feel  sore,  with  bloody  oozing  from  gums. 


68  BAPTISIA   TINCTORIA. 

*  Great  dryness  in  mouth  and  tongue,  in  fevers. 

o  Chronic  mercurial  sore  mouth,  with  foetid  breath, 
o  Stromatis  materna,  in  feeble  women,  with  offensive  breath, 
o  Ulcerations  of  mouth  and  fauces  in  diphtheria  or  small-pox, 
with  foetor. 
(The  Baptisia  .should  be  used  topically  as  well  as  internally.) 

THROAT. 
Soreness  of  the  throat  with  scraping  and  burning. 
Raw  sensation  in  pharynx  with  abundant  viscid  mucus. 
Constrictive  feeling  in  throat,  with  frequent  desire  to  swallow. 
Pricking  sensation  in  upper  part  of  pharynx. 
Throat  feels  swollen  and  full,  tonsils  and  soft  palate  injected 

with  pain  in  root  of  tongue  when  swallowing. 
The  dryness  of  the  mouth  and  tongue  extends  to  the  throat, 
o  Angina  with  swelling,  but  with  -unusual  absence  of  pain. — 

(Dr.  Miner.) 
o  Diphtheria  with  foetid  breath,  ulcerations  of  throat,  and  great 
prostration. 

STOMACH. 
Much  distress  in  the  stomach,  severe  pains  every  few  mo- 
ments in  the  cardiac  region. 
Dull  pain  in  the  epigastric  region,  frequently  recurring,  ag- 
gravated by  turning  over  or  walking. 
Nausea  with  eructations,  followed  by  painful  vomiting. 
Disposition  to  vomit,  without  nausea. 

*  "  Gone  "  empty  feeling  in  stomach. 

o  Dyspepsia  following  typhus,  with  great  sinking  at  stomach, 
frequent  fainting,  and  brown  tongue  in  morning. 
Feeling  as  if  there  was  a  hard  substance  in  stomach. 
Stitching  pain  in  cardiac  portion  of  stomach. 
Nausea  with  want  of  appetite,  and  constant  desire  for  zvater. 

ABDOMEN. 
Constant  pain  in  right  hypochondriac  region,  with  sharp, 
shooting  pains  in  the  bowels. 
'   Severe  colicky  pains  in  the  umbilical  and  hypochondriac  re- 
gions, recurring  every  few  seconds,  with  rumbling  and 
desire  for  stool. 
Pain  in  abdomen  on  pressure,  with  dull  aching  pain  in  the 
lumbar  region  on  going  to  bed. 

*  Fullness  of  the  abdomen,  with  borborygmus  and  diarrhoea. 
Pain  in  the  hypogastrium,  with  soreness  of  the  abdominal 

muscles  as  if  from  a  cold,  or  severe  coughing. 

*  Distension  of  the  abdomen,  with  rumbling,  and  a  feeling  as 

if  it  would  be  a  relief  to  vomit. 
The  small  and  large  intestines  filled  with  bloody  mucus. 
(Pathological  appearances  in  a  cat.) 
o  Abdominal  typhus,  with  ulcerations  of  the  bowels. 


BAPTISIA   TINCTORIA.  69 

LIVER. 
Pain  in  the  right  hypochondriac  region  aggravated  by  walk- 
ing ;  constant  dull  pain  in  the  region  of  the  gall  blad- 
der ;  pain  extends  to  the  spine. 
Soreness  in  the  region  of  the  liver  ;  pain  in  the  liver. 
o  Congestion  of  the  liver  during  typhoid. 
STOOLS  AND   RECTUM. 
In  large  doses  Baptisia  is  a  drastic  cathartic. 
Stools  are  generally  dark,  offensive,  mucus  and  bloody. 
Vomiting  and  diarrhoea  with  dark  stools. 
Rumbling  in  the  bowels  and  desire  for  stool,  with  soft  papes- 

cent  stool  with  much  mucus,  (p.) 
Severe  constipation  and  hemorrhoids  after  the  diarrhoea,  (s.) 

*  Frequent  small  offensive  acrid  stools. 
Dysentery  with  offensive,  bloody  discharges. 

o  Dysentery  after  confinement,  with  violent  colicky  pains  in 

the  hypogastric  region  before  stool,  with  great  tenesmus  ; 

stools  pure  blood  with  a  little  mucus,  occurring  every 

five  minutes. 
O  Dysentery  with  bloody,  mucus  evacuations,  tormina,  brown 

coat  on  the  tongue  with  low  fever, 
o  Autumnal  dysentery  with  tendency  to  typhoid. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 
Urine  dark  red  and  not  very  copious,  with  burning  during 

emission. 
Shooting  pains  in  the  region  of  the  left  kidney. 

GENITAL   ORGANS. 
Menses  too  soon  and  too  profuse. 
Is  said  to  produce  abortion, 
o  Foetid  lochia  with  much  prostration, 
o  Puerperal  fever  with  typhoid  symptoms. 
o  Threatened  abortion  in  typhoid  fever. 

RESPIRATORY    ORGANS. 
Hoarseness  even  to  complete  aphonia. 
Tickling  in  the  throat  provoking  a  cough. 
Difficult  breathing  increased. 
Increased  compass  and   frequency  of  the  pulsations  of   the 

heart ;  pulsations  seem  to  fill  the  chest. 
Difificulty  of  breathing;  the  lungs  feel  tight  and  compressed  ; 
cannot  get  a  full  breath. 

*  Tightness  of  tne   chest,  feeling  of  want  of  power  in   the 

respiratory  apparatus,  such  as  is  felt  during  fever. 

Constriction  and  oppression  of  the  chest. 

Oppressed  respiration,  sharp  pains  in  the  che.st  when  taking 
a  long  breath,  throbbing  in  the  heart  so  as  to  be  dis- 
tinctly heard. 


70  BAROSMA    CRENATA. 

Awoke  with  great  difficulty  of  breathing,  the  lungs  feel  tight 
and  compressed  ;  could  not  get  a  full  breath,  felt  obliged 
to  open  the  window,  to  get  my  face  to  the  fresh  air. 
o  Dyspnoea  during  the  low  stages  of  typhoid. 

BACK. 

Dull  heavy  pain  in  the  lumbar  region,  very  much  aggravated 
by  walking. 

Back  and  hips  are  very  stiff  and  ache  severely. 

Chills  up  and  down  the  back  as  if  ague  were  coming  on. 

Dull  heavy  aching  in  the  lumbar  region  on  going  to  bed  at 
night,  flashes  of  heat  from  the  small  of  the  back  in  all 
directions. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 

Stiffness  of  the  joints  as  if  strained,  and  twitching  in  the  left 
deltoid,  and  latissimus  dorsi  of  left  side. 

Soreness  of  muscles  of  neck,  muscular  debility,  feeling  of 
weariness  in  the  right  arm  and  shoulder. 

Hands  feel  too  large  and  are  tremulous  with  a  thrilling  sen- 
sation as  if  going  to  sleep. 

LOWER   EXTREMITIES. 

Dull  drawing  pains  in  right  groin  and  testicle,  also  in  the 
legs  and  knee  joints. 

Burning  heat  of  feet,  feeling  of  pulsation. 

Dull  pain  in  the  sacrum,  extending  round  the  hips  and  down 
the  right  leg. 

Extremities  feel  hot,  except  the  feet,  which  are  cold. 

Cramp  in  the  calves  when  walking. 

Aching  in  the  limbs,  heat  and  burning  in  the  lower  extremi- 
ties so  intense  as  to  prevent  sleep  most  of  the  night. 


BAROSMA  CRENATA. 

(Buchu.) 


Analogues  : — Copaiva,  ChiniapJiilla,Erigeron,  TerebintJiina, 
Uva  ursi. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture,  dilutions. 

\^No  proving,  but  its   importance   demands  one  ;    it   would    doubtless 
cause,  secondarily,  all  the  conditions  given  below. — Hale.] 

o  Gastric  catarrJi,  causing  dyspepsia, 
o  Intestinal  catarrh,  chronic. 

o  Chronic  maladies  of  the  urino-genital  organs,  characterized 
by  mnco-purnlejit  secretions. 


BELLIS     PERENNIS.  7 1 

o  Chronic  iiijiammation  of  the  pelvis  of  the  kidneys,  and 
mucous  membranes  of  the  bladder,  attended  with  co- 
pious discharge  of  mucus. 

o  Irritable  bladder,  from  vesical  catarrh. 

O  Irritable  conditions  of  the  urethra,  as  spasmodic  stricture. 

o  Gleet,  with  profuse  discharge. 

o  Lithiasis,  with  increased  secretion  of  lithic  acid. — (Pereira.) 

o  Prostatic  affections. 

o  Incontinence  of  urine  from  irritability  of  neck  of  bladder. 

O  Dropsy,  idiopathic  anasarca. 

o  LeucorrJicea,  complicated  with  vesical  diseases. 

o  Undue  secretion  of  the  mucous  follicles  of  the  urethra,  the 
vesicular  seminales  or  prostrates,  produced  by  excessive 
venery,  or  self-pollution. — (Stille.) 


BELLIS    PERENNIS. 

(English   Daisy. ) 


Analogues  : — Arnica  (?)  Hamamelis  (?)  Rhus  (?). 
Officinal   Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  plant ;  in- 
fusion. 

A  large  boil  on  the  back  of  my  neck  (for  the  first  time  in  my 
life,  right  side,  commencing  with  a  dull  aching  pain  ; 
some  difficulty  and  bruised  pain  in  keeping  the  head 
erect ;  slight  nausea,  want  of  appetite,  and  a  little  gid- 
diness in  the  head.  Pain  in  the  little  finger  of  the  left 
hand,  as  of  a  gathering  ;  at  the  same  time  pain  in  inner 
side  of  left  forearm,  as  of  a  boil  developing,  afterwards 
similar  pain  iu  right  arm. 
A  boil  beginning  as  a  slight  pimple,  with  burning  pain  in 
skin,  increasing  until  in  six  days'  time  it  was  very  large, 
of  a  fiery  purple  color,  and  very  sore,  burning  and 
aching  pain  in  it,  accompanied  with  headache,  extend- 
ing from  occiput  to  sinciput,  of  a  cold,  aching  character. 
The  brain  felt  as  if  contracted,  with  vertigo.  This  was 
followed  by  other  boils.* 
o  Boils. 

o  Bruises,  with  extra vasated  blood. — (Thomas.) 
o  Sprains  of  ankle  and  tvrist. — (lb.) 
o    Whitlows. — (lb.) 

[Used  iu  the  same  manner  as  Arnica.] 

[The  only  Bellis  (Daisy)  indigenous  to  the  United  States — B.  integrifolia 
—grows  profusely  all  over  the  United  States;  has  probably  the  same 
properties.] 

*  Proving  by  Dr.  Thomas,  in  additions  to  Mat.  Med.,  London,  1868, 


72  NEW    REMEDIES. 


BENZOATE  OF  AMMONIA. 


Analogues  : — Benzoic  acid,  Colchicwn,  Ferr.  tnur. 
Officinal  Preparations  : — Triturations. 

HEAD. 

Rheumatic  pains  about  the  head  and  neck, 
o  Heaviness,  and  stupidity  of  the  head.    (In  dropsy.) 

FACE. 

Bloated  face,  with  swollen  eyelids. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 

Very  scanty,  dark  red,  bloody-looking  urine,  with  strong  am- 
moniacal  odor,  with  red,  thick  sediment. 

Scanty,  dark  and  smoky-looking  urine. 

Frequent  desire  to  urinate,  with  scanty  discharge. 

The  urine  is  acrid  and  irritating.  (Primary  effect.) 

Profuse  and  frequent  urination. 

Clear,  limpid,  and  abundant  urine. 

The  sediment  disappears  from  the  urine.     (Secondary.) 
o  Nocturnal  incontinence  of  urine. 
*  Scanty,  blood-red  urine  in  rheumatic  affections, 
o  Urinary  troubles  of  infants. 
o  Dropsy  after  scarlet  fever  or  Bright's  disease. 

extremities. 

Rheumatic  affections  of  the  arms  and  legs. 
Dropsical  swelling  of  the  legs. 


BROMIDE  OF  IRON. 

(Ferri  Bromatum.) 


Analogues  : — Bromide  of  Potassa,  Bromide  of  Ammonium, 
Caladium.  , 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Triturations, 
o  SpermatorrhcBa,  with  great  debility,  ansemia,  and  depression 
of  spirits. — ( U.  S.  Med.  and  Surg.   Jour.,  July,  iSyi.) 


NEW    REMEDIES.  -  73 


BENZOATE   OF   AMMONIA. 


Additional  Symptoms — Sec  opposite  page. 


o  Jaundice,  from  suppression  of  the  biliary  secretion  (not  from 

obstruction  of  the  ducts). — Harley. 
Gout,  when  the  small  joints  are  red  and  swollen,  or  when 

fluid  was  deposited  in  the  joint  of  the  great  toe ;  and 

also  in  cases  when  the  lithate  of  soda  existed  in  the 

joints  of  the  fingers. — (Seymour.) 
o  Albuminuria;  the  albumen  in  real  dropsy  diminished  under 

its  use. — (10.) 


BROMIDE  OF  AMMONIA. 


MENTAL    SPHERE. 
HEAD. 

*  Sensation  as  if  a  band  were  tied  around  the  head,  pressing 

the  hardest  just  above  the  ears. 

*  Pain  in  right  side  of  head,  near  the  eye,  as  if  a  nail  were 

driven  in. 
o  Sharp  pain  in  left  side  of  the  head. 

In  cases  where  there  is  suspicion  of  the  existence  of  con- 
gestion of  the  base  of  the  brain,  and  still  more  of  con- 
gestion of  the  spinal  cord,  or  its  meninges,  the  Bromide 
of  Ammonia  is  preferable  to  the  Kali  Brom. — (Brozun 
Sequard.) 

*  Headache  from  congestion  of  the  brain. 

O  Epilepsy  when  the  predominant  symptom  is  intense  conges- 

gestion  of  the  brain. — (Broivn  Sequard.) 
o  Cerebro-spinal  meningitis.— fi/^/^j. 

EYES, 
o  Pain  around  both  eyes,  into  the  head, 
o  Right  eye  full  of  white,  stringy  mucus. 

Looks  as  if  a  membrane  were  growing  over  the  eye,  like  a 

pterygium. 
Both  eyes  very  sore  and  red  ;  lids  stuck   together  in   the 

morning. 
Eyeballs  unnaturally  full,  large. 

9 


74  BROMIDE  OF  AMMONIA. 

Every  evening  eyelids  droop,  and  it  is  painful  and  difficult  to 
raise  them. 
O  Strumous   opthalmia,    conjunctivitis,    corneitis,    leucoma. — 
(Gibbs.) 

NOSE. 
Discharge  of  stringy  mucus  from  the  nose, 
o  Catarrh  of  the  anterior  and  posterior  nares,  of  thick,  stringy 
mucus. 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 
White,  stringy,  tasteless  mucus  in  the  mouth. 
Accumulation  of  mucus  in  the  throat. 
Fauces,  and  top  of  tongue  for  half  its  length,  feci  as  if 

scalded. 
Stinging  in  fauces,  inclhiation  to  cough,  relieved  by  sneezing. 
Tongue  very  sore,  as  if  burnt ;   cannot  talk  or  read  without 

pain. 
Throat  looks  mottled,  as  if  diphtheritic  deposit  were   com- 
mencing. 

LARYNX   AND   TRACHEA. 
Cough  caused  by  a  secretion  of  mucus  in  the  throat. 
Tickling  in  the  throat  in  the  morning,  with  inclination  to 

cough. 
Irritation  of  throat,  with  inclination  to  cough, 
o  Sudden,    deep   cough,    spasmodic,    causing   a    pain    in    the 
stomach. 
Irritation  of  the  organs  of  respiration  and  stomach,  accom- 
panied  with   spasmodic    cough,    and    even    a    distinct 
whoop. — (Okie.) 
o  Whooping  cough,  many  cases. — (Drs.  Harley,  Gibbs.) 

Cough  deep,  spasmodic,  and  very  severe,  and  at  times  an  in- 
terval of  only  a  few  moments,  almost  continuous  for 
hours,  especially  when  lying  down  at  night,  with  a  sen- 
sation of  tickling  irritation,  with  heat  and  burning. 
O  Cough  distressing,  hoarse,   dry,  spasmodic,  asthmatic  and 
exhausting,  without  expectoration. 
CHEST. 
Tightness  across  the  chest,  with  pain  in  the  chest ;  inclina- 
tion to  take  a  long,  deep  breath. 
Swallowing  anything  cold  causes  a  feeling  of  distress  the 

whole  length  of  the  oesophagus. 
Sensation  on  top  of  right  shoulder  as  if  a  heavy  load  were 
upon  it. 

STOMACH. 

Something  seems  to  issue  from  the  stomach,  as  if  it  would 
stop  my  breath,  causing  a  faint  and  disagreeable  sen- 
sation, and  belching  of  wind,  which  relieves  me. 


13ROMIDE   OF    FJTIIIUM.  75 

Sensation  as  of  hot  air  passing  up  the  throat  on  the  right 
side,  though  the  stomach  feels  cold. 
BACK. 
Feeling  as  though  something  were  pressed  hard  against  the 
right  kidney  ;  relieved  by  pressure,  but  leaving  a  pulling . 
sensation. 

UTERUS, 
o  In  all  forms  of  uterine  hemorrhage,  whether  from  lesions  of 
the  uterus  itself,  from  ovarian  irritation,  excitation,  in- 
flammation, or  any  of  the  various  diseased  or  deranged 
actions  peculiar  to  the  ovaries  or  adjoining  parts  and 
viscera, 
o  Amenorrhoea,  dysmenorrhoea.  I  have  used  it  with  great 
alleviation  of  suffering. — (Griffith.) 

SUPERIOR    EXTREMITIES. 
Great  lameness,  with  sharp  pains  in  back  of  left  leg,  midway 

from  the  Itip  to  the  knee. 
Pains  leave  the  right  leg  and  are  felt  in  the  left  in  the  same 

place. 
Pains  leave  above  the  knee,  and  are  felt  below  the  knee, 
then  in  the  ankle,  then  in  the  foot. 


BROMIDE  OF  LITHIUM. 


Analogues: — Bromides  of  Potassa,  Ammonia,  and  Soda : 
Chloral  hydrate,  Belladonna,  Coninni,  Opium. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — The  'saturated  aqueous  solu- 
tion and  dilutions. 

[This  salt  will  doubtless  prove  a  useful  remedy, and  should  be  proven.  It 
has  been  used  in  cases  where  the  other  Bromides  caused  eruptions,  which 
this  does  not.  I  would  suggest  that  it  will  be  a  valuable  remedy  in  rheu- 
matic affections  and  diseases  of  the  heart.] 

o  Threatened  apoplexy,  or  cerebral  congestion,  with  or  without 
hemorrhage.  A  gentleman  who  had  had  one  attack, 
and  was  in  consequence  hemiplegic,  was  taken  with 
vertigo,  headache,  numbness,  and  thickness  of  speech. 
One  dose  of  30  grains  removed  the  symptoms  in  less 
than  half  an  hour  !  (Dr.  S.  W.  Mitchell  observes  that  it 
acts  quicker  than  the  other  bromides.) 

o  Epilepsy.  When  the  Bromide  of  Potassium  loses  its  effect,  or 
disagrees,  the  Lithium  .salt  arrests  the  paroxysms. 

o  P^pileptic  fit  every  morning  on  rising  ;  (cured  by  10  grains 
twice  a  day). 

o  Relieved  a  case  in  which  any  prolonged  mental  exertion 
flushed  the  face,  caused  intense  pain  between  the  shoul- 
ders, and  insomnia. 


^6  BR    MIDE  OF   rOTASSIUM. 

o  It  removes  obstinate  slctplessncss  more  promptly  and  surely 
than  the  other  bromides, 

SKIN. 

It  does  not  cause  the  acne,  eruptions,  and  skin-ulcers  of  the 
other  bromides. 


BROMIDE  OF  POTASSIUM. 


MIND. 


Remarkable  slowness  of  speech,  and  difficulty  of  collecting 
the  ideas,  and  expressing  them. — (Turnbidl.) 

Profound  melancJiolic  delusions. — (Hammond) 

He  imagined  that  he  had  been  specially  singled  out  for  Di- 
vine vengeance,  and  he  spent  the  greater  part  of  the 
evening  in  loudly  deploring  his  sad  fate, — falling  sud- 
denly asleep  at  intervals  of  a  few  minutes. — (lb.) 

He  walked  the  room,  groaning  and  wringing  his  hands  ;  he 
thought  he  had  been  accused  of  robbing  a  friend,  and 
that  the  officers  were  in  search  of  him  ;  with  unsteady 
gait ;  hands  and  fingers  in  constant  action  ;  face  pale 
and  pupils  contracted. — {lb) 

Loss  of  memory.  He  forgot  how  to  talk  ;  for  instance,  when 
asked  what  made  him  take  so  large  a  dose  (60  grs.)  he 
was  fully  two  minutes  endeavoring  to  form  a  reply,  and 
then  was  obliged  to  give  up  the  attempt,  with  the  remark 
"  I  can't."-/ /^.; 

Amnesic  ■&.'^\v3i'&\'a., — there  was  no  difficulty  of  co-ordinating 
the  movements  of  the  tongue,  so  as  to  articulate  distinctly 
any  word  he  was  told  to  pronounce. — (lb.) 

Gloomy  ideas  relative  to  his  present  and  future  condition, 
ivitJi   weeping,  moaning  and    wringing  of  hands. — (lb.) 

She  fancied  the  boarders  in  the  hotel  insulted  her. — (  Van 
Beren) 

Imagined  the  weekly  bills  of  the  landlord  were  the  evidences 
of  a  conspiracy  got  up  against  her  father. — {lb.) 

While  standing  on  the  guards  of  the  boat  she  suddenly  gave 
a  loud  shriek,  and  declared  she  had  seen  her  brother 
fall  overboard. — {lb.) 

Profound  depression  of  spirits  with  melancholy  delusions.  {lb) 

She  is  very  absent-minded,  low-spirited  and  childish. — {Ham- 
mond) 

Mental  depression,  zvitJi  feeling  of  approaching  death  and 
great  weakness. — {Thomas) 

Feebleness  of  intelligence. — {Plctzer) 

Decided  lack  of  will  and  mental  activity — {Brozcn-Seqiiard) 


BROMIDE   OF   POTASSIUM.  'J'J 

o  Removes  the  delusions  during  and  after  delirium  tremens. — 

o  Acute  mania,  ivitJi  fullness  of  the  blood-vessels  of  the  brain. 

o  Frightful  imaginings  at  night  (in  pregnant  women  during  the 
latter  months,)  they  are  under  the  impression  that  they 
have  committed,  or  about  to  commit,  some  great  crime 
and  cruelty,  such  as  murdering  their  children  or  hus- 
bands.— {Ringer) 
O  Night  terrors  of  children  (not  from  indigestion,)  with  scream- 
ing, unconsciousness  of  what  is  occurring  around  them  ; 
cannot  recognize,  nor  be  comforted  by  their  friends  ; 
sometimes  followed  by  squinting. — {Ringer.) 
o  Somnambulism  in  children. — {lb.) 

o  She  is  very  fretful,  crying  at  trifles,  constantly  brooding  over 
the  loss  of  a  daughter;  is  almost  crazy.  From  fretting, 
loss  of  rest,  aad  want  of  nourishment,  is  seized  with 
nervous  dysentery.  Cured  by  Bromide  of  Potassium, 
7  grs.,  every  two  hours.  {Caro.) 
o  Spasms,  from  emotional  or  moral  disturbances. — {Browne) 
o  Puerperal  mania. 

o  Delirium  tremens, — not  so  good  in   the   acute   attacks   of 
mania,  as  in  the   "  nervousness  "  which    precedes  it. — 
{Begbie) 
o  Great  despondency — in  men  and  women, — they  "feel  as  if 

they  should  go  out  of  their  minds." — {Ringer.) 
o  Deep  depression,   with   painful   delusions,   with    persistent 
sleeplessness,  and  dread  of  impending  destruction  of  all 
near  to  her. — {Begbie) 
Insanity,  disappearing  on  suspending  the  use  of  the  drug. — 

{Hammond.) 
Delusions  that  lewd  women  had  got  into  his  mother's  house. 
He  imagined  he  was  pursued  by  the  police. — {lb) 
He  imagined  his  life  was  threatened  by  members  of   his 

family. — {lb) 
He  believed  he  had  thousands  of  dollars  sewed   up  in  his 

clothing. — {lb) 
He  appeared  like  a  drunken  man,  except   that  his  face  was 
very  pale,  pulse  60,  skin  cool  and  pupils  contracted. — {lb) 
Manner  exciting  and  rambling ;  his  hands  constantly  busy, 
either  fumbling  in  his  pockets,  tying  his  shoes,  picking 
threads  from  his  clothing,  or  in  searching  for  the  gold, 
which  he  imagined  was  concealed  in  the  lining  of  his 
coat.— (/^.) 
His  character  had  undergone  a  radical  change  ;  from  having 
been  frank  and  brave,  he  had  become  excessively  timid 
and  suspicious  of  every  trifling  circumstance. — (lb) 


7S  BROMIDE  OF   POTASSIUM. 

He  several  times  attempted  to  throw  himself  from  the  win- 
dow, and  battered  down  a  door  with  an  axe,  in  order  to 
escape  from  some  imaginary  danger. — {/l>.) 

Her  memory  was  absolutely  destroyed;  she  could  not  recol- 
lect the  simplest  things,  and  even  forgot  her  own  name 
and  that  of  her  husband,  though  reminded  of  both  an 
instant  before. — (Id.) 

Frequently  she  would  burst  into  tears  for  no  cause  whatever, 
and  often  from  purely  imaginary  causes. — (Id.) 

Incoherent,  full  of  delusions,  of  no  fixed  character,  and 

Remarkably  depressed  in  spirits. — (/<^.) 

(This  was  the  most  prominent  symptom.) 

She  had  the  erroneous  idea  that  she  was  deserted  by  all  her 
friends,  and  as  a  consequence,  she  passed  all  her  waking 
moments,  which  were  not  many,  in  tears. — {lb) 

A  fixed  delusion  that  her  child  was  dead  ;  she  declared  she 
saw  it  dead  before  her,  and  when  it  was  brought  to  her, 
she  refused  to  acknowledge  that  it  was  hers,  or  had  any 
resemblance" to  the  one  she  imagined  was  dead. — (lb) 

Most  intense  melancholy,  attended  with  fits  of  uncontrollable 
weeping,  in  a  man. — {lb.) 

Positive  delusions  of  various  kinds. 

BRAIN. 

It  lessens  the  amount  of  blood  circulating  within  the  cranium 
and  produces  a  shrinking  of  the  brain  from  this  cause. — 
{Hammond.) 
Heaviness  of  the  head. — {Pletser.) 
In  a  case  of  epilepsy,  caused  by  cerebral-anaemia,  each  dose 

of  20  grs.  caused  an  attack. — {Hammond) 
Vertigo,  both  slight  and  extreme,  with  dullness  of  the  head. 

— {Nore.) 
Confusion  of  the  head. 

Drooping   of  the   head ;    difficulty   of   holding   it    erect. — 
{Brozvn  Sequard.) 
0  The  flushed  face,  the  throbbing  of  the  carotids  and  tem- 
porals, the  suffusion  of  the  eyes,  the  feeling  of  fullness 
of  the  head,  all  disappear,  as  if  by  magic,  under  its  use. 
— {Hammond.) 
o  Violent  headache,  from  concussion  of  the  brain. — {lb.) 
o  Mercurial  headache. — {Robcrteau.) 

o  Convulsions — during  acute  meningitis,  after  the  inflammation 
has  declined,  leaving  serious  damage. — {Ringer.    Hale.) 
o  Delirium  tremens  ;  it  relieves  the  delirium  (not  furious)  re- 
moves the  delusion,  and  produces  sleep. — {Begbie.  Hale) 
o  Bad  results  from  overtaxing  the  brain  by  intense  study;  too 
close  attention  to  business;  grief;  anxiety. — {lb.) 


BROMIDE   OF    POTASSIUM.  79 

o  Calms  excitement,  removes  the  giddiness,  noises  in  the  ears, 
and  perversions  of  the  external  senses  from  disease  of 
brain. — {lb.) 

o  Cerebral  irritations  during  cholera  infantum  ;  pupils  dilated, 
eyes  sunken,  eyeballs  moving  in  every  direction  without 
taking  any  notice  ;  feet  and  hands  blue  and  cold  ;  pulse 
imperceptible.  Fifty  cases  treated — no  deaths.  Dose 
one-half  grain  every  hour. — {Dr.  Caro.) 
Head  hot,  feet  as  if  in  a  furnace,  with  coldness  and  chills, 
etc.,  etc.     See  "Abdomen." — (C^iro.) 

o  A  feeling  of  "  lightness  "  and  exhilaration  takes  the  place  of 
heaviness  and  depression. — {SiDipson.) 

o  Incipient  basilar  meningitis.  A  delicate  thin  female  child 
aged  five  years,  had  complained  for  several  weeks  of  se- 
vere headache,  nearly  all  the  time,  worse  at  night.  She 
would  play  a  few  minutes  with  other  children,  then  lie 
her  head  down  on  a  chair  or  other  support,  and  cry  with 
the  headache.  She  grew  weak,  emaciated,  dull,  heavy- 
eyed  ;  had  no  appetite;  did  not  sleep  well  nights  ;  when 
sleeping  it  was  disturbed  by  groans,  grinding  of  the 
teeth,  starting  up  as  if  frightened  ;  complains  of  terrible 
headache  ;  tongue  clean  ;  pulse  90  to  100,  quick  and 
wiry ;  constipation  ;  scanty  urine,  and  too  much  heat 
about  the  head.  A  careful  homoeopathist  had  given 
Belladonna,  Hyosciamus,  Cina,  Bryonia,  and  other  ap- 
parently well  chosen  remedies,  without  effect.  I  at  first 
gave  Belladonna,  200,  then  Sulphur,  200th,  which  miti- 
gated the  pain  a  short  time.  Agaricus  3d  was  tried 
without  much  effect.  Finally  Kali  brom.  one  half  grain 
every  three  hours  for  a  few  days, — no  perceptible  im- 
provement ;  then  one  grain  every  three  hours,  when  de- 
cided improvement  in  all  respects  set  in,  and  in  three 
weeks  she  was  quite  well.  As  soon  as  decided  improve- 
ment occurred  the  medicine  was  given  at  loager  inter- 
vals.— \Hale?\ 

EYES. 

Pupils  contracted. 

Sight  impaired,  weak  vision,  with  greatly  contracted  pupils. 

Diminution  of  sensibility  in  the  ocular  conjunctiva,  so  that 
the  finger  may  be  passed  with  impunity  over  the  surface 
of  the  eyeball  without  causing  winking. — \_Tnrnbull.'\ 

Weak  sight,  zvith  intoxication  and  deafness. — [^Stille.'] 

Dilated  pupils,  zuith  extreme  vertigo  and  confusion  of  the 
head. — {^Hering^ 

Pupils  prominent. — [AW^.] 

Pupils  dilated,  and  contract  very  sluggishly  under  the  influ- 
ence of  a  very  strong  light. — \Turnbull?\^ 


8G  bromide   01"    rOTASSlUxM. 

Lustcrless  eyes. — [Baziro.] 
o  Squinting,  after  night-terrors  of  children. — [Rtuj^^c-r.]  i 

o  Dilated   pupils  and  sunken  eyes  (in   cholera   infantum). — 

[Caro.] 
o  Eyeballs  moving  in  every  direction. — [/^.] 
o  Photophobia  (as  a  collyrium,  2  parts  to  30  of  water). — [Cam- 
bron  and  Rosignol.'] 

EAR.S. 
Diminution  of  hearing. — \Hat7inw]id?\ 
o  Ringing  in  the  ears. — \Bcgbic^ 

NOSE, 
o  Erythematous  swelling  of  the  nose. 

MOUTH — TONGUE — FAUCES. 
Loss  of  speech.     Amnesic  aphasia, — {Hammond^ 
Much  difficulty  in  talking. — [/^.] 

Slight  redness  of  the  buccal  and  pharyngeal  mucous  mem- 
branes.— \Pletzer^^ 
Slight  tracheal  and  bronchial  catarrh. — [/<^.] 
The  fauces  do  not  contract  when  touched,  tickled,  or  even 
cut  with  instruments. — \Ib?[ 
o  Tongue  pale  and  cold. — \Ib^ 
o  Tongue  red  and  dry  (in  cholera  infantum). — [/^.] 
o  Infants  are  choked  every  time  they  attempt  to  d,x\\^  fluids . 
although  they  can  swallow  solids  without  difficulty, — 
no  malformation  of  the  throat. — \Ringcr?\ 
o  Hot,  dry  mouths  of  teething  infants. — [Caro.] 

FACE. 
A  papular  rash  on  face  and  nose,  with  heat  and  itching. — 

[McGf'cgor.] 
Successive  crops  of  small  boils  in  the  face,  with  trouble  from 

itching. — [Ba.'::ire.] 
Acne-like  eruption  on  the  face,  neck  and  sho'alders. — [Brozuu- 
Seqi(ard!\ 
o  Expressionless  face. — [Ba^iire.] 
o  Acne,  in  young  persons. — [Hale^ 

JAWS  AND  TEETH, 
o  Difficult  dentition  of  children. — [Caro.] 
o  Odontitis  in  children.     "  I  have  never  failed  to  relieve  the 

child  by  its  local  application." — [-Ib.]^ 
o  After  the  first  rubbing  on,  the  gum.s,  from   being  turgid, 

swollen,  and  red,  they  assume  their  natural  color,  and  a 

certain  amount  of  ease  is  felt. — [^b.] 
o  The  salivary  secretion  is  restored  (in  teething  children),  and 

as  if  by  enchantment,  agitation,  carpopedal  involuntary 

motion,  vomiting,  and  looseness  of  the  bowels  disappear. 

^[Ib.] 


BROMIDE  OF    POTASSIUM.  Si 


MOUTH. 


Irritation  of  the  mucous  membrane  of  the  mouth  and  fauces, 
painfulness  of  the  tongue,  prominent  pupils,  rough  and 
burning  sensations  in  the  whole  buccal  cavity  as  if  burnt 
with  caustic. — [iVis'i^r.] 

Increased  secretion  of  saliva  and  mucus. — [/&.] 

Short  lasting  titillation  in  the  fauces. — [/<^.] 

A  state  of  insensibility  of  the  larynx  dind  palate ;  the  fingers 
may  be  carried  to  the  base  of  the  tongue,  touch  the 
amygdalae  and  posterior  nares,  and  tickle  the  uvula, 
without  inducing  any  effort  at  vomiting  or  deglutition. 
—[Htcett:] 
o  Restoration  of  the  suppressed  salivation  in  teething  chil- 
dren.— [Caro.] 
o  Foetid  breath. — [Hale.] 

White  tongue,  involving  the  edg-es  as  v/ell  as  the  dorsum,  and 
nor  necessarily  furred,  with  great  languor,  sleepiness,  and 
anorexia. — [/^.] 

GASTRIC    SYMPTOMS. 

Increased  appetite. — [iVl?^^.] 

Thirst  in  the  afternoon. — \Ib^ 

Repeated  repulsive  eructations. — \Jb?\ 

Violent  nausea  and  efforts  to  vomit,  with  vomiting  of  a  small 
quantity  of  mucus,  with  salt  taste  in  the  mouth. — [/^.] 
o  Troublesome  pressure  at  the  stomach  after  dinner. — \_Hering!\ 
o  Loss  of  appetite. — [Noae.] 

LIVER. 

O  Enlargement  of  the  liver  ;  under  the  use  of  half  a  grain  three 
times  a  day,  the  belly  rapidly  assumes  the  natural  size. 
■ — [Mag-endie.] 

STOMACH. 
Slight  catarrh  of  the  stomach. — [Plet:yer.] 
Peculiar  pressure  in  the  region  of  the  stomach,  succeeded  by 

violent  colic. — [Hering:] 
Weakness  of  the  stomach,  for  some  time. — [Id.] 
o  Vomiting  when  the  ganglionic  system  is  affected. — [Begdie.] 
o  Vomiting  during  pregnancy. — [Cersof.  Hale.] 
o  Vomiting  in  whooping  cough. — [Dr.  Bear/oot.] 
o  Vomiting  of  meconium. — [Caro.] 
o  Vomiting,  with  intense  thirst. — [Tb-] 
o   Vomiting  of  drunkards  after  a  debauch. — [Hale?[ 
o  Chronic  morning  vomiting  of  drunkards. — [Ib'\ 
o  Vomiting,  diarrhoea,  cramps,  coldness  and  collapse  in  cholera 

infantum. — [Ib?\ 
0  Vomiting  with  diarrhoea  of  teething  children. — [Czro.] 

lO 


82  BROMIDE   OF   POTASSIUM. 

o  Cholera  mfaiitum — many  cases    (i6o  cases  treated);    only 
three  deaths. — \Ib?\ 

SPLEEN, 
o  Enlargement  of  the  spleen, 
o  Small  tumor  in  the  region  of  the  spleen. — [  T/inibfill^ 

ABDOMEN, 
o  Ascites  of  hepatic  or  splenic  origin, 
o  Con.stipation  of  years  continuance. — \_HaleP\ 
Obstinate  constipation. — \_PlUzcr?\^ 

Sensation  of  warmth  in  the  dihdoxncn.—^H cii/i crd ifi^cr^ 
Flatulence;  frequent  rumbling. — [/<{'.] 
Frequent  soft  stools,  preceded  by  colic. — [//^.] 
Several  papescent  and  afterward  liquid  stools.— [/i^.] 
o  Bloody  muco-purulent  diarrhoea,  with  intense  thirst,  vomit- 
ing,  eyes  sunken,  pupils  dilated,  skin  corrugated  and 
spotted  blue,  body  cold,  tongue  red  and  dry,  pulse  im- 
perceptible, urine  suppressed. — [Caro.^ 
O  Co/tc  in  young  children  ;  the  walls  of  the  belly  are  retracted 
and  hard,  while  the  intestines  can  be  seen  at  one  spot 
contracted  into  a  hard   lump,  of  the  size  of  a  small 
orange,  and  the  contraction  can  be  seen  through  the 
abdominal  wall  to  travel  from  one  part  of  the  intestines 
to  another  ;  these  attacks  are  frequent  and  excruciating; 
are  unconnected  with  diarrhoea  or  constipation,  but  are 
often    associated    with    an   apthous   condition    of    the 
mouth. — \Ringcr.  Halel] 
o  Abdomen  sunken,  almost  stuck  to  the  vertebral  column, 
o  Retention  of  meconium,  with  vomiting  of  all  food,  and  obsti- 
nate constipation  ;  in  a  child  three  days  old,  cured  by 
1-50  of  a  grain  every  hour. — [Caro.] 
o  Painless  diarrhoea,  15  or  20  passages  in  24  hours,  zuit/i  great 
chilliness,  even  in  a  hot  room  ;  burning  in  the  chest ; 
abdomen    cold    internally  ;    pulse    100,    weak  ;    urine 
scanty,  dribbling  a  few  drops  at  start.  "  At  every  evacu- 
ation felt  as  if  my  intestines  were  sinking  from  me.     I 
was  restless  and  shaky  as  if  from  palsy."     Dose  five 
grains  ;  after  the  second  day  fell  asleep  for  six  hours, 
perspiring  profusely. — [Caro.] 
o  Summer  complaint,  or  cholera  infantum,  is  not  an  inflamma- 
tory affection,  but  arises  from  an  over  excitement  of  the 
nervo2is  and  vascular  systems,  and  therefore  the  b.  of  p. 
is  a  specific. — [/<^.] 
o  Asiatic  cholera,  in   the  first   stage,  arrests  the  vomiting,  the 
cramps,  and  the  rice-water  discharges  ;  restores  the  se- 
cretion of  urine  ;  the   warmth    and   color  to  the  pre- 
viously cold    and    Hvid   skin.     (Dose   20  grains  every 


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hourj     Its  use  should  be  suspended  when  reaction  or 
fever  sets  in. — [Beg-di6'.] 
o  Discharge  of  a  considerable  quantity  of  tar-Hke  substance 
(decomposed  blood),  having  a  foetid  smell  ;  accompanied 
with  tenesmus  in  animals. — [A^^iZ^:.] 

SEXUAL  ORGANS.      (MEN.) 

DimimUiou  of  sexual  desire. — [Huctt  et  al.] 
Absence  of  sexual  desire,  wi^/i  impotence. — [Id.] 
Semen  is  not  secreted. — [Pffeifer.] 
o  Nocturnal  emissions,  tvith  amorous  dreams  and  erections. — 

[Huett.] 
o  Elxcessive  sexual  desires,  with  constant  erections  at  night. — 

[Hale] 
o  C/iordee,  during  gonorrhoea. — [/^.] 
o  Satyriasis. — \Thiallinan] 
o  Sensual  and  lascivious  fancies  and  dreams. — {Hale) 

The  anaphrodisiac  power  of  the  b.  of  p.  is  due  to  contraction 
of  minute  afferent  vessels  of  the  corpus  cavernosus. — 
{Pelvet.) 

SEXUAL  ORGANS.   (WOMEN.) 

Abolition  of  all  sexual  feelings. — {Hale.) 
Loss  of  enjoyment  during  coition. — {lb.) 
o  Nymphomania. — {Hale,  Couch,  Hammond,  et  al.) 
o  Excessive  sexual  desires  during  the  menses. — {Hale.) 
o  Erotomania,  a  few  days  after  the  menses. — {lb.) 
o  Nymphomonia  during  the  puerperal  state. — {lb.) 
o  Voluptuous   itching,  tingling  and   irritation   in   the  external 
genital  organs. — {!b.) 
Epilepsy  from  ovarian  irritation. 
O  Epileptic  attacks  at  or  near  the  menstrual  periods. — (A^J'- 

cock.) 
o  Enlargement  of  the  uterus  ("sub-involution")  after  parturi- 
tion, with  abnormal  discharges. — {Simpson.) 
o  Diminished  the  size  and  alleviates  the  pain  in  fibrous  tumors 

of  uterus. — {lb.) 
o  Men.strual  ailments.  Before  the  men.ses :  headacht ;  during 
the  menses  :  epileptic  spasms,  nymphomania,  itching,  burn- 
ing aad  excitement  in  the  vulva,  pudenda  and  clitoris  ; 
after  the  menses:  headache,  insomnia,  and  heat  in  the 
^en  itals. — (Hale. ) 
o  Metorrhagia  from  reflex  irritation,  or  of  a   nervous  origin. — 

{lb.) 
o  Menorrhagia  at  the  climacteric  period. — {Garrod.) 
o  Sterility. 

The  menses  are  more  scanty. 


84  BROMIDE   OF   POTASSIUM. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 
In  a  few  cases  the  urine  contained  albumen. — {Pletzer.) 
Pain  in  the  region  of  the  kidneys,  spreading  in  the  direction 
of  the  colon  ascendens,  afterwards  copious  secretion  of 
urine. — {Noac.) 
Diminution  of  the  sensibility  of  the  urethra. — {Cai'o.) 
Profuse  urination  with  thirst. — {Hering) 
Thin,  yellowish-white,  copious  urine. — {Hcimerdingcr) 
Pale,  thin  urine,  having  a  peculiar  foetid  smell. — {Noac) 
Diminished  secretion  of  urine. — {lb) 
o  Convulsions  from  Bright's  disease. 
o  Abnormal  irritability  of  the  urinary  passages. — (Id.) 
o  Nocturnal  involuntary  emissions  of  urine. — {Heivson) 
o  Suppression  of  urine  in  cholera  infantum. — (Caro.) 
o  Diabetes   mellitus.     (Two   cases.)     Symptoms :  emaciation  ; 
paleness ;  skin  cold  and  dry ;  pulse  rapid  and  feeble ; 
tongue  red  and  tender ;  gums  spongy  and   bleeding ; 
thirst    excessive ;    appetite   voracious ;    bowels   consti- 
pated ;    urine   pale,   frequent,   large  quantity,   of  high 
density,  and  loaded  with  sugar ;  liver  tumid  and  tender. 
(Twenty  grs.  b.  of  p.  three  times  a  day.     All  the  symp-* 
toms  disappeared  in  six  weeks ;  no   relapse. — {Begbie) 
o  Neuralgia  of  the  neck  of  the  bladder. — iPfeiffer) 
o  Spasmodic  affection  of  the  neck  of  the  bladder. — {Hale.) 
o  [The  b.  of  p.  is  found  in  the  urine  two  weeks,  even  four 
weeks  after  it  was  taken  in  ah  animal] — {Robertean. 
Namias) 

LARYNX. 
Loss  of  sensibility  in  the  larynx. 

Hoarseness,  extremely  painful  and  disagreeable. — {Hering) 
Hacking  cough,  with  dullness  and  confusion  of  the  head — {lb) 
o  Hyperaesthesia  of  the  laryngeal  nerves. 
o    Whooping  cough,  uncomplicated  by  other  affections, 
o  Laryngismus  stridulus,  uncomplicated. 

o  Diphtheria, -with,  quick  pulse;  fever;  dry  tongue  ;  offensive 
breath  ;  highly  injected  and   dusky  red    fauces ;    with 
patches  of  wash-leather  exudation  on  tonsils  or  pharynx. 
— {Sftelling) 
o  Diphtheritic  angina. — {Belcher) 

o  Membranous  croup,  with  whitish  exudation.  [Kali  bich., 
when  yellow.]— f/(^.j 
[A  solution  of  b.  of  p.  dissolves  false  membranes.] — {Laboul- 
bene) 
O  Whooping  cough — the  spasmodic  action  disappears  in  about 
five  days,  leaving  a  simple  bronchial  catarrh.  It  re- 
moves the  anxiety  and  the  vomiting ;  improves  the 
appetite  and  increases  the  strength. — (De  Beatifort.) 


BROMIDE   OF    POTASSIUM.  85 

o  Nervous  cough  during  pregnancy,  threatening  abortion ;  the 
cough  was  dry,  hard  and  almost  incessant.  Ascultation 
or  percussion  gave  no  evidence  of  disease  of  the  head 
or  lungs.  Opium,  Belladonna,  etc.,  were  tried  for  two 
months,  without  benefit.  Bromide  of  Potassium,  30 
grains  a  day,  cured  in  two  hours. — {Dr.  Cerson.) 

o  Spasmodic  croup,  as  the  chief  remedy  almost  to  the  exclu- 
sion of  other  articles. — {Dr.  G.  T.  Elliot.  Hale.) 

CHEST. 

Slight  bronchial  catarrh. — {Pletscr.) 
Tightness  of  breathing. — {Noac.) 

Violent  congestion  of  blood  to  the  respiratory  organs,  oc- 
casioning spitting  of  blood, 
o  Asthma  of  a  nervous  origin. — {Begbie.) 
o  Breath  hot  and  hurried. — {Caro.) 
o  Burning  in  the  chest. — {lb.) 
o  Breathlessness,  with  nervous   headache,  and  want  of  sleep. 

— (Begbie.) 
o  Spasmodic  asthma  of  children.  In  one  case,  great  dyspncea, 
no  sleep,  urine  suppressed,  general  oedema,  six  grains 
every  two  hours  ;  remarkable  improvement  now  set  in ; 
the  dyspnoea  subsided  ;  the  lividity  of   the  face  and 
oedema   disappeared,  secretion  of  urine  returned,   and 
sleep  was  obtained  ;  cured  in  seven  days.     In  another 
case  the  result  was  similar.    It  did  no  good  in  old  asth- 
matics.— (Hebr.  Sondahl.) 
o  It  has  a  sedative  effect  upon  the  action  of  the  heart. — {C. 
Browtie.) 
"  The  respirations  are  affected  in  a  secondary  manner  only." 
It  appears  to  be  influenced  only  mechanically,  that  is  to  say, 
its  muscles  are  paralyzed,  like  the  other  muscles,  more 
or  less  rapidly  ;  early  in  frogs,  and  at  the  moment  of 
death  in  birds  and  rabbits. — {Detnourette  and  Pelvet.) 

LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 

Debility  of  lower  limbs ;  step  tremulous  and   uncertain. — 
{Stille.) 

Loss  of  sensibility  in  lower  limbs ;  pinching  and   burning 
causes  no  pain. — {Pachc.) 

Extremities  cold,  and  the  pulse  slow  and  very  weak. —  ( Turn- 
bull.) 
o  Legs  and  feet  cold  and  blue,  and  on  being  touched  would 
leave  the  white  impress  of  the  fingers  for  more  than 
twenty-five  seconds, — in  cholera  infantum. — {Caro.) 


86  BROMIDE   OF   POTASSIUM. 

SLEEP. 

Extreme  drowsiness. — {Hammojtd,  et  al.) 

She  slept  all  night,  and  would  often  fall  asleep  in  her  chair, 

and  in  most  uncomfortable  positions. — [lb) 
He  falls  suddenly  asleep  at  intervals  of  a  few  minutes. — {lb.) 
Tendency  to  coma. — {Plctaer.) 

A  kind  of  stupor  resembling  that  of  the  first  stages  of  ty- 
phoid fever, — [Basire.) 
o  Deep,  profound  aad  quick  slumber,  (from  20  to  30  grains). — 

{Hammond?) 
o  Obstinate  insomnia,  in  case  of  mercurial  poisoning. — {Rob- 
ert eau?) 
o  Sleeplessness  during  convalescence  from  acute  diseases. — 

{Begbie!) 
o  Night  terrors  of  children,  (see  Mind), 
o  Horrible  dreams  {do^ 

o  Waking  with  severe  headache,  in  a  child. — {Hale.) 
o  Grinding  of  the  teeth  during  sleep,  with  moans  and  cries. — 
{Hale.) 

SKIN. 

Eruptions  of  small  boils,  in  successive  crops  chiefly  over  the 
face   and   trunk,  and    accompanied   with   troublesome 
itching. — {Bazire. ) 
The  secretion  of  the  skin  is  reduced  in  proportion  to  the 

anaemia  of  that  tissue. — iPelvet.) 
A  papular  rash  on  the  face,  with  heat  and  itching.-(J/f6Vir^(f'r.) 
Erythematous  swellings. — {Garrod.) 
Echthymatous  eruptions. — {Fb.) 
o  Moist  eruptions. — {lb.) 
o  Syphilitic  psoriasis. — {lb.) 

o  Skin  cold,  blue,  spotted,  corrugated.     (In  cholera  infantum.) 
— {Caro.) 

PULSE   AND   HEART. 

Pulse  reduced  in  force  and  frequency  to  50  per  minute. 

The  minute  blood-vessels  contract  immediately  in  the  region 
of  injection,  and  later  throughout  the  organism,  and  the 
contraction  is  suceeedcd  by  dilation. — {Pelvet.) 

The  heart  alone  survives  many  hours  (in  animals)  ;  when  it 
stops,  its  irritability  can  be  again  aroused  for  some  in- 
stants, to  disappear  at  last  totally.  But  from  the  com- 
mencement of  the  physiological  or  toxic  action,  the 
ittHllary  circulation  is  diminished,  and  the  pulsations  of 
ths  heart  are  retarded. — \D amour ette  aud  Pelvet?) 
o  Pulse  imperceptible,  with  coldness  and  collapse. — {Caro?) 
o  Pulse  100,  weak.     Pulse  small  and  feeble. — {lb?) 


BROMIDE   OF   POTASSIUM.  8/ 

TEMPERATURE. 

The  temperature  of   the   body   was   reduced    one    or    two 

degrees  centigrade. — {Plctscr.) 
The  temperature  is  sensibly  lessened  in  warm-blooded  ani- 
mals first,  and  during  many  hours  in  the  region  injected, 
and  afterwards  throughout  the  organism.      The  phe- 
nomena depends  upon  the  diminution  of  the  capillary 
circulation,  at  first  local,  afterwards  general, 
o  Body  cold  ;  skin  corrugated  and  mottled. — {Caro.) 
o  Shivering  with  cold,  and  cold  skin,  although  the  child  was 
covered  with  mustard  plasters. — [lb.) 

GENERALITIES. 

The  gait  became  staggering ;  false  steps  became  frequent. 

Weakness  of  the  muscles  of  the  arms — but  no  vertigo. 

(Pletzer.) 
It  paralyzes  the  nerves  of  the  spinal  cord. — (lb.) 
Intoxication,  with  loss  of  sight  and  hearing. — (Stille.) 

*  Epilepsy  from  large  doses  in  a  case  of  cerebral  ana;mia.— 

(Hammond.) 

Unsteadiness  of  gait ;  he  was  frequently  taken  for  a  drunken 
man;  was  once  arrested  for  supposed  drunkenness — 
{Hammond.) 

Well  marked  numbness  throughout  the  body,  and  very  deci- 
ded diminution  of  sensibility. 

Almost  constant  twitching  of  the  fingers  and  a  busy  occu- 
pation of  them  in  matters  of  no  importance. 

Unable  to  stand  or  walk  ;  face  ashy  pale  ;  pupils  contracted  ; 
loss  of  memory.  Great  weakness  of  the  extensors  of 
the  legs  and  feet. 

Vertigo,  fainting  and  nUusea. 

Very  emaciated,  weak,  aud  of  a  peculiar  pallid  color. — 
( Turnbull.) 

As   an   agent  for   lessening  reflex  excitability,  exceeds  all 
other  remedies. — {Pletzer) 
o  Neuroses  involving  the  brain  and  accompanied  by  convul- 
sions.— {Ib)j 
o  Mercurial  trembling. — (Roberteau.) 

Lead  poisoning. — .(lb.) 
o  Infantile  convulsions,    during  teething,  whooping  cough   or 
laryngismus  stridulus.    Spasm  of  the  glottis  ;  it  prevents 
the  recurrence  of  the  spasms. — {Ringer.    Hale) 

*  Epilepsy,  chiefly  grand  mal ;  rarely  useful  m  petit  mal. 
Restless  and  shaky,  as  if  from  palsy. — {Caro) 

It  diminishes  the  abnormal  vascularity  of  the  great  nervous 
centres. 


88  BROMIDE   OK    POTASSIUM. 

It   mitigates  those  convulsive  movements   and   spasmodic 
twitchings,  which  are  the  results  of  the  rapid  conversion 
of    sensory   impressions,    or   of    morbid    reflex   action 
through  the  medulla  oblongata — (C.  Browne.) 
o  Quotidian  ague  after  quinine  had  been  given  for  two  weeks 
without   result.     "  The  sweating   stage  was  unusually 
protracted  and  exhausting."     "  A  full  dose  every  three 
hours  during  a  remission,  cured." — {Beghie) 
*  It  removes  pathological  deposits  of  fatty  matter  only,  while 
the  iodide  removes  normal  adipose  matter. — (Simpson.) 
It  diminishes  the  r^r.r  excitability  of  the  nervous  centres. — 
(Brow?t  Sequard)     The  functions  of  organic    life  are 
not  disturbed. — (Huett.) 
o  Epilepsy — especially   occurring    at    or   near   the    menses — 
\L  ay  cock)) 
Epilepsy  may  be  arrested  by  it,  but  returns  when  this  drug 

is  suspended. — {Ramshill.) 
Paralysis  agitans. — {Hammond)) 
o  Trembling  sensation  throughout  the  whole  body. — {Hale.) 
o  Tetanus;  a  boy  15  years  old,  from  suppuration  of  finger  nail 
and  exposure  to  cold  by  sleeping  on  the  grass.  Attacked 
October  8th.  Discharged  September  loth.  Dose  20  grs. 
every  two  hours  nearly  all  the  time.    A  few  days  took 
20  grs.  every  hour. — {R.  Brozune.) 
o  Chorea  in  a  female.     The  tongue  protruded  with  a  jerk  ; 
muscles  of  the  face,  right  arm  and  legs  in  constant  jacti- 
tation, quite  violent.     Eight  grains  every  three  hours  ; 
cured  in  two  days. — {Dr.  Hume.) 
o  Chorea  in  a  female,  of  several  weeks.     Unable  to  dress  her- 
self or  work,  and   could  hardly  speak.     Face,  arm  and 
leg  of  right  side  affected.     Ten  grains  every  four  hours 
cured  her  in  three  days. — {Dr.  Htime.) 
*  Symptoms  from  ati  affection  of  vaso-motor  nerves,  namely  : 

I.  Occasional  sudden  paroxysmal  feeling  of  "numbness,"  a 

term  employed  by  some  to  denote  the  sensation  of 
"pins  and  needles  ;"  by  others  that  of  "  deadness"  and 
"weakness,"  and  by  a  third  group  an  "indescribable 
feeling  of  something  wrong." 

II.  A  feeling  of  "  largeness,"  or  "as  if  the  limb  were  swollen," 

there  being  at  the  time  of  its  occurrence  no  change  in 
the  size  of  the  extremity. 

III.  The  occurrence  of  "  aching,"  of  "  uneasiness,"  or  of  actual 

"  pain,"  the  latter  not  very  severe. 

IV.  The  feeling  of  "coldness,"  and  occasionally,  the  obvious 

fact  of  coldness. 

V.  The  fact  of  sudden   "  weakness,"  sometimes    termed    a 

"  paralyzed  "  feeling  ;  the  patient  being  unable  to  retain 


BUFO.  89 

the  grasp  of  an  object,  and  hastily  putting  it  down,  or 
allowing  it  to  fall.  At  such  times  the  muscles  do  not 
respond  readily  to  the  will  ;  the  co-ordination  of  move- 
ment is  defective.  Such  acts  as  writing  or  needle-work 
have  to  be  discontinued,  and  generally  such  patients 
rub  the  limbs  by,  as  it  would  seem,  an  almost  instinctive 
impulse. 

VI.  The  occurrence  of  sensations  allied  to  cramp,  or  that  of 
actual  cramp,  with  varying  amounts  of  pain. — {J.  Russell 
Reynolds. 

[Aconite,  Gelseminum,  Platinum,  Pulsatilla,  Lycopodium, 
Veratrum  album,  and  Calcarea  carb.  have  many  of  the 
above  symptoms. — Hale.'\ 

"  The  symptoms  due  to  large  doses  of  the  Bromide  of  Potas- 
sium may  be  stated  as  follows,  in  the  usual  order  of 
their  occurrence : 

1.  Contraction  of  the  pupils. 

2.  Drowsiness. 

3.  Weakness  of  the  arms  and  legs. 

4.  Depression  of  mind. 

5.  Failure  of  memory. 

6.  Delusions. 

The  first  three  of  these  are,  I  think,  usual  accompaniments 
of  an  active  dose  of  the  medicine.  They  simply  show  a 
sedative  effect  due  to  cerebral  anaemia.  In  adults  they 
never  follow  a  less  dose  than  ten  grains.  Doses  of  five 
grains  produce  no  obvious  effects.  No  permanent  diffi- 
culty results  from  very  large  doses." — (Hammond) 

Dr.  Hammond  asserts  that  to  a  condition  of  cerebral  anczmia 
most  of  the  obvious  phenomena  which  follow  its  ad- 
ministration should  be  ascribed. 


BUFO. 


[I  cannot  accept  as  reliable,  or  worthy  the  serious  study  of  homeopathic 
physicians,  all  the  so-called  provings  of  Dr.  Houatt,  whose  pathogeneses  of 
Bufo,  Robinia,  Sarracenia,  etc.,  have  appeared  in  our  journals.  We  are 
informed  that  only  the  highest  potencies  were  used  by  the  prover,  and  that 
these  were  sometimes  held  in  the  hand  (!)  and  that  by  these  methods  of 
proving  were  obtained  the  tremendous  array  of  symptoms,  picturing  all  the 
severest  diseases  to  which  the  human  organism  is  liable.  I  cannot,  there- 
fore, give  all  those  provings,  nor  select  special  symptoms  from  therti,  but 
shall  only  give  some  clinical  results  said  to  have  been  obtained  by  their  use. 

Of  Bufo  we  have  but  one  curative  symptom,  that  reported  by  Dr.  Hol- 
cornbe,  of  the  cure  of  Epilepsy  by  the  use  of  a  high  potency. — HaleJ\ 
II 


90  NEW   REMEDIES. 

CACTUS  GRANDIFLORUS. 

(Night-Blooming  Cereus.) 


Analogues: — Aconite,  Agaficus,  Belladonna,  Crotalns,  Gel- 
scminiun,  Iberis,  Kalmia,  Lachesis,  Naja,  Lilinni,  Stramonium, 
Spigclia,  Veratrum  viride. 

Description: — Stems  cylindrical,  rooting  and  very  long, 
provided  with  five  or  six  slightly  prominent  ribs,  and  furnished 
with  small  spines  or  thorns,  disposed  in  radicated  forms.  Fruit 
shaped  like  an  q^^,  covered  with  scaly  tubercles,  fleshy,  of  an 
orange  or  fine  reddish  color,  filled  with  very  small  seeds  of  an 
acid  taste.  Flowers  have  an  extremely  sweet  odor  of  benzoic 
acid  and  vanilla. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tinctures,  dilutions. 

Sphere  of  Action: — Specifically  on  the  heart  and  its 
blood-vessels. 

SENSORIUM. 

Hypochondria  and  invincible  sadness  ;  unusual  melancholy. 

Fear  of  death  extreme  and  continuous. 

Love  of  solitude. 

HEAD. 

*  Vertigo  from  sanguineous  congestions  to  the  head. 

Heavy  pain  like  a  weight  on   the  vertex  ;  worse  from  noise. 

*  Face  bloated  and  red,  with  pulsating  pain  in  the  head. 
Feeling  of  emptiness  in  the  head. 

Very  severe  pain  in  the  right  side  of  the  head,  which  is  in- 
creased by  the  sound  of  talking  and  by  a  strong  light. 

*  Pulsating  pain  in  the  temples,  becoming  intolerable  at  night. 

EYES. 
Loss  of  sight ;  there  appear  circles  of  red  light  before  the 
eyes,  which  dim  the  sight, 
o  Dimness  of  sight ;  weakness  of  sight  recurring  periodically. 

EARS. 

Pulsations  in  the  ears  day  and  night. 

Noise  like  the  running  of  a  river,  continuing  all  night, 
o  Hearing  diminished  from  the  buzzing  in  the  ears, 
o  Otitis,  from  checked  perspiration, 
o  Rheumatic  otitis,     , 

NOSE. 

Dry  and  unpleasant  coryza. 

Fluent  and  very  acrid  coryza  ;  nostrils  sore. 

Profuse  epistaxis,  soon  ceasing  ;  from  acute  congestion. 


CACTUS    GRANDIFLORUS.  9I 

THROAT. 
O  Constriction  of  the  throat,  preventing  swallowing. 
Fetid  breath  in  the  morning. 

APPETITE   AND   GASTRIC   SYMPTOMS, 
o  Loss  of  appetite  and  loss  of  taste  for  food,  with  nausea. 
Great  appetite,  but  weak  and  slow  digestion. 
Bad    digestion ;    all    food    causes   weight   and    suffering    in 
stomach, 
o  Nausea  in  the  morning,  and  all  day  long. 

STOMACH. 
Acrid  acid  in  the  stomach,  making  food  taste  acid. 
Violent  burning  in  the  stomach. 
Great  thirst  during  the  fever. 
*  Continuous  pulsation  in  the  stomach,  in  'an  old   lady  at  the 
change  of  life. 
Heaviness  in  the  stomach  after  eating, 

LIVER. 
Acute  and  chronic  engorgement  of  the  liver  from  cardiac 
diseases. 

ABDOMEN. 
Distressing  sensation  in  the  bowels. 

Very  violent  pains  in  the  bowels,  with  burning  sensation, 
o  Enteritis  ;  also  peritonitis. 

STOOL   AND  ANUS. 
Bilious  evacuations,  with  pain  in  the  abdomen. 
Morning  diarrhoea,  watery,  preceded  by  great  pain. 
Sensation  of  great  weight  in  the  anus,  with  itching,  with  or 
without  copious  hemorrhage, 
o  Constipation  from  hemorrhoidal  congestion. 
URINARY   ORGANS. 
Constriction  of  the  neck  of  the  bladder. 
Great  desire  to  pass  water,  but  cannot. 
Frequent  desire  to  urinate,  with  copious  flow,  straw  color. 
Urine  passed  by  drops,  with  burning. 
Urine  reddish,  turbid. 

GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 

Women. — Painful  constriction  around  the  pelvis,  which  grad- 
ually extends  upwards  to  the  stomach. 

Pain  in  the  uterus  and  its  ligaments,  returning  every  evening. 

Pulsating  pain  in  the  uterus  and  ovarian  regions,  extending 
to  the  thighs, 
o  Very  painful  menstruation. 

Menstruation  copious  and  painless. 

Menstruation  eight  days  too  soon. 


92  CACTUS    GRANDIFLORUS. 

Menstruation  scanty,  ceasing  on  lying  down. 
Ovaritis  and  metritis. 

LARYNX,    COUGH,    ETC. 
Obstinate,  stertorous  cough,  worse  at  night. 
Spasmodic  cough,  with  copious  mucus  expectoration, 
Cough,  with  thick,  yellow  expectoration. 
Dry  cough,  from  tickling  in  the  throat. 

CHEST. 
Feeling   of  constriction  of  the   chest,  which  prevents  free 
speech,  and  when  forced  to  speak,  the  voice  is  low  and 
hoarse. 

*  Sensation  of  constriction  in  the  middle  of  the  sternum,  as  if 

the  parts  were  compressed  by  iron  pincers,  with  diffi- 
cult respiration,  aggravated  by  motion. 

Constriction  in  the  lotver  part  of  the  chest,  as  if  a  cord  were 
tightly  tied  round  him. 

Sharp,  wandering  pains  in  the  thoracic  cavity. 

Painful  drawing  in  the  muscles  of  the  left  side  of  the  chest 
extending  to  the  shoulder  joint,  impeding  respiration 
and  the  use  of  the  left  arm. 

Oppression  of  breathing  as  from  a  great  weight  on  the  chest, 
with  a  sense  of  uneasiness,  or  as  if  the  chest  was  con- 
stricted by  an  iron  band. 

*  Periodical  attacks  of  suffocation,  with  fainting,  cold  perspi- 

ration on  the  face,  loss  of  pulse. 

*  Sanguineous  congestion  of  the  chest,  making  it  impossible 

for  him  to  lie  down. 

o  Rheumatism  of  the  muscles  of  the  chest. 

o  Acute  bronchitis  ;  also  chronic,  with  mucus  rale,  and  attacks 
of  great  anxiety  and  suffocation;  oppression  of  breathing 
on  going  up  stairs ;  and  inability  to  lie  down  in  bed. 

o  Pleuritic  inflammations. 

o  Peri-pneumouia,  with  great  oppression  of  respiration  ;  prick- 
ing pain  ;  severe  cough  ;  bloody  sputa  ;  hard  pulse, 
vibrating,  120. 

O  Pneumonia,  in  its  various  stages. 

o  HcEmoptysis  active,  arterial,  profuse,  with  convulsive^  cough. 

HEART. 
Sensation  of  an  annoying  movement  from  before  backward 
in  the  cardiac  region,  worse  by  day  than  by  night. 

*  Sensation  of  constriction  in  the  heart,  as  if  an  iron  band prc- 

veftted  its  normal  movement. 
Dull  heavy  pains  in  the  region  of  the  heart,  increased  by 

external  pressure. 
Pricking  pain  in  the  heart,  impeding  respiration   and  the 

movement  of  the  body. 


CACTUS    GRANDIFLORUS.  93 

Very  acute  pain  and  such  painful  stitches  in  the  heart  as  to 
cause  him  to  cry  out  loudly,  with  obstruction  of  respi- 
ration. 

*  Palpitation  of  the  heart,  continues  day  and  night,  worse  luhen 
zvalking,  aiid  at  night,  ivhen  lying  on  left  side. 
Nervous  palpitation  of  the  heart,  aggravated  by  the  near 
approach  of  the  menses. 

o  Functional  disorder  of  the  heart,  from  mental  emotions,  ag- 
gravated at  the  menstrual  period. 

o  A  ngina  pectoris. 

o  Palpitations,  acute  and  chronic,  even  in  organic  diseases  of 
the  heart. 

o  Acute  inflammatory  affections  of  the  heart,  idiopathic,  and 
even  from  rheumatism. 

o  Acute  carditis,  with  blueness  of  the  face ;  oppression  of 
breathing  ;  dry  cough  ;  pricking  pain  in  the  heart ;  can- 
not lie  on  left  side ;  pulse  quick,  throbbing,  tense  and 
hard. 

o  Chronic  carditis,  with  oedematous  and  cyanotic  face,  suffo- 
cating respiration,  continued  dull  pain  in  the  heart, 
dropsical  effusion  all  throughout  the  body  ;  cannot 
drink  or  speak,  hands  and  feet  cold,  pidse  intermittent. 

o  Hypertrophy  ivith  dilatation ;  patients  pulseless,  extremely 
exhausted,  panting  and  sad,  cannot  lie  down,  or  speak  ; 
has  scarcely  slept  for  fifteen  days  ;  forgetful,  feet  cedem- 
atous.    (Is  soon  relieved,  lies  down  and  sleeps  12  hours.) 

o  Oi'ganic  diseases  of  the  heart ;  valvular  diseases,  (an  invalu- 
able palliative  for  many  distressing  symptoms.) 

o  Heart  disease,  with  oedema  of  left  hand  only,  (no  other 
remedy  has  this  symptom.) 

o  A  constant  fluttering  sensation  in  the  stomach,  over  the 
location  of  the  coeliac  axis,  in  a  spot  about  the  size  of  a 
dollar ;  a  burning  line  extends  down  from  it  to  the  lower 
ribs  on  either  side ;  a  hot  flash  shoots  downward, 
frequently,  (caused  by  a  few  doses.) 

o  Rheumatic  inflammation  of  the  heart,  with  severe  pain  in 
apex  of  heart,  and  pain  shooting  down  left  arm  to  the 
end  of  the  fingers ;  dyspnoea,  pulse  feeble,  120,  etc, 

o  Palpitation  of  the  heart  from  any  exertion,  with  excessive 
pain  over  the  left  side  between  the  scapulae  and  sacral 
region. 

o  A  whizzing,  to  and  fro,  sound,  or  bruit  de  soufflet. 

o  Endocardial  bruit,  increased  pr?ecordial  dullness,  excessive 
impulse  of  heart's  action,  and  evident  enlargement  of 
right  ventricle. 

O  Great  irregularity  of  heart's  action — intermittent  at  times 
and  of  varying  character — grtdit  frequency  of  action  al- 


94  CALABAR  BEAN. 

ternating  with  sloivness.    (Enlargement  of  left  ventricle, 
with  great  irritation  of  cardiac  nerves. — Sanford.) 
o  Irregularity  of  heart's  action,  from  reflex  irritation. 
o  Palpitation,  with  vertigo,  dyspncea  and  loss  of  consciousness. 

EXTREMITIES. 
Formication  and  weight  in  the  arms. 
CEdema  in  the  hands — worse  in  the  left. 
o  Pain  in  left  arm,  down  to  fingers,  (in  disease  of  heart.) 
CEdema  of  the  feet,  legs,  up  to  knees. 
Restlessness  in  the  legs — cannot  keep  them  still. 

SLEEP. 

Sleeplessness  without  apparent  cause  ;  or  from  pulsations  at 
the  stomach,  or  in  the  ears. 

Delirium  during  sleep. 

FEVER. 

Chills,  with  chattering  of  the  teeth  ;  at  lo  o'clock  A.  M.,  fol- 
lowed by  burning  heat  with  shortness  of  breath. 

Burning  heat  at  night,  followed  by  a  chill,  then  perspiration. 

hitermittent  fever,  quotidian,  with  chill,  heat,' dyspnoea,  head- 
ache, stupefaction,  great  thirst,  then  perspiration. 


CALABAR   BEAN. 
{Physostigma    Venenosum.) 


Analogues  : — Agariais,  Belladonna,  Gelseminiim,  Solannm. 
Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  bean. 

HEAD. 
A  feeling  of  buoyancy  ;  desire  to  move  and  talk  continually. 

— (Beckwith.) 
Dullness  of  mind  ;  sluggish  brain. 

Dizziness,  with  great  fullness  of  the  blood-vessels  of  the  brain, 
o  Congestion  of  the  brain,  with  epileptiform  attacks. 

FACE. 
Heat  and  redness  of  the  face. 

EYES. 
It  stimulates  the  sphincter  piipillce  and  the  ciliary  muscle  to 

"contraction. 
It  contracts  the  pupil  even  in  dilatation  the  result  of  injury. 
A  decided  tight  feeling,  referable  pretty  accurately  to  the 
ciliary  region  of  the  left  eye  (to  which  the  solution  was 
applied),  as  if  something  were  creeping  in  it,  (in  five 
minutes).  Ten  minutes  after,  this  continued,  with  oc- 
casional rather  sharp  pain  in  the  ciliary  region.     An 


CALABAR  BEAN.  95 

attempt  to  read  with  both  eyes  instantly  increased  this 
pain,  and  the  type  was  confused,  as  if  by  a  disturbance 
of  the  power  of  accommodation.  Type  looked  smaller 
with  the  right  eye  than  the  left.  I  could  see  Jaeger 
1 7,  at  15  feet,  but  with  a  remarkable  oscillation  in  the 
distinctness  ;  the  type  came  and  went,  at  one  instant 
quite  clear,  then  indistinct,  as  if  the  ciliary  muscles  were 
undergoing  irregular  contractions. 

Astigniatisin  ;  the  vertical  bars  of  a  window  were  seen  clear 
and  sharp  at  from  six  to  ten  feet ;  the  horizontal  bars 
within  the  same  range  having  their  edges  slightly  hazy, 
but  rendered  clear  by  a  concave  cylindrical  glass  of  14 
inches  focus. 

The  pupil  contracted  (to  the  size  of  a  pin's  head)  and  re- 
mains so  18  hours,  then  gradually  relaxed  during  three 
days,  resuming  gradually  its  mobility  under  light, 
whether  falling  on  its  own  or  the  opposite  retina.  With 
the  sudden  contraction  of  the  pupil  came  a  sudden  twi- 
light gloom,  as  if  an  eclipse  of  the  sun,  but  this  gloom 
soon  lessened  and  gradually  disappeared  before  the 
pupil  dilated. 

When  applied  to  the  eye  of  a  long-sighted  person  it  restores 
vision  (temporarily). 

Short  sightedness  (in  the  normal  eye), 
o  Dimness  of  vision. 

Trofuse  lachrymation. 
o  Paralysis  of  the  circular  fibers  of  the  iris,  and  of  the  ciliary 
muscles  of  one  eye;   the  dilated  pupil  and  dimness  of 
sight  disappeared, 
o  Prolapsus  of  the  iris,  from   injuries,  even  when  the  whole 
globe  is  vascular  and  irritated,   and    sight    impaired  ; 
(under  the  topical  use  of  the  alkaloid,  the  prolapsus  re- 
tracted as  the  pupil  contracted), 
o  Prolapsus  of  iris,  from  sloughing  of  the  cornea. 

Pain  in  the  eyeballs,  over  the  eyes,  and  in  the  head. 
STOMACH. 

Feeling  as  if  he  had  bolted  a  piece  of  solid  food  of  too  large 
a  size  ;  the  sensation  gradually  increases  until  it  is  very 
painful. 

Burning  heat  in  the  stomach,  with  much  belching  of  wind. 

CHEST. 

Cough,  aggravated  by  talking. 

HEART. 

Heart's  action  tumultuous  and  irregular. 

Heart's  action  feeble  and  irregular. 

In  some  cases  the  heart  goes  on  beating  long  after  death  (in 
animals). 


96  CALABAR  BEAN. 

The  heart  contained  fluid  blood  and  clots  in  all  the  four 
cavities,  indicating  death  from  paralysis  of  the  muscles 
of  the  heart  (in  men). 

NERVOUS    SYSTEM. 
o  Chorea   in   a  boy  of   14 ;  the   disease   had    lasted    several 
months,  and    resisted   Ferrum,   Arsenicum  and  Zinc  ; 
(cured  in  nine  weeks  by  18  drops  a  day  of  the  tincture). 
(It  did  no  service  in  a  case  of  paralysis  agitans.) 
o  Chorea  in  a  girl  of  20 ;  (a  rapid  cure)  with  the  tincture, 
o  Chorea,  of  the  right  side,  the  tongue  seemed  too  large. 

Muscular  paralysis, 
o  Traumatic  tetanus,  several  cases  ;  (cured), 
o  Epileptiform  convulsions. 

[Will  doubtless  prove  useful  in  some  cases  of  ccrebro-spinal  im?iingitis. 
--Hale.] 

GENERAL   SYMPTOMS. 

Increase  of  secretion,  particularly  of  the  perspiratory,  sali- 
vary and  intestinal  glands ;  the  discharges  that  follow 
are  occasionally  free,  producing  severe  sweating,  insali- 
vation,  and  catharsis. 

The  operation  of  the  drug  is  spinal,  not  cerebral,  acting  upon 
the  anterior  or  motor  column,  so  as  to  suspend  or  deaden 
its  energy  or  reduce  the  activity  of  its  functions. 

The  powerless  parts  are  those  that  receive  their  nervous 
supply  from  the  spinal  cord  and  its  nerves.  The  mus- 
cles of  the  extremities  and  of  respiration  are  most  en- 
feebled ;  and  the  paralysis  is  primarily  and  always 
seated  in  the  striped  muscles. 

There  is  no  failure  of  volition  ;  the  will  is  strong,  but  a  diffi- 
culty lies  in  the  way  of  carrying  out  its  purpose. 

Unable  to  move,  though  he  makes  the  attempt. 

The  mind  exhibits  no  defect. 

Suspension  of  the  functions  of  the  motor  tract,  by  which  it 
does  not  conduct  the  impulses  of  the  will  through  the 
cord  to  the  muscles. 

The  paralysis  is  not  exclusively  owing  to  poisoned  blood,  as 
the  lower  limbs  are  first  paralyzed,  then  the  upper,  the 
trunk,  then  the  neck. 

The  muscles  retain  their  normal  contractility  unimpaired, 
and  still  respond  to  direct  irritation  when  artificial 
stimuli  ire  applied. 

The  paralysis  is  commonly  preceded  by  twitching  or  trem- 
bling of  the  muscles ;  in  the  lower  animals  these  are 
often  convulsive. 

When  movements  occur,  they  have  sometimes  been  unco- 
ordinated ;  again,  the  palsy  has  been  found  to  include 
the  unstriped  muscles  ;  and  furthermore,  the  functions 


CANCHALAGUA.  9/ 

of  the  brain  may  be  disturbed.     The  first  is  only  met 

with  after  entire  loss  of  exercising  the  will.    The  second 

is,  perhaps,  due  to  extension  of  the  poisonous  influence 

to  the  sympathetic  system. 
Trembling,  dizziness,  and  loss  of  poiuer  in  the  limbs  in  half 

an  hour. 
Fatal  syncope,  from  paralysis  of  the  heart. 
Stupid  and  giddy ;  a  sense  of  feebleness  over   the  whole 

body,  rendering  progression  difficult. 
Sharp  pains,  shifting  quickly  from  one  place  to  another. 
When  the  pain   remained  in  any  place  for  a  short  time  the 

spot  became  disagreeably  sore. 
A  sensation  of  heat,  accompanied  with  sweat,  extending 

from  the  fourth  or  fifth  cervical  vertebrae  to  the  last 

1  u  m  bar. — (Beckivith. ) 
o  Dyspepsia,  with  great  pain  immediately  after  eating.* — (Beck- 

zvitJi.) 
Constriction  of  the  intestinal  canal  (general), 
o  Constipation  of  years'  duration. 


CANCHALAGUA. 


[The  proper  botanical  name  is  not  known  to  me.  I  give  the  name  as  it 
appeared  in  the  Philadelphia  Journal  of  Hoinceopathy?\ 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  whole  plant ; 
dilutions. 

"A  small  grass-plant,  growing  in  patches,  has  a  small,  red 
blossom,  not  unlike  the  Forget-me-not  (Myosotis),  a  round, 
woody  stem  and  branches,  and  lanciform  leaves ;  indigenous 
to  California." — (Dr.  Richter,  Philadelphia  Journal  of  Horn., 
Vol.  II.) 

HEAD. 

Congested  feeling ;  with  pressive  pains  in  the  forehead ;  a 

sensation  of  fulness. 
Tightness  of  the  scalp ;  it  feels  as  if  drawn  together. 

EARS. 
Piercing  and  stitching  pains  in  the  ears. 
Buzzing  and  roaring  in  the  ears. 

EYES. 
Burning,  first  in  the  left,  then  in  the  right. 

STOMACH. 

Increase  of  appetite. 
Eructations  and  regurgitations. 


*  Also  Arg.  nit.]and  D'oscorea. — (Hale.) 


98  CANNABIS    INDICA. 

Water-brash,  with  spitting  of  white  mucus,  and  a  trembhng 
nervousness. 

SLEEP. 

Sleeplessness. 

FEVER. 

O  Frjer  and  ague  ;  (tertian.) 

*  Soreness  all  over,  especially  in  lower  extremities. 

Heat  in  the  whole  body, 
o  Intermittent  fever,  obstinate. — (Dr.  Richtcr.) 


CANNABIS    INDICA. 

(Indian   Hemp,   Haschisch.) 


Analogues: — Aconite,  Arnica,  Belladonna,  Berberis,  Bryo- 
nia, Camphor,  Cannabis  sat.,  Cantkarides.  Clematis,  Copaiva, 
Digitalis,  Dalcamara,  Hyoscyamiis,  Lachesis,  Lycopodiiim,  Nnx 
vomica,  Opium,  Petroleum,  Pulsatilla,  Sepia,  Spigelia,  Stannmn, 
Stramonium,  Terebinthina,  Thuya,  Uva  ursi,  Veratrum. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  and  dilutions. 

MINI). 

Moaning  and  crying. 

Great  anguish  and  despair. 

Great  apprehension  of  approaching  death. 

Horror  of  darkness. 

Incohere7it  talking. 

Stammering  and  stuttering. 

Exaltation  of  spirits,  with  great  gaiety  and  disposition  to 
laugh  at  the  merest  trifle. 

Full  of  fun  and  mischief,  and  laughs  immoderately. 

Exaltation  of  spirits,  tuith  excessive  loquacity. 

Uncontrollable  laughter,  till  the  face  becomes  purple,  and 
the  back  and  loins  ache. 

Laughs  indiscriminately  at  every  word  said  to  him. 

He  begins  a  sentence,  but  cannot  finish  it,  because  he  for- 
gets what  he  intended  to  write  or  speak. 

Imagines  he  is  gradually  .swelling,  his  body  becoming  larger 
and  larger. 

Very  absent  minded. 

Imagines  some  one  calls  him. 

Inability  to  recall  any  thought  or  event,  on  account  of  the 
number  of  different  thoughts  crowding  on  his  brain. 

He   fancies  he  hears  numberless  bells  ringing  most  sweetly. 

Imagines  he  hears  music,  shuts  his  eyes,  and  is  lost  for  some 
time  in  the  most  delicious  thoughts  and  dreams. 


CANNABIS    INDICA.  99 

While  listening  to  the  piano  he  loses  consciousness,  and  is 
seemingly  raised  gently  through  the  air  to  a  great 
height,  when  the  strains  of  music  become  perfectly  ce- 
lestial ;  on  regaining  consciousness  his  head  is  bent  for- 
ward, his  neck  is  stiff,  and  there  is  a  loud  ringing  in  his 
ears. 

His  mind  is  filled  with  ridiculous  speculative  ideas. 

Constantly  theorizing. 

His  head  feels  very  heavy,  he  loses  consciousness,  and  falls. 

On  regaming  consciousness,  violent  shocks  pass  tlirough  his 
brain. 

In  the  daytime,  dreams,  returning  periodically,  or  dreamy 
attacks. 

He  could  not  read,  partly  on  account  of  dreamy  spells,  and 
partly  because  he  had  not  full  power  of  vision. 

Fixed  ideas. 

He  forgot  his  last  words  and  ideas,  and  spoke  in  a  low  tone, 
with  a  thick  voice,  as  if  tired. 

Every  feiv  moments  he  zvoidd  lose  himself,  and  then  wake  up, 
as  it  ivere,  to  those  around  him. 

He  was  in  constant  fear  he  zv'ould  become  insane. 

Unpleasant  shuddering  through  all  the  limbs,  with  a  painful 
feeling  of  weight  in  the  occiput,  and  a  tetanic  inter- 
mittent contraction  of  the  muscles  of  the  nape  of  the 
neck, 
o  Hallucinations  and  illusions  following  excesses  in  wine,  and 
venery,  and  also  arising  from  or  during  religious  ex- 
cesses, seem  to  me  to  demand  this  drug  with  the  dietetic 
use  of  Phosphate  of  Lime. — (Gray.) 
O  It  has  proved  of  great  service  against  illusions  of  a  spectral 
character,  not  accompanied  by  terror ;  such  as  arise  in 
some  forms  of  nervous  fever  and  in  mania  puerperalis. 
In  this  class  of  hallucinations  my  dose  has  not  been  less 
than  l/iooth  of  a  grain  of  the  extract  (Gunje)  rubbed 
in  sugar. — (Gray.) 

HEAD. 

Vertigo. 

Vertigo  on  rising,  with  a  stunning  pain  in  the  back  part  of 
his  head,  and  he  falls. 

Fullness  in  the  forehead,  as  if  it  would  burst. 

Burning  pain  in  both  temples. 

Heavy  insurmountable  pressure  on  the  brain,  forcing  him  to 
stoop. 

Severe  stitch  in  the  right  temple,  gradually  changing  to  a 
pressing  pain. 

Aching  in  both  temples,  most  severe  in  right. 

Throbbing,  aching  pain  in  forehead. 


lOO  CANNABIS    INDICA. 

Dull,  drawing  pain  in  the  forehead,  especially  over  the  eyes. 

Dull,  heavy,  throbbing  pain  through  the  head,  with  a  sensa- 
sation  like  a  heavy  blow  on  the  back  of  the  head  and 
neck 

Dull,  sticking  pain  in  the  right  temple. 

Frequent  involuntary  shaking  of  his  head. 

Jerking  in  the  right  side  of  the  forehead  towards  the  interior 
and  back  part  of  the  head. 

Pain  in  the  whole  right  side  of  the  head. 
o  In  my  practice  it  has  proved  a  valuable  remedy  in  subacute 
inflammation  of  the  brain,  in  delirium  tremens,  and  in  a 
few  cases  of  epilepsy.  It  has  been  eminently  serviceable 
in  hypochondriac  affections  of  females,  especially  those 
somewhat  advanced  in  life.  It  exercises  a  peculiar  con- 
trol over  this  class  of  maladies,  and  has  sometimes  ef- 
fected speedy  cures  of  cases  which  were  bordering  upon 
actual  insanity.  Some  years  since  I  made  a  few  ex- 
periments upon  Guinea  pigs  and  rabbits  with  a  tincture 
of  Cannabis  indica,  and  in  most  instances  it  caused  an 
injection  of  the  blood  vessels  of  the  entire  brain;  but  its 
chief  influence  appeared  to  be  exerted  upon  the  tuber- 
cular quadrigemina  and  the  parts  in  immediate  vicinity. 
Indeed,  the  appearances  it  produced  were  very  similar 
to  those  which  have  been  observed  from  Opium,  Bella- 
donna, Alcohol,  and  from  the  ethers. — (Marcy.) 
O  A  lady,  aged  about  forty  years,  had  been  confined  to  her  bed 
for  seven  months,  with  a  morbid  sensitiveness  and  a 
great  prostration  of  the  entire  nervous  system.  Her  al- 
lopathic physician  had  treated  her  with  Iron,  Cinchona, 
Opium,  and  the  other  usual  remedies  of  his  school, 
without  any  benefit,  until  she  had  been  in  her  bed  al- 
mosj;  constantly  for  the  period  above  indicated.  At 
this  time  she  was  placed  under  my  care  in  the  following 
condition  :  no  apparent  organic  derangement  in  any 
part  of  her  body.  The  organs  all  performed  their  func- 
tions with  considerable  regularity,  but  sluggishly.  On 
attempting  to  make  the  slightest  effort,  in  rising  up  in 
bed,  or  in  making  any  exertion,  she  experienced  a  great 
sense  of  prostration,  and  a  death-like  sinkmg  and  weak- 
ness at  the  pit  of  her  stomach,  and  to  some  extent  in 
lier  chest.  Pulse  seventy-six  and  regular,  but  weak. 
Respiration  and  temperature  of  the  skin  natural.  We 
put  her  under  the  use  of  Cannabis  indica,  and  after  six 
days  she  was  able  to  sit  up  for  fifteen  minutes  without 
any  serious  inconvenience.  The  remedy  was  persisted 
in,  and  her  improvement  continued  until  at  the  expira- 
tion of  six  weeks  she  was  able  to  sit  up  the  entire  day ; 


CANNABIS    INDICA.  lOI 

to  walk  for  half  an  hour  at  a  time,  and  to  ride  out  for 
an  hour  or  two,  with  benefit.  All  her  unpleasant  symp- 
toms in  the  chest  and  stomach  have  disappeared,  and 
she  is  now  quite  well  with  the  exception  of  a  slight  de- 
bility.— (Marcy.) 

EYES. 

Injection  of  the  vessels  of  the  conjunctiva  in  both  eyes. 

The  vessels  of  the  conjunctiva  of  both  eyes  are  injected  in  a 
triangular  patch  extending  from  the  internal  canthus  to 
the  cornea  ;  worse  in  the  right. 

Twinkling,  trembling,  and  glimmering  before  the  eyes. 

Jerking  in  the  external  corners  of  the  eye  and  eyelids. 

Fixed  gaze. 

While  reading  the  letters  run  together. 

EARS. 

Noise  in  the  ears  like  boiling  water. 

Periodical  singing  in  his  ears,  that  always  ceased  as  soon  as 
he  came  to  himself,  and  renewed  itself  whenever  a 
a  dreamy  spell  came  on. 

Aching  in  both  ears. 

Throbbing  and  fullness  in  both  ears,  and  ringing  and  buzzing 
in  the  ears. 

Sensitiveness  to  noise. 

FACE. 

He  looks  drowsy  and  stupid. 

Wearied,  exhausted  appearance. 

Coldness  of  the  face,  nose,  and  hands  after  dinner. 

Profuse  sticky  sweat  standing  out  in  drops  on  Jus  foreJiead. 

MOUTH. 

Dryness  of  the  mouth  and  lips  ;  the  lips  are  glued  together. 

Wliite,  thick,  frothy  ajid  sticky  saliva. 

THROAT. 

The  throat  is  parched,  accompa7tied  by  intense  thirst  for  cold 
water. 

APPETITE  AND   TASTE. 

Increased  appetite ;  every  article  of  food  is  extremely  pal- 
ateable. 

Ravenous  hunger,  which  is  not  decreased  by  eating  enor- 
mously;  he  ceases  eating  only  from  fear  of  injuring 
himself. 

Pastry  and  fat  food,  which  previously  he  never  ate  without 
suffering  from  rancid  risings  and  headache,  are  now 
digested  readily. 

GASTRIC   SYMPTOMS. 

While  eating  his  stomach  felt  so  swelled  and  his  chest  so 


102  CANNABIS    INDICA. 

oppressed  as  if  he  would  suffocate,  that  he  was  forced 
to  loosen  his  clothes. 

STOMACH. 

Pain  in  the  cardiac  orifice. 

STOOL   AND    ANUS. 
o  Costiveness. 

Sensation  in  the  anus  as  if  he  was  sitting  on  a  ball  ;  as  if 
the  anus  and  a  part  of  the  urethra  were  filled  up  by  a 
hard  round  body. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 

Aching  in  both  kidneys,  keeping  him  awake  at  night.     . 

Sharp  stitches  in  both  kidneys. 

Burning  in  the  kidneys. 

Pain  in  the  kidneys  when  laughing. 

Profuse  colorless  urijte. ' 

Urinating  frequently,  but  in  small  quantities. 

Urine  dribbles  ant  after  the  stream  ceases. 

He  has  to  force  out  the  last  few  drops  with  his  hand. 

He  has  to  wait  some  time  before  the  urine  flows. 

Urging  to  urinate,  but  he  cannot  pass  a  drop. 

Frequent  urination,  with  burning  pain  in  the  evening. 

Burning  and  scalding  before,  during,  and  after  urinatiju. 

Urging  to  urinate,  with  much  straining. 

The  urging  continues  after  urination. 

Pain  and  burning  during  urination. 

Stinging  pain  before  during,  and  after  urination. 

Uneasiness,  with  burning  sensation  in  the  penis  and  urethra, 
accompanied  by  frequent  calls  to  urinate. 

Intense  burning  at  the  orifice  of  the  urethra  during  urina- 
tion, and  continuing  afterwards. 

Sharp  prickings  like  needles  in  the  urethra,  so  severe  as  to 
send  a  thrill  to  the  cheeks  and  head. 

Feelings  in  the  urethra  as  if  there  were  a  gonorrhceal  dis- 
charge. 

On  squeezing  the  glans  penis  a  white  glairy  mucus  oozes  out. 

o  It  has  also  been  useful  in  debility  of  the  bladder  with  a  para- 

phlegic  state  of  the  lower  limbs,  used  in  alternation 

with  Nux  vomica  of  the  same  strength  and  continued 

many  weeks. — (Gray.) 

GENITAL   ORGANS. 

Male. — Itching  of  the  glans  penis. 

Itching  and  burning  of  the  scrotum. 

Satyriasis ;  violent  erections  ;  priapism  ;  chordee. 

Excessive  venereal  appetite,  with  frequent  erections  during 
the  day. 

Erections  while  riding,  walking,  and  also  while  sitting  still ; 
not  caused  by  amorous  thoughts. 


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Female. — o  Menorrhagia,  dysmsnorrhaea,  and   inefficient    or 
absent  labor  pains, 
o  Profuse  menstruation  and  metrorrhagia. — (Hirschel.) 
o  Metrorrhagia  of  parturient  women. — (Hirschel.) 
LARYNX   AND    TRACHEA. 
Rough   cough  scratching  the  breist  immediately   under  the 
sternum. 

CHEST. 

Oppression  of  the  chest,  with  deep,  labored  breathing. 

He  feels  as  if  suffocated,  and  has  to  be  fanned. 

Anguish,  accompanied  by  great  oppression  ;  ameliorated  in  the 
open  air. 

Pressing  pain  in  the  heart,  with  dyspnoea  the  whole  night. 

Anguish  at  the  heart. 

Painful   sticking,  as  with  the   prongs  of  a  fork,  in  the  heart. 

Pain  in  the  heart,  with  palpitation  when  lying  on  the  left 
side. 

Stitches  in  the  heart  ;  accompanied  by  great  oppression  ;  the 
latter  relieved  by  deep  breathing. 

It  requires  great  effort  to  take  a  deep  inspiration. 

Palpitation  of  the  heart,  awakening  him  from  sleep. 

BACK. 

Pain  across  the  shoulders  and  spine,  forcing  him  to  stoop,  and 
preventing  him  from  walking  erect. 
UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 

Agreeable  tJirilling  through  the  arms  and  hands. 

The  hands  feel  monstrously  large. 

Coldness  of  the  right  hand,  with  stiffness  and  numbness  of 
the  right  thumb. 

LOWER     EXTREMITIES. 

Weariness  in  both  limbs,  almost  amounting  to  paralysis  ; 
worse  in  the  left. 

Agreeable  thrilling  in  both  limbs,  from  the  knees  doivn,  with  a 
sensation  as  if  a  bird's  claivs  ivere  clasping  the  knees. 

The  right  limb  feels  paralyzed  when  walking. 

The  right  limb  suddenly  gives  way  and  falls. 

He  is  unable  to  walk  up  stairs,  on  account  of  an  almost  en- 
tire paralysis  of  the  limbs,  with  stiffness  and  tired 
aching  in  both  knees. 

Entire  paralysis  of  the  lower  extremities. 

Numb  feeling  of  the  sole  of  the  left  foot,  then  of  the  foot, 
increasing  to  a  numbness  of  the  whole  limb.  On  at- 
tempting to  walk  he  experienced  intensely  violent  pains, 
as  if  he  trod  on  a  number  of  spikes,  which  penetrated 
the  soles  of  his  feet  and  ran  upwar-i  through  his  limbs 
to  his  hips,  worse  in  the  right  limb,  and  accompanied 


104  CANNABIS    INDICA. 

by  drawing  pains  in  both  calves  ;  these  pains  forced  him 
to  Hmp  and  cry  out  in  agony. 
Shooting  pains  in  the  joints  of  the  toes  of  the   left  foot, 

worse  in  the  great  toe. 
Aching  and  stitching  pain  in  the  ball  of  the  left  big  toe. 
Pricking  and  aching  in  the  joints  of  the  big  toe  of  the  left 
foot, 
o  One  case  of   complete  paraplegia  was  permanently  cured 
by  the  Cannabis  indica  and  Nux  vomica,  some   three 
years  since,  in  my  practice. — (Gray.) 
FEVER. 
Pulse  beloiv  the  tiatural  standard,  as  loiu  as  ^6. 
General  chilliness ;  loss  of  animal  heat. 
O  Dr.  L.  Warner  has  successfully  prescribed   the  Cannabis  in 
many  cases  of  ship  fever  (Typhus petechialis). 
SLEEP. 

Excessive  sleepiness  ;  day  sleepiness. 

Starting  of  the  limbs  while  sleeping,  which  awoke  him,  when 
he  feared  he  would  have  a  fit. 

Grating  and  grinding  of  the  teeth  while  sleeping. 

Talking  during  sleep. 

He  wakes  before  midnight,  in  a  state  of  semi-consciousness ; 
with  inability  to  move ;  palpitation  of  the  heart,  slow, 
deep,  labored  and  intermittent  breathing,  and  a  feeling 
as  if  he  were  dying. 

He  wakes  before  midnight  overcome  with  dreadful  sensa- 
tions ;  imagines  he  is  going  to  be  choked  ;  cries  and 
moans  for  some  time,  when  all  the  objects  in  the  room 
appear  double  their  respective  sizes,  and  he  falls  asleep 
again. 

Nightmare  every  night  as  soon  as  he  falls  asleep. 

Sound  sleep,  with  melancholy  dreams. 

Dreams  of  danger  and  of  perils  encountered. 

Dreams  of  dead  bodies ;  vexatious  dreams ;  prophetic 
dreams. 

Voluptuous  dreams,  with  erections  and  profuse  seminal 
emissions. 

GENERALITIES. 

Agreeable  t J  trilling  tJirough  the  body  a?  id  extremities. 

Great  desire  to  lie  down  in  daytime. 

Thoroughly  exhausted  Jrom  a  short  lualk. 

He  feels  so  weak  he  could  scarcely  speak,  and  soon  fell  in  a 
deep  sleep. 

Paralysis  of  the  loiver  extremities  and  right  arm. 


NEW   REMEDIES.  10$ 


CARBOLIC  ACID. 


Analogues  : — Arsenicum,  Baptisia,  Bromide  of  Potassium, 
Bromide  of  ^  Ammonia,  Cimicifuga,  Kreosote,  Lachesis,  Mercu- 
rius  corrosivus,  et  iod..  Phosphorus,  Nitric  acid.  Muriatic  acid, 
Rhus  tox..  Sulphur,  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — [The  symptoms  here  given 
are  mainly  taken  from  Dr.  Hoyne's  pathogenesis,  given  in  the 
Journal  of  HomoeopatJiic  Materia  Medica  for  May,  1872,  to 
which  I  have  added  D.r.  Mitchell's  symptoms  and  my  own 
observations. — HaleP\ 

MENTAL    SPHERE. 

Entire  disinclination  to  study ;  what  he  had  accomplished 

seemed  very  trifling. 
Disinclined  to  work  ;  eve;n  correcting  proof  is  fatiguing. 
Cross,  lose  control  of  temper  readily. 
Affection  bestowed  seemed  distasteful. 

Reading  increased  all  the  head   symptoms,  especially  the 
pressing  in  the  occiput,  while  the  intellect  was  unusually  quiet. 
Dullness  of  intellect,  which  passed  away  after  breakfast. 

HEAD. 

Forehead — Aching  pain  in  the  forehead  {\.ra.ns\Qnt). 

Feels  as  if  a  band  zvas  arowid  the  forehead. 

Headache  in  the  forehead  of  a  neuralgic  character. 

Burning  pain  in  the  forehead. 

Dull  (or  heavy)  pain  running  from  the  forehead  to  the  occiput. 

Feels  as  if  a  band  was  around  the  forehead. 

Felt  a  full  feeling  in  the  frontal  lobe  of  cerebrum,  which  in- 
creased to  a  severe  headache. 

Awoke  with  a  dull,  hot,  constricted  feeling  in  the  head,  more 
especially  in  the  forehead  ;  followed  before  rising,  by  an 
acute  piercing  pain  in  the  left  supra-orbital  ridge.  This 
was  circumscribed  and  might  have  been  covered  with  a 
silver  ten  cent  piece. 

The  acute  piercing  pain  lasted  only  five  or  ten  minutes,  and 
ceased  on  my  rising,  leaving  the  spot  where  it  had  been 
sore  to  the  touch  for  more  than  one  day. 

Vertex — burning  pain  in  the  top  of  the  head. 

Hard  headache  in  the  morning  confined  to  the  upper  half  of 
the  head. 

Sensation  as  of  fine  electric  sparks  in  vertex,  changing  to  a 
pricking  itching,  with  desire  to  rub  the  part  and  relief 
from  it. 

In  the  vertex  ^  feeling  as  if  the  brain  was  swashing  about. 

13 


I06  CARBOLIC    ACID. 

Temples — Burning  pain  in  the  right  temple  and  top  of  the 
head. 

Dull  aching  pain  in  both  temples  and  back  of  the  head, 
when  leaning  forward. 

Occiput — Dull  aching  pain  in  back  of  head,  and  right  side 
and  temple. 

Back  of  head  feels  sore. 

Constant  dull,  pressure  and  pain  in  the  occiput  and  the  mus- 
cles of  the  back  of  the  neck,  especially  just  behind  the 
ears. — (M  itchell.) 

A  very  great  sense  of  weight  oji  my  neck,  with  a  tenderness, 
even  to  the  touch,  oft  the  seventh  cervical  vertebrce.  (A 
persistent  symptom. — Dr.  jf.  N.  Mitchell.) 

Constant  vertigo,  not  relieved  by  shutting  the  eyes ;  better 
when  walking  fast  in  the  open  air ;  much  worse  when 
sitting  down. — (Mitchell.) 

Constant  humming,  buzzing  sound  in  the  ears,  with  the 
headache,  without  dullness  of  hearing. — (Mitchell.) 

Sides — Beating  pain  in  right  side  of  head. 

The  pains  are  the  most  severe  on  the  right  side. 

Neuralgic  pain  in  left  side  of  head. 

Scalp — Itchifig  of  scalp,  first  on  right  side,  then  on  left. 

Head  feels  sore  when  moving  it  ;  sore  feeling  after  the 
headache. 

The  dull,  hot,  constricted  feeling  which  was  severe  enough 
to  become  an  ache  at  times,  (relieved  by  pressing  the 
head  with  the  hands),  lasted  all  day  long  and  until  late 
in  the  night. 

Confused  feeling  in  the  head. 

F"eel  as  if  I  had  a  cold  in  the  head. 

Head  seemed  to  swell  and  felt  hot,  even  as  though  it  radi- 
ated heat  as  from  a  hot  stove. 

Hard  headache  most  of  the  night. 

The  headache  did  not  locate  anywhere  in  particular,  but 
was  as  bad  in  the  forehead  as  anywhere  else. 

Headache  worse  when  bending  the  head  forwards. 

The  headache  continued   until  I  went  to  sleep  at  night  (all 
day. 
o  Periodical  sick-headache,  generally  just  before  or  after  the 
menses. 

Headache  with  nausea  ;  better  from  drinking  a  cup  of  green 
tea. 

Pressure  at  first  relieves  the  pain  for  a  moment,  but  if  con- 
tinued increases  the  headache.  However,  if  the  pressure 
was  removed,  if  only  for  ah  instant,  and  then  re-applied, 
it  would  bring  relief  for  a  moment. 

The  head  pains  are  the  most  severe  and  worse  on  the  right  side. 


CARBOLIC    ACID.  lO/ 

Feels  very  dizzy  from  the  slightest  motion. 
A  sensation,  when  stooping,  of  a  coldness  in  one  spot,  fol- 
lowed by  a  clammy  sweat  on  the  head. 

EYES. 
Very  severe  orbital  neuralgia,  worse  over  right  eye. 
Burning  pain  in  the  eyes,  worse  in  the  left, 
o  Pupils  contracted. 

Things  look  as  if  they  were  moving  backwards  and  forwards. 

Cannot  see  across  the  room. 

While  writing,  the  letters  seem  to  run  together,  so  that  it  is 

with  difficulty  I  can  read  what  is  written. 
Eyes  sensitive  to  light. 
A  constant  dark  spot  in  front  of  left  eye. 

EARS. 
Beating  pain,  with  a  humming  sound  in  both  ears. 
Constant  humming,  buzzing  sound  in  the  ears. 

NOSE. 
Both  nostrils  plugged  up. 
Dryness  of  posterior  nares. 
When  blowing  the  nose  the  mucus  was  bloody— bright  red 

blood. 
Feeling  of  expansion  in  the  nasal  passages. 
Smell  decidedly  more  acute. 
Watery  discharge  from  both  nostrils  while  in  the  open  air  ; 

ceasing  when  in  doors — returning  when  entering  a  cold 

room. 
Sensation  at  left  wing  of  nose  as  of  fine  electric  sparks ; 

wants  to  rub  the  part  repeatedly. 
o  CEzena,even  malignant, with  great  fcetor,and  ulceration. -//«/^. 

FACE. 
Sharp  pain  about  the  centre  of  the  cheek,  as  if  bitten  by  a 

mosquito. 
Face  jluslied  and  burns. 

Slight  heat  of  face  and  forehead,  especially  the  left  side, 
o  Face  blanched  and  bathed  in  perspiration. 
Drawing  pain  in  the  jaw,  right  side. 

MOUTH. 

Nasty  taste  in  the  mouth. 

Swelling  and  soreness,  internal  side  of  left  cheek,  opposite 
the  molars  ;  the  cheek  is  in  the  way  of  the  teeth  when 
biting  (the  whole  day).     Third  day. 
o  Interior  of  the  mouth  very  white, 
o  Slight  lividity  of  the  lips  and  tips  of  the  fingers, 
o  Tongue  dry  and  chippy. 

Aching  of  teeth  of  right  upper  jaw.     Grinding  of  the  teeth. 


I08  CARBOLIC  ACID. 

o  Toothache  from  caries. 

o  Thrush  in  children  and  consumptives  (a  weak  wash). 

APPETITE. 
No  appetite. 
O  Toothache  from  corns. 

THROAT. 

Throat  sore ;  felt  some  hoarse  as  if  taken  cold. 

Throat  sore  only  when  swallowing,  and  pressing  upon  the 
upper  part  of  the  larynx  ;  worse  on  the  right  side. 

Soreness  worse  on  the  right  side. 

Soreness  of  the  throat  on  empty  deglutition. 

Sharp  stitches  in  the  throat. 

The  pain  in  the  throat  comes  on  every  few  moments ;  the 
pain  is  sharp  and  pricking. 

Pricking  burning  in  the  throat  as  if  she  had  eaten  some- 
thing strong. 

Much  mucus  in  pharynx. 

Dryness  of  pharynx  and  posterior  nares. 

Hawking  of  clear  white  miiciis  while  in  the  open  air. 

Hawking  from  pharynx  and  posterior  nares  of  much  white 
mucus, 
o  Spasmodic  contraction  of  the  oesophagus. 

Slight  nausea  in  the  throat. 

Mucus  membrane  of  the  oesophagus  dry  and  shrunken  and 
of  a  brownish  color, 
o  Ulceration  of  the  throat,  tonsils,  palate,  etc. 

GASTRIC   SYMPTOMS. 

Constant  belching  up  of  large  quantities  of  wind. 

Sensation  as  if  the  stomach  was  filled  with  wind,   which 

ought  to  come  up. 
Wind  in  the  stomach  very  troublesome  ;  better  after  raising 

a  sort  of  sweetish-sour  liquid. 
Nausea  in  the  stomach. 
Slight  nausea  in  the  throat. 
*  Nausea  most  of  the  morning. 

After  tea  the  nausea  was  better,  but  she  was  very  drowsy. 
After  tea  the  nausea  returned,  and  was  increased  by  taking 

a  little  sherry  wine. 
Regurgitation  from  the  stomach  which  tastes  like  butter- 
milk and  cabbage. 
In  the  afternoon,  after  dinner,  long  continued  hiccough. 
Dull  aching,  uneasy  feeling  in  the  stomach. 
Burning  pain  in  the  stomach, 
o  Chronic  vomiting  of  sarcinae. 
o  Chronic  vomiting  of  every  meal, 
o  Vomiting  in  pregnancy. 


CARBOLIC    ACID.  IO9 

o  Inflammation  of  the  stomach  and  duodenum. 

ABDOMEN. 

Aching  pain  in  lower  part  of  abdomen. 

Burning  pain  in  lower  part  of  abdomen  and  top  of  the  head. 

Rumbling  and  rolling  in  the  abdomen,  with  a  senseof  dis- 
tension. 

Rumbling  in  the  bowels  ;  a  feeling  as  if  diarrhoea  would 
come  on,  after  walking  about. 

While  sitting,  a  crampy  stitch  in  left  inguinal  region. 

Abdominal  muscles  feel  sore. 

Constant  sensation  of  distension  in  the  abdomen. 
ANUS   AND    STOOL. 

The  anus  itches  and  feels  as  if  the  skin  was  rubbed  oiT. 

Bowels  seem  torpid  but  not  costive. 

Desire  for  a  stool  all  day,  although   I  had  had  a  natural 
movement  in  the  morning. 

Two  natural  stools  per  day,  which  is  unusual,  having  gen- 
erally but  one  passage  in  two  days, 
o  Diarrhoea  from  bad  drainage. 

o  Cholera   infantum,  with  putrid,  rice-water  discharges,    like 
foul  eggs. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 

Passed  an  unusual  quantity  of  saccharine  urine. 

Urine  increased,  and  had  a  strong  smell. 

Passed  urine  oftener  than  usual  during  the  night. 

Unusually  free  flow  of  urine — normal  in  color,  odor   and 
quantity. 

The  urine  was  voided  about  once  in  two  hours,  and  was 
large  in  quantity — quality  normal, 
o  Greenish  urine,  after  scarlet  fever. 

GENITAL    OR<}ANS. 

Lascivious  dreams,   with  emissions,  followed  by   weakness 
and  dejection. 

Male — Sexual  appetite  very  much  decreased. 

Awakened  by  unusual  strong  sexual  excitement. 

Itching  of  scrotum  and,  inside  of  thighs,  relieved  by  scratch- 
ing, but  it  soon  returns. 

Intense  burning  itching  of  the  genitals. 

Female — Menses  came  on  two  days   later  than  usual,  and 
were  more  profuse. 

Menses  much  more  profuse,   and  darker   color  than   usual, 
followed  by  headache  and  great  nervous  irritability  for 
twelve  hours. 
*  Mucous  tubercles  on  the  labia  and  inside  of  the  thighs,  with 

discharge  from  the  vagina. 
O  Puerperal  fever,  with  putrid  symptoms. 


110  CARBOLIC     ACID. 

o  Ulceration  of  the  cervix  uteri,  obstinate. — (Hale.) 

LARYNX. 
*  Short  hacking  cough,  with  tickhng  in  the  throat. 

Constant  incHnation  to  cough. 

Left  side  of  larynx  very  sore  when  pressed  upon — not  true 
of  the  right  side. 

Irritation  of  the  throat,  causing  a  short,  dry  cough. 

Expectoration  of  a  large  quantity  of  thick  zvhitish  mucus. 
o  Catarrhal  laryngitis, 
o  Large  granulations  in  the  throat. 

Coughed  to  clear  the  bronchi ;  expectorated  a  little, 
o  Catarrhal  croup, 
o  Chronic  laryngitis,  threatening  phthisis  laryngea. — (Hale.) 

CHEST. 

Stitches  in   region  of  the  heart. 

Slight  uneasy  pains  in  right  lung. 

Dull  aching  pain  whole  left  side  of  chest  and  abdomen, 
running  around  to  the  shoulder-blades. 

While  walking  out  of  doors,  feeling  of  expansion  (of  light- 
ness) in  the  lungs ;  also  in  the  nasal  passages. 

Sensation  as  of  fine  electric  sparks  on  the  sternal  end  of 
right  clavicle  ;  later  on  middle  finger  of  left  hand  ;  later 
on  vertex,  changing  slowly  to  a  pricking  itching,  with 
desire  to  rub  the  part,  and  relief  from  it. 

Respiration  free  and  deep  ;  inclination  to  take  a  deep  breath. 

Respiration  stertorous  and  smelling  strongly  of  the  fluid. 

BACK. 

Aching  pain  across  the  small  of  the  back  and  in  the  lower 
limbs. 

General  soreness,  worse  jn  back,  abdomen,  chest  and  mus- 
cles of  neck. 

Neck  feels  lame  and  stiff,  when  moving  the  head. 

Drawing  in  muscles  of  neck  (right  side) — think  in  splenitis 
capitis. 

Soreness  of  the  seventh  cervical  vertebrae.  ^ 

While  walking  rapidly,  after  dinner,  had  spasm  of  the  left 
common  carotid  artery. 

Spasm  of  the  left  external  carotid  artery, 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 
Drawing  pain  in  the  left  arm  from  the  shoulder  to  the  elbow 

(transient). 
Constant  tired  heavy  feeling  in  left  arm. 
Lameness  and  soreness  of  right  shoulder  while  walking. 
Aching  pain  in  right  shoulder  when  bending  forward. 
Numbness  of  the  skin  of  the  hands. 


CARBOLIC    ACID.  Ill 

Peculiar  feeling  of  stiffness  and  discomfort  (puckering)  of 
the  entire  hand,  which  remained  until  night. 

Sensation  as  of  fine  electric  sparks  on  middle  finger  of  left 
hand. 

Appearance  of  a  small  pimple  on  middle  finger  of  left  hand, 
which  increased  in  size  until  it  became  a  sore  resembling 
a  carbuncle.  The  flesh  suppurated  until  a  probe  could 
be  passed  nearly  through  the  finger.  (From  the  direct 
application  of  the  acid.) 
o  Lividity  of  the  tips  of  the  fingers. 

LOWER   EXTREMITIES. 

Occasional  pains  in  hips  and  shoulders. 

Dull  pain  in  right  hip,  ankle  and  left  knee,  most  of  the 

morning. 
The  pain  in  the  hip  has  gone  to  the  left  shoulder. 
Very  severe  aching  pain  in  right  hip  joint,  felt  only  while 

walking-,  not  when  sitting  still. 
Tingling  in   the  left  great  toe,  followed  by  a  feeling  as  if 

pressed  on. 
Sensation,  just  below  the  knee  on^'the  shin,  as   if  it  was 

touched  with  a  piece  of  ice. 

FEVER. 

o  Miasmatic  fever. 

o  Typhoid  or  enteric  fever,  in  the  stage  of  ulceration, 
o  Scarlatiiia  maligna,  with  putrid  sore  throat,  etc. 
o  Pulse  quick,  feeble,  intermittent,  small,  slow  (60  to  100). 
Chilly  sensations  ;  pulse  78. 

SLEEP. 

Incessant  yaivning ;  feel  languid  and  sleepy. 

Slept  heavy ;  awoke  sore  all  over,  especially  legs  (gluteal 
muscles),  back,  chest  and  arms. 

Wakes  often  during  the  night. 

Woke  up  in  the  middle  of  the  night  and  found  that  he  was 
bathed  in  perspiration. 

Wakes  frightened,  paralyzed  with  fear. 

Awakened  by  unusual  strong  sexual  excitement. 

Awoke  with  a  dull,  hot,  constricted  feeling  in  the  head. 

Passed  urine  oftener  than  usual  during  the  night. 

Dreams  of  fire ;  so  vivid  was  the  dream  that  he  was 
awakened. 

Had  a  great  many  dreams,  some  amorous,  others  I  was  un- 
able to  recall. 

Dreamed  that  she  could  not  get  to  sleep  on  account  of 
thinking  about  the  body  I  had  embalmed  ;  thought  she 
tossed  about  and  then  tried  to  wake  me,  to  give  her 


112  CARBOLIC    ACID. 

some  medicine  to  stop  thinking  ;  she  thought  she  could 
not  wake  me.  and  pulled  me  out  of  bed  ;  and  that  I 
was  bathed  in  perspiration,  face  pale  ;  thought  I  was 
dead.  She  could  not  at  first  be  persuaded  that  she  had 
been  asleep.  Gave  her  a  dose  of  Niix  and  she  dropped 
to  sleep  at  once,  and  slept  soundly, 
o  Coma. 

SKIN. 

Itching  of  the  skin  of  various  parts  of  the  body  ;  scalp,  back 
of  neck,  left  shoulder,  left  elbow,  arms,  right  forefinger, 
buttocks,  right  thigh,  outside  of  thigh,  inner  side  of  left 
knee,  shin,  calf  of  leg,  ankles,  face,  nose,  right  cheek, 
abdomen,  scrotum,  genital  organs. 

Slight  eruption  of  a  vesicular  character  all  over  the  body. 

Vesicular  eruption  on  the  hands  and  all  over  the  body, 
which  itches  excessively ;  better  after  rubbing,  but 
leaves  a  burning  pain.  Neither  Arsenicum,  Rhus,  or 
Sulphur  had  any  influence  over  it.  Disappeared  after 
eighteen  days  without  treatment. 

*  Pustular  eruption. 

*  Acne  ;    eczema  ;    impetigo  ;   scabies  ;  psoriasis  inveterata. 

o  Confluent  variola,  the  pocks  began  to  dry  up  on  the  eighth 
day,  tongue  clears  off,  no  secondary  fever ;  the  pocks 
were  dry  all  over  the  body  on  the  twelfth  day. — (Dr. 
Middleton,  Hahnemannian  Monthly,  April,  iSyz.) 

o  Indolent  or  irritable  ulcers,  with  unhealthy  granulations,  and 
foetid  pus,  (externally). 

o  "Leprosy  ;  prurigo  ;  pityriasis  ;  lupus  ;  carbuncles, 

o  Pediculi,  and  vermin  of  all  kinds  on  the  body. 

GENERAL   SYMPTOMS. 

Complains  of  being  very  tired. 

Cannot  walk  straight. 

The  pains  seem  to  affect  the  right  side  first,  and  afterwa^rds 
the  same  parts  of  the  left. 

Itching  of  various  parts  of  the  body. 

Feels  as  if  he  had  taken  a  violent  cold. 

General  soreness,  worse  in  back,  abdomen  and  chest. 

Soreness  as  if  I  had  taken  much  cold — think  I  have  not. 
o  Body  much  swollen  a  short  time  before  death. 

All  the  muscles  prominently  used  are  sore  and  stiff", 
o  Cancerous  aff"ections. 


NEW   REMEDIES.  II 


CARBURETUM    SULPHURIS. 


Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  and  dilutions. 

MENTAL    SPHERE. 

Loss  of  memory,  and  mental  alienation. 

Great  absence  of  mind,  with  difficult  comprehension  of  what 

is  read. 
They  forgot  what  they  had  to  do  ;  sought  for  things  which 

were  lying  before  them ;  could  not  find  the  right  words 

when  speaking. 
Cheerfulness,  with  inclination  to  sing. 
Exhilaration  bordering  on  intoxication. 
Vehement  and  irascible. 
Dejection  of  spirits. 

HEAD. 

Frequent  attacks  of  vertigo  when  sitting. 

Dullness  and  vertigo  in  the  forehead. 

Intoxication,  to  entire  loss  of  consciousness,  from  drinking 
whiskey. 

Asphyxia,  from  alcohol  and  from  coal  gas. 

Great  dullness  of  the  head. 

Pressing  headache  in  the  forehead,  aggravated  by  reading 
and  stooping. 

Pressing  frontal  headache,  with  occasional  flying,  tearing 
pains  in  the  temples. 

Drawing,  tearing  pain  from  the  forehead  towards  the  tem- 
ples ;  better  in  the  open  air  than  in  the  room,  when  at 
rest. 

Frontal  headache,  more  of  a  tearing  nature,  which  goes 
towards  the  temporal  bones. 

Frequent,  transitory,  jerking  stitches  in  the  forehead  ;  heat 
in  the  head  and  face. 

Violent,  pulsating  pains  in  the  temples  (megrim),  on  awaken- 
ing in  the  morning. 

Head  very  painfal  when  brushing  the  hair,  particularly  on 
the  vertex. 

Violent  pain  in  the  head  ;  headache  increasing  until  it 
causes  confusion  of  mind  ;  feverish  attacks ;  cold  ex- 
tremities, and  spasmodic  pulse. 

Pain  in  head  is  connected  with  the  discharge  of  blood  with 
the  stool. 

EYES. 

Weakness  of  the  sight;  objects  seem  as  if  fading  away,  on 


114  CARBURETUM    SULPHURIS. 

account  of  a  mistiness,  which  spreads  out  before  them. 
Pupils  enlarged. 

Sensation  of  pressure  in  the  sockets  of  the  eyes. 
Jerking  stitches  in  the  muscles  of  the  right  eye  ;  intermitting 

and  alternating. 
Burning  in  the  eyes,  with  pain  in  the  forehead. 
Heaviness  of  the  eyelids,  and  dimness  of  the  eyes. 
A  small  pustule  on  the  upper  eyelid,  with  itching-burning. 
Eye  sunken,  with  strongly  marked  gray  rings. 
Quivering  of  the  eyelids. 

EARS. 

Violent  stitches  and  contractive  pain  in  the  left  ear,  at  night. 
Pressing,  boring  pains  in  the  right  ear. 
Ringing  in  the  ears,  lasting  several  days. 

NOSE. 

Everything  smells  like  the  drug. 
Frequent  sneezing. 

End  of  the  nose  burns  and  is  quite  red. 
Eruption  on  the  nose. 

FACE. 

Face  bloated  up  and  red  ;  convulsive  jerking  of  the  corners 

of  the  mouth. 
/;/  tJie  mornings,  after  shaving,  a  red  eruption  on  the  cheeks 
and  nose  similar  to  the  eruptions  on  the  noses  of  hard 
drinkers,  looking  like  tetter,  and  lasting  till  night. 
Eruption  makes  its  appearance  after  drinking  a  glass  of 
beer. 
O  Tetter  on  the  cheek. 

MOUTH. 

o  Saltish  taste  of  the  phlegm  hawked  up  from  the  fauces. 
Constant   accumulation    of  sweetish    tasting   water   in  the 

mouth. 
Increased  flow  of  saliva,  with  increased  appetite. 
Toothache,  with  a  gradually  formed  swelling  around  the 

painful  tooth. 
Drawing,  tearing  toothache,  from  evening  until  midnight  ; 

more  endurable  in  the  greatest  cold. 
Toothache  in  the  molars  of  lower  jaw,  right  side. 
O  Toothache  brought  on  by  warm  food, 
o  Neuralgia,  toothache. 

Sensation  of  coldness,  first  on  the  tongue,  then  in  the  mouth, 

which  quickly  rises  to  a  stitching  burning. 
Burning,  pungent  pain  on  the  tongue,  as  from  peppermint, 

with  peculiar  onion  or  garlic  taste. 


CARBURETUM    SULPHURIS.  I15 


THROAT. 


Immediately  after  lying  down  tickling  in  the  posterior  por- 
tion of  the  palate,  causing  a  violent  dry  cough. 
o  Rough,  scraping  pain  in  the  left  side  of  the  throat  when 

swallowing, 
o  Burning  and  scraping  in  the  whole  of  the  oesophagus,  with 
difficult  swallowing. 
Severe  stitching,  contracting  pain  in  the  upper  part  of  the 
oesophagus,  as  if  a  piece  of  bone  had  lodged  there, 
o  Chronic  pharyngitis. 

Scraping,  scratching  feeling,  with  fine  stitches  in  the  throat. 

APPETITE — THIRST. 

Increased    appetite,    with    a    pleasant    warmth    spreading 

through  the  stomach. 
Great  thirst  ;  beer  relished  unusually. 
Longing  for  drink. 

After  breakfast,  headache,  pressure  in  stomach,  diarrhoea. 
After  dinner,  diarrhoea  ;  tickling  in  urethra  ;  pain  in  thigh  ; 

pain  in  feet. 
After  eating,  and  in  the  cold,  all  the  symptoms  disappear  or 

are  ameliorated. 
Aggravation  of  the  symptoms  from  wine. 

STOiMACH. 

Rising  of  flatulence,  tasting  and  smelling  of  the  medicine ; 
also  disagreeable,  putrid-tasting,  nauseous  fluid. 

Acrid,  burning  eructations. 

Heartburn  so  severe  that  it  causes  cough. 

Extraordinary  amount  of  loud  eructations,  and  very  stinking 
flatus  in  the  evening ;  better  from  belching  ;  inclination 
to  vomit ;  pain  in  scrobiculum  ;  pressure  of  stomach  ; 
impeded  respiration. 

Vomiting  of  greenish,  bilious  masses,  accompanied  with 
nausea,  cold  sweat,  and  dejection  of  spirits. 

Increased  amount  of  saliva  in  the  mouth  and  stomach,  pro- 
ducing nausea  ;  accumulation  of  water  in  the  mouth  ; 
eructations  ;  fullness  in  the  stomach  and  abdomen  ; 
rumbling  and  cutting  in  the  abdomen,  from  wind  ;  also 
cutting,  tearing  belly-ache ;  a  bubbling  in  bowels,  re- 
lieved by  copious  diarrhoea  stools  ;  also  producing  dull- 
ness of  the  head  ;  attacks  of  vertigo ;  pressing  frontal 
headache  ;  surly  mood  ;  sleepiness  during  the  day,  and 
sleeplessness  at  night ;  confused  dreams. 

Inclination  to  vomit  on  entering  a  room,  or  when  going  out 
from  the  room  to  the  open  air. 
o  A  single  attack  ;  vomiting  a  small  quantity  of  bitter  water. 


Il6  CARBURETUM    SULPHURIS. 

Fullness  of  the  stomach,  with  belching,  yawning,  and   in- 
clination to  vomit. 
Pressing,  tearing  pain  in  the  chest,  stomach  and  abdomen. 
O  Pressure  in  the  region  of  the  stomach,  and  under  the  ster- 
num, with  hepatic  depression. 
Pressing,  stitching  pains,  of  short  duration,  in  the  pit  of  the 
stomach,  beginning  at  one  point  and  radiating  to  the 
cardiac  region,  like  neuralgic  colic,  followed   by  loud 
belching,  which  gives  relief. 
Very  severe  stabbing  pains  in  the  stomach. 
Burning  in  the  stomach  and  region  of  the  liver,  aggravated 

by  pressure. 
Pressure  on  stomach  and  abdomen  increases  nausea. 

HYPOCriONDRIUM. 
Diseased  condition  of  the  liver,  with  swelling  of  the  feet. 
Unpleasant,  undefined,  painful  feeling  in  the  region  of  the 
left  lobe  of  the  liver,  coming  on  in  attacks  ;  this  pain 
changes  to  a  pressing  (distending),  stitching  feeling. 
Under  short  ribs,  stitches. 

ABDOMEN. 
Pressing,  crampy  pain  in  the  abdomen  ;  passing  much  flatus, 

both  up  and  down. 
Pains  in  the  bowels,  with  twisting,  rolling,  and  rumbling,  as 
if  diarrhoea  would  set  in. 
o  Colicky  pains,  with  diarrhcea. 

Griping  pains  in  the  bowels,  followed  by  stool ;  after  the 

stool  the  pains  cease. 
On  awaking  a;t  4  A.  M.,  cutting  in  the  abdomen,  with  a 
moving  swelling  as  if  from  flatus  or  incarcerated  wind  ; 
on  taking  a  deep  inspiration  and  from  pressure  this  pain 
changed  into  a  stitch  pain,  and  settled  in  the  region  of 
the  coecum  for  about  one  hour ;  small  passages  of  wind 
has  no  influence  on  this  condition  ;  turning  in  bed  or 
bending  increased  the  pain  or  brought  it  on  anew  after 
it  had  nearly  passed  off. 
o  Cutting  pains  in  the  bowels, 
o  Rumbling  and  other  flatulent  complaints. 
o  Puffiness  of  the  abdomen,  with  bruised,  sore  feeling  of  the 

abdominal  walls. 
o  Fullness  and  distension  of  the  abdomen. 
O  Flatulent  complaints  ;  sour  smelling  flatus. 

Single,  fine,  jerking  stitches,  extending  from  the  right  side 

of  the  umbilical  region  towards  the  bladder. 
In  coecal  region,  on  taking  a  deep  inspiration  or  from  press- 
ure, a  cutting  in  abdomen  changed  into  a  stitching  pain, 
settling  in  coecum,  often  repeating. 
o  Strangulated  hernia. 


CARBURETUM    SULPHURIS.  11/ 


STOOL. 


Papescent  stool,  with  urging  ;  during  the  passage  and  par- 
ticularly afterwards  a  feeling  of  weakness  and  trembling. 

Stool  always  papescent  and  small ;  papescent  stool  with 
discharge  of  blood. 

Papescent  stools,  preceded  by  the  peculiar  stitching,  dis- 
tending pains  in  the  abdomen,  and  followed  by  griping, 
stitching  pains  in  the  coecum. 

Diarrhoea. 

During  rumbling  in  the  bowels,  violent  diarrhoea  of  sour- 
smelling  stools,  with  tenesmus. 

Awakes  at  5^  A.  M.,  with  urging  to  stool  ;  profuse,  thin, 
yellowish  evacuations,  followed  by  burning  at  the  anus, 
as  from  an  acid, 
o  A  chronic  diarrhoea,  which  set  in  every  four  or  six  weeks, 
and  lasted  for  one  or  two  days ;  yellowish,  frothy,  sour- 
smelling  fluid  evacuations,  with  tenesmus  and  colicky 
belly-ache,  particularly  in  the  umbilical  region,  in  the 
night 

Difficult,  small  stools,  even  when  the  passage  is  small  and 
soft,  as  if  from  want  of  power  in  the  rectum. 
o  Constipation,  with  belching  after  eating, 
o  Constipation,  with  herpes. 

No  desire  for  stool  for  three  days,  when  he  had  a  soft  pas- 
sage, with  discharge  of  bright  red  blood. 
o  Griping ;  urging  before ;  pains  before ;    tenesmus  with  the 
stool  ;  with  diarrhoea. 

Anus  and  rectum,  stitch-like,  cramping  pain  ;  likewise  in 
the  bladder  and  urethra. 

Burning  and  itching  at  the  anus,  with  flying  stitches  in  the 
rectum. 

URINARY  ORGANS. 

After  drinking  a  glass  of  wine,  on  urinating  at  midnight, 
violent  stitch-like,  cramping  pain  in  the  bladder  and 
neck  of  bladder,  extending  through  the  urethra  ;  at  the 
same  time  a  similar  pain  in  the  anus  and  rectum. 

Burning  in  the  urethra  when  urinating  ;  slight  irritability  of 
the  mucous  lining  of  the  urethra ;  urine  smells  like 
Sulphur;  increase  of  sulphates  and  carbonates  in  the  urine. 

Strong  urging  to  urinate. 

SEXUAL    ORGANS. 
Entire  want  of  sexual  desire,  and  of  erections  ;  inability  to 

have  sexual   intercourse  (constant) ;    increased  sexual 

desire  was  observed  in  only  one  case. 
Complete  impotence,  with  atrophied  testicles. 
Erection  at  night,  with  emission  of  semen. 


Il8  CARBURETUM    SULPHURIS. 

Stitching,  burning  pains  in  the  left  seminal  cord,  up  to  the 

abdominal  ring. 
Jerking,  stitching  pains  in  the  left  testicle  and  left  seminal 

cord. 
Left  testicle  and  epididymis  swollen  and  indurated. 
Scrotum  and  penis  shriveled  and  drawn  up  during  the  entire 

proving. 
The  previously  regular  menses  appeared  three  days  too  soon. 
o  Labor-pains  too  weak. 

LARYNX. 

Hoarseness. 

Sensation  of  contraction  of  the  larynx  upon  swallowing  the 
drug,  producing  great  irritation  to  cough,  even  to  stran- 
gulation, and  expectoration  of  mucus. 

Scratching  and  scraping  feeling  in  the  throat ;  irritation  to 
cough. 

Violent  dry  cough,  from  tickling  in  palate  after  lying  down. 

Immediately  after  lying  down  violent,  asthmatic,  dry  cough, 
brought  on  by  a  continued  and  irritating  tickling  in  the 
upper  part  of  the  pharynx,  causing  much  straining  of 
the  chest,  and  producing  pain. 

Cough  from  irritation  in  larynx,  even  to  strangulation,  and 
expectoration  of  mucus. 

Anxious  breathing,  with  pressure  on  the  sternum  ;  aggravated 
by  the  close  air  of  the  room  and  from  going  up  stairs. 

Expiration  hot ;  breathing  difficult ;  flying  stitches  and 
burning  in  the  chest,  quickly  passing  over  but  frequently 
repeated. 

Difficult  breathing,  with  nausea, 

CHEST. 

Throughout  the  whole  chest  agreeable  warmth  ascending 

from  the  pit  of  the  stomach. 
Congestion  of  the  lungs,  which  appears  to  affect  the  upper 

lobes  most. 
Deposit  of  tubercles   in  the  lungs,  some  ecchymosis    and 

some  infiltration.  (Rabbits.) 
Hepatisation  of  the  lower  or  posterior  lower  surface  of  the 

lungs.  (Rabbits.) 
In  the  first  stage  of  tuburculosis  of  the  lungs,  before  any  or 

yet   only  slight   fever  has  set  in,  flying  burning  and 

stitches  in  the  chest  ;  quickly  passing  heat  of  the  face  ; 

dry  cough  ;  difficult  breathing  when  moving, 
O  Constrictive,  stitching,  pressing  pains  in  the  chest. 

Jerking,  stitching  pain,  first  in  the  region  of  the  right,  and 

then  of  the  left  lower  ribs,  quickly  coming  and  going. 
Periodical  stitches  in  the  left  half  of  the  chest,  without  cough. 


CARBURETUM    SULPHURIS.  II9 

Several  violent  stitches   under  the  center  of  the  sternum, 
shooting  upwards  like  a  flash  of  lightning. 

HEART. 

o  Palpitation  of  the  heart,  with  anaemic  patients  in  an  ad- 
vanced stage  of  the  disease ;  nun's  murmur  in  the  ves- 
sels of  the  neck ;  fever  symptoms  not  frequent,  and 
mostly  at  night.  In  one  case,  diminution  of  the  pulse 
to  52  beats  in  a  minute. 

NECK   AND   BACK. 

Painful  stiffness  in  the  neck  and  throat ;  rheumatic  like  pains. 
o  Goitre. 

Feeling  as  if  a  heavy  load  was  hanging  on  the  back  (from 
one  scapula  to  the  other),  weighing  him  down  so  that 
the  head  sank  forward. 
Contmiial  backache  and  pain  in  the  loins. 
Violent  pains  in  the  back  and  loins,  in  the  morning  when 
awakening. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 
Stitches  from  the  shoulder  joint  to  the  elbow,  or  even  to  the 
wrist,  especially  violent  after  midnight,  and  during  damp 
or  cold  weather. 
o  Crackling  in  the  right  shoulder  joint  from  strong  motions  of 

the  arms,  either  forward,  backward,  or  upward, 
o  Crackling  in  the  right  shoulder  joint  from   every  motion, 
connected  with  more  or  less  severe  stitches  from  the  shoul- 
der joint  to  the  elbow,  on  every  change  of  the  weather. 
Violent  rheumatic  pain  in  the  right  arm,  shoulder  and  neck. 
o  Pimples  on  the  right  forearm  and  hands. 

Jerking  pains  in  the  joints  of  the  hand,  coming  and  going, 
o  Gout  of  the  hand. 

Itching  and  smarting  of  the  hands,  particularly  between  the 
fingers,  where  he  discovered  small  vesicles. 
o  Vesicular,  scurfy  herpes  on  the  dorsum  of  the  hand. 

Pricking,  stitching  sensation  in  the  fingers,   more  or  less 
through  the  whole  day, 

LOWER   EXTREMITIES. 
Jerking,  stitching  pains  at  different  places,  particularly  on 
the  tuber  ischii,  and  at  the  insertions  of  the  gracilis  and 
sartorious  muscles  at  the  knee, 
o  Rheumatism  of  the  lower  extremities ;  the  slightest  motion 
brings  on  violent  pains,  particularly  in  the  hips  and 
knees,  with  redness  and  swelling  of  the  feet  from  a  se- 
vere cold. 
o  Dropsical  swelling  of  the  feet,  arising  from  diseased  condi- 
tion of  the  liver. 


120  CARBURETUM    SULPHURIS, 

o  Inflammatory  sciatica  in  left  thigh,  brought  on  by  taking 

cold,  with  entire  inability  to  walk, 
o  Chronic  sciatica  in  right  thigh,  movements  of  the  limbs  im- 
peded. 
Tearing  pain  in  the  right  knee  and  ankle  joint. 
o  Jerking,  flying,  stitching  pains  in  the  legs. 

Violent  pains  in  the  ankle  joints,  as  if  broken,  in  the  morn- 
ing in  bed  ;  after  getting  up,  the  walking,  at  first,  very 
difficult,  but  continuing  to  walk  makes  it  easier. 
o  Audible  crackling  of  the  ankle  when  walking — ankle  was 
sprained  two  years  ago. 
Sudden,  violent,  stabbing,  piercing  pain  from  the  metatarsal 

bones  through  the  toes,  while  walking. 
Tearing  pains  in  the  left  foot,  particularly  in  the  tarsal  bones. 
Feet,  pains ;  underpart  ;  hollow  of  the  foot ;  soles  of  the 

feet. 
Severe  painful  tenderness  and  bruised  feeling  in  the  soles  of 

the  feet ;  knee  to  the  great  toe  stitches. 
Cold  legs  ;  o  cold  feet. 

Painful   cramp  of  the  limbs  ;  involuntary  contractions  and 
stiffiiess  of  the  limbs ;  staggering  gait,  on  account  of 
general  weakness  of  the  muscles  ;  paralysis  ;  atrophy 
of  the  muscles. 
o  Chronic,  rheumatic  and  arthritic  affections  without  fever. 
Jerking,  stitching,  tearing,  flying  pains,  returning  at  regular 
intervals,  for  a  long  time. 
o  Rheumatism,  either  without  fever  or  with  slight  fever, 
o  Rheumatic  pains. 

o  Tearing  in  the  limbs,  with  herpes  of  the  face, 
o  Tearing  in  all  the  limbs,  coming  and  going,  now  in  one  and 
again  in  another  limb  ;  sour  belching,  and  passage  of 
much   sour-smelling  fletus ;    cold  feet ;    stool    not    in- 
creased, but  accompanied  with  tenesmus, 
o  Rheumatism  and  gout ;  after  the  relief  of  the  acute  and  in- 
flammatory conditions,  to  be  applied  externally,  with 
oil  of  almonds,  or,  when  the  sufferings  are  great,  to  be 
taken  internally, 
o  Gouty  swellings  when  not  of  too  long  standing, 
o  Gout,  but  not  gouty  dyscrasia. 

SLEEP. 

Great  sleepiness  the  whole  day,  but  at  night  restless  sleep. 

Restless  sleep,  with  continual  rolling  about  in  bed  ;  particu- 
larly with  the  head. 

Sleeplessness,  disturbed  dreams,  starting  as  from  fright,  fol- 
lowed during  the  day  by  lassitude,  want  of  energy. 

Good  and  long  sleep  during  the  night. 


CARBURETUM    SULPHURIS.  121 

FEVER. 

Heat  of  the  whole  body,  with  shght  headache,  followed  by 

great  debility,  succeeded  by  sleep. 
Feverish  attacks,  with  headache. 
Coldness,  with  succeeding  burning  pain. 
Coldness  of  the  legs,  with  general  warmth  of  the  upper  part 

of  the  body. 
Cold  face  ;  coldness  in  mouth  ;  cold  extremities. 
Pulse  diminished  to  52  beats. 
Pulse,  90 — 93. 
Strong  pulse. 
Spasmodic  pulse. 

SKIN. 

o  Itch  and  herpetic  diseases. 

o  Herpes  phlyctasnodes  covering  dorsal  surface  of  the  hand  ; 
vesicles  appearing  on  a  red,  inflamed  and  swollen  basis  ; 
partly  close  together,  but  mostly  separated  from  each 
other.  They  contain  an  opaque,  yellowish  fluid,  which 
is  discharged,  and  forms  thick  yellowish  scabs ;  some- 
times the  discharge  excoriates  the  surrounding  parts 
and  produces  violent  itching. 

o  Impetigo  ;  pimples  which  form  scabs,  in  the  popliteal  space 
and  on  the  dorsum  of  the  foot  and  hand. 

o  A  tetter-like  eruption  on  the  left  cheek,  for  more  than  two 
years,  produced  through  scratching  with  the  finger 
nails ;  spreads,  and  is  covered  with  yellowish-brown 
scabs,  disfiguring  the  face;  almost  unbearable  on  ac- 
count of  continued  itching. 

o  Herpes  exedens ;  together  with  constipation  and  alternating 
of  cutting  pains  in  abdomen  and  flatulency ;  drawing 
and  tearing  in  the  limbs,  and  particularly  in  the  head. 
Dry,  itch-like  eruption. 

Itching  on  both  thighs,  right  side  of  the  back  to  the  region 
of  the  kidneys,  and  on  the  right  forearm,  which  necessi- 
tates scratching.  On  inspection,  small,  colorless  pimples 
are  seen,  which,  on  scratching,  are  more  irritated,  and 
through  the  friction  they  redden,  get  points,  and  finally 
form  an  itch-like  eruption. 
Nodules  on  scalp,  pustule  on^  eyelid,  eruption  on  nose  and 
face. 

o  Slight  burning  of  the  left  hand  with  boiling  water ;  bright 
redness  without  much  pain  or  swelling. 

O  Wrist  joint  was  scalded  with  boiling  water,  several  days 
ago  ;  wrist  much  swollen,  blisters  partially  opened. 


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122  NEW  REMEDIES. 

CARDUUS    MARI^. 

(Blessed    Thistle.) 


Analogues: — Bryonia,  CJielidonimn,  Nux vomica,  Podophyl- 
lum, Leptandra,  Benzoic  acid,  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  (of  seeds  or  plant) ; 
dilutions. 

MIND. 

Depressed,  sad,  hypochondriacal. 

HEAD. 

*  Dull,  heavy   in   the   forehead   over   the   eyes   and    in    the 

temples. 

*  Vertigo,  with  want  of  clearness  of  thought. 

GASTRIC. 
Bitter  taste  after  every  dose,  and  want  of  appetite. 
Great  nausea,  pyrosis,  eructations,  and  distension  of  bowels. 
Violent  nausea,  painful  retching,  and  vomiting  of  sour  green 

fluid. 
Tongue  coated  white  in  the  middle. 

STOMACH. 
Feeling  of  malaise  in  the  epigastric  region. 
Empty  eructations  after  food  taken  against  his  inclination. 
Pains  in  the  stomach,  continuing  for  two  hours,  preceded  by 
vomiting. 
o  Morning  vomiting  in  a  pregnant  woman  ;  food  remains  un- 
digested all  day. 

LIVER. 

*  Swelling  and  painfulness  of  the  liver. 

o  Tenderness  and  hardness  of  the  right  hypochondria,  espe- 
cially the  left  hepatic  lobe  ;  pressure  there  caused  op- 
pressed breathing  and  cough  ;  stools  brown  ;  urine 
yellow;  respiration  asthmatic  ;  expectoration  thick  and 
tough,  with  violent  cough. 

O  Pain  in  the  liver,  with  oedema  of  the  feet,  scanty  bright 
yellow  urine,  and  asthma. 

o  Jaundice  (many  cases). 

o  Gallstones,  with  jaundice,  pain  in  stomach,  vomiting  of  bile, 
etc.  (Two  cases  cured  by  j4  ^  tincture  in  a  pint  of 
water;  a  tablespoonful  every  two  hours. — (Dr.  Lied- 
beck.) 

O  An  epidemic  of  influenza  with  hepatic  symptoms,  viz:  pecu- 
liar brown,  gray,  dirty  complexion  of  patient,  sometimes 
real  jaundiced  tint ;  sensitiveness  of  left  hepatic  lobes 


CARDUUS   MARI^.  1 23 

to  pressure ;    bright,   pale  yellow,   seldom  dark  green 

stool ;    dark   brown    urine ;    oppression   of  the   chest ; 

stitches  in  the  side  ;  debility  ;  fever  ;  frontal  headache. 

Nux,  Chelidonium,  Pulsatilla  did  no  good  ;  only  Car- 

duus  promptly  cured. — (Dr.  Rcil.) 
o  Painful  tenderness  and  swelling  of  the  gall  bladder, 
o  Hepatic  affections,  with  haemoptysis,  asthma  and  croup, 
o  Portal  congestion  and  obstruction  and  its  consequences. 
o  Hypertrophy  of  left  hepatic  lobes,  with  tenderness  of  the 

cervical  and  dorsal  vertebrae. 

ABDOMEN. 

Feeling  of  fullness  in  the  hypochondrium,  obliging  him  to 
draw  a  long  breath. 

Inflation  of  the  abdomen,  especially  on  the  right  side. 

Sensibility  of  the  hepatic  region  to  pressure. 

Painful  sensation  of  an  undefined  character  in  the  abdomen, 
producing  deep  breathing,  increased  by  violent  move- 
ment. 

Cutting  colic  in  bowels  here  and  there. 

Stitches  in  the  abdomen,  as  well  as  in  the  chest. 
O  Pain  in  the  whole  abdomen,  near  the  coecum  ;  cramps  ;  urine 
normal ;  complexion  smutty,  yellowish ;  sleeplessness  ; 
great  emaciation  ;  hectic  fever. 

STOOL. 

Stool  tardy,  knotted,  hard,  brown.    (Primary.) 
Stool  soft,  yellowish,  thin,  loamy,  chocolate  colored,  pappy, 
and  without  bilious  tinge.   (Secondary.) 

URINE. 
Urine  at  first  normal,  then  as  the  bile  disappears  from  the 

stools,  it  appears  in  the  urine. 
Golden  yellow  urine,  diminished  in  amount,  depositing  a 
sediment ;  finally  scanty  and  brown. 
FEMALE   SEXUAL   ORGANS, 
o  Affections  of  the  climacteric  period ;  megrim,  metrorrhagia, 
leucorrhoea,  and  asthma,  with  consensual  disorder  of  the 
liver. — (Rcil.) 

LARYNX   AND   CHEST, 
o  Painful  cough  at  night,  obliging  him  to  sit  up  in  bed. 
o  Expectoration  of  pure  blood,  or  blood  and  mucus,  generally 

connected  with  liver  troubles, 
o  Expectoration  of  tough,  clear  mucus, 
o  Influenzas,  which  appear  to  cause  severe  derangements  of 

the  liver,  even  to  jaundice, 
o  Cough  of  consumptives,  and  asthmatics. 


124  CASTANA   VESCA. 

•  Stitches  in  the  side — It  relieves,  but  does  not  appear  to  re- 
move the  fever  and  oppression  as  well  as  Aconite. 
O  Pleurisy,  in  the  first  stage  or  chronic  pleuritic  pain. 
o  Asthmatic  symptoms,  connected  with  hepatic  disorders. 

FEVER. 

Heat  followed  by  sweat,  with  full  pulse  and  quotidian  aggra- 
vations. 


CASTANA   VESCA 
{Chestnut.) 


Analogues  : — Bromide  Potassium.  (?),  Drosera  (f),  Coral- 
Hum  (f). 

Officinal  Preparation  : — Tincture  of  the  leaves. 

LARYNX   AND   COUGH. 

[I  have  found  in  all  cases  that  it  would,  in  from  five  to  ten  days,  relieve 
the  spasms  in  pertussis,  and  in  about  two  weeks  cure  it  ;  the  little  sufferer 
would  whoop  no  more,  but  go  on  to  a  speedy  recovery,  to  the  great  delight 
of  myself  and  friends. — Dr.  Unzicker^ 

[One-half  ounce  of  the  leaves  in  a  quart  of  water  ;  the  infusion  was  drank 
by  the  children.  The  same  curative  effects  would  probably  follow  the  use 
of  the  lower  dilutions. — Hale.'] 


CAULOPHYLLUM    THALICTROIDES. 

(Squaw  Root.) 


Analogues  : — Pulsatilla,  Cimicifuga,    Viburnum,  Asarum, 
Ruta,  Senecio,  {Secale,)  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  root ;  tritura- 
tion of  the  active  principle,  Caulophyllin, 

HEAD. 

Swimming  in  the  head,  a  sort  of  vertigo,  with  dimness  of 
sight. 

Sensation  of  fullness  of  the  head,  with  pressure  behind  the 
eyes,  and  fullness  of  the  temporal  arteries. 

Dullness  of  the  head,  with  contracted  feeling  of  the  skin  of 
the  forehead. 

Sensation  as  if  pins  stuck  in  the  forehead,  with  hard  head- 
ache. 

By  spells  a  very  severe  pain  in  the  temples,  as  if  both  tem- 
ples would  be  crushed  together. 


CAULOPHYLLUM    THALICTROIDES.  125 

Rheumatic  and  neuralgic  headaches,  dependent  upon  uterine 
disorder,  or  spinal  irritation. 


EYES. 


Dimness  of  sight. 


Pressure  behind  the  eyes  ;  profuse  flow  of  tears. 

MOUTH. 

Sensation  of  dryness  in  the  mouth  ;  heat. 

Distress  in  the  fauces  that  causes  frequent  inclination  to 

swallow. 
Teeth  all  feel  sore  and  elongated. 
Tongue  coated  white. 
o  Apthae  of  the  mouth  in  pregnant  and  nursing  women. 

STOMACH. 
Heat  in  the  stomach. 
Fullness  in  stomach. 
Great  thirst. 
Distress  in  stomach  and  bowels,  with  drawing  in  right  hypo- 

chondrium. 
Empty  eructations. 

Canine  hunger,  with  white-coated  tongue. 
Frequent  gulping  up  of  sour,  bitter  fluid,  with  vertigo, 
o  Spasms  of  the  stomach,  cardialgia,  spasmodic  vomiting,  and 

excessive  nausea,  attending  uterine  irritation, 
o  Dyspepsia,  with  spasmodic  symptoms. 

ABDOMEN. 

Distension  of  the  abdomen,  with  tenderness. 

Rumbling  in  the  bowels. 

Severe  colicky  pains  every  few  minutes  in  the  umbilicus, 
o  Spasmodic  and  flatulent  colic. 

O  Spasmodic  action  of  the  muscular  tissues  of  the  intestines, 
from  irritation  of  the  motor  nerves,  or  from  rheumatism. 

STOOL. 
Constipation. 
Stool  every  other  day. 
Watery  stool,  great  quantity,  but  no  pain. 
Soft  stool,  very  white. 

URINARY   ORGANS 
Copious  emission  of  pale  or  straw-colored  urine. 
Every  few  minutes  sharp,  stinging  pain  in  glans  penis. 

RESPIRATORY   ORGANS. 
Spasmodic  affections  of  the  thoracic  organs. 

BACK. 

Dull  pain  in  the  lumbar  region. 


126  CAULOPHYLLUM    THALICTROIDES. 

Severe  drawing  pain  in  the  sterno-cleido  mastoid  that  draws 
the  head  to  the  left  side, 

UPPER  EXTREMITIES. 

Elbows  and  wrists  ache. 

Constant  flying  pains  in  the  arms  and  legs. 

Severe  drawing  pains  in  the  joints  of  the  arms  and  legs  ; 
also  in  wrists  and  fingers. 

Shutting  the  hand  produces  severe  cutting  pains  in  the  sec- 
ond joints  of  all  the  fingers ;  they  are  very  stiff. 
o  Inflammatory  rheumatism  of  the  joints  of  the  hands. 

LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 

Drawing  pains  in  the  thighs,  knees  and  legs. 

Very  sharp  pains  in  left  knee  joint. 

Ankle  and  toes  of  left  foot  are  very  painful. 

Knees  feel  very  weak  when  walking. 

All  his  joints  crack  frequently  when  walking  and  turning. 

Pain  in  feet  and  toes,  worse  at  night. 

Pains  occur  every  day. 


* 


GENERATIVE  ORGANS. 


Sensation  as  if  the   uterus   was   congested,  with   fullness 
heaviness,  and  tension  in  hypogastric  region. 
*  Spasmodic  pains  in  the  uterus,  and  various  portions  of  the 

hypogastric  region. 
O  Suppression  of  the  menses,  with  spasms, 
o  Dysmenorrhoea. 

o  Menorrhagia,  with  threatened  abortion, 
o  False  pains  during  pregnancy, 
o  Prevention  of  premature  labor, 
o  Deficient  labor  from  rigidity  of  os  uteri, 
o  Suppressed  lochia. 

o  Retroversion  of  the  uterus,  causing  paraplegia, 
o  Drawing  in  the  groins.     (Uterine  ligaments.) 
o  Labor-like  pains, 
o  Abortion,  with  little  or  no  flooding, 
o  Gonorrhoea  (.-*) 
o  Intermittent  uterine  contractions.  (Secale  causes  continuous^ 

Menses  too  soon.     (Three  days.) 

Relaxation  of  the  os  uteri. 

Profuse  secretion  of  mucus  from  the  vagina. 

Increases  the  natural  pains  of  labor. 

Male. — Stinging  pains  in  glans  penis. 


12/  NEW   REMEDIES. 


CEANOTHUS  AMERICANUS. 

(Jersey  Tea.) 


Analogues  -.—(f). 

Officinal  Preparations  :— Tincture  of  the  leaves  ;  dilu- 
tions. 

MIND. 

Used  as  a  substitute  for  tea ;  said  to  have  slightly  exhil 
arating  effects, 

MOUTH. 

o  Sore  mouth  after  fever.     (.'') 
Apthae  of  nursing  children.  (.-') 

THROAT. 

0  Ulcerated  sore  throat  after  scarlatina.  (?) 

SPLEEN. 

[During  the  late  civil  war  I  used  this  plant  for  splenitis,  and  so  well 
satisfied  have  I  been  with  the  results  that  for  six  years  I  do  not  remember 
using  anything  else  for  enlarged  spleen.     I  have  used  it  in  the  worst  cases 

1  ever  saw,  from  tender  infancy  to  old  age.     I  have  yet  to  see  or  hear  of  its 

failure  in  a   single   case,  however  inveterate. — Dr.  ,  Atlanta   Med. 

Jour.] 

o  Enlarged  spleen  in  a  child  a  few  weeks  old,  congenital. 
-O  Enlarged  spleen  after  ague,  and  abuse  of  quinine. 

[The  dose  was  a  few  drops,  or  teaspoonful  of  the  tincture,  and  the  appli- 
cation of  the  tincture  over  the  spleen.] 

[In  chronic  cases,  when  the  organ  is  no  longer  tender,  under  the  use  of 
the  tincture,  even  without  the  friction,  it  soon  becomes  painful  and  tender^. 
then  sinks  very  rapidly  to  its  normal  size  and  so  remains,  the  patient  no 
longer  conscious  of  its  presence.  —  Atlanta  Medical  and  Surgical 
Journal^ 

RESPIRATORY  ORGANS, 
o  Chronic  bronchitis. 

GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 
o  Leucorrhoea. 
o  Gonorrhoea, 
o  Syphilis. 


~*  An  evident  homoeopathic  aggravation,  showing  that  it  really  has  an 
affinity  for  that  organ. — {Hale.) 


128  NEW    REMEDIES. 

CERASUS  VIRGINIANA. 

(Wild  Cherry.) 


Analogues  : — Digitalis,  Laurocerasus,  Lycoptis,  Collinsonia, 
Hydrocyanic  acid,  Amygdala,  Ammonia,  etc, 

Officinal    Preparations  : — Tincture  ;    infusion  of  the 
bark. 

HEAD. 

Heavy,  dull  feeling  in  the  head. 

STOMACH. 

Dyspepsia. 
*  Dyspepsia,  with  tendency  to  acidification  of  food, 
o  Slow  digestion,  with  pyrosis, 
o  Loss  of  appetite. 

GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 

Debility  from  spermatorrhoea. 

CHEST. 

o  Cough  from  functional  organic  disease  of  the  heart. 

o  Irregular  and  intermittent  action  of  the  heart,  with  deficient 

impulse, 
o  Hypertrophy,  with  dilatation, 
o  Pulse  quick,  weak  and  irregular. 

Debility  after  fever  or  any  exhausting  disease,  especially  in 

heart  affections, 
o  Whooping  cough, 
o  Phthisis  pulmonalis  (palliative). 

FEVERS, 
o  Hectic  fevers. 
Intermittent  fevers, 

SKIN. 
o  Ulcers, 
o  Scrofula. 


NEW    REMEDIES.  I  29 

CHELIDONIUM    MAJUS. 

(Great  Celandine.) 


Analogues: — Agaricus,  y^sculus,  Bryonia,  China,  Car  duns, 
Dioscorea,  Lycopodinni,  Leptandra,  Mercurins,  Nnx  vomica, 
Podophyllum,  Phosphorus,  Sulphur,  Sanguinaria,  Myrica. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  whole  plant ; 
dilutions. 

[I  have  given  an  extensive  pathogenesis  of  this  medicine  for  the  reason 
that  none  has  heretofore  been  given,  and  also  that  the  remedy  may  be 
better  appreciated  than  it  has  been. — Hale.\ 

MENTAL    SPHERE. 
Depression  of  spirits  ;  extraordinary  dejection. 
Incapacity  for  thought. 
Cross,  quarrelsome  disposition, 
o  Restlessness  and  uneasy  conscience,  as  if  she  had  committed 

a  great  crime  and  could  find  rest  nowhere, 
o  She  thinks  she  must  die. 

o  Thinking  becomes  difficult  to  her,  and  she  easily  forgets 
what  she  wants  to  do  or  has  done. 
Great  calmness  of  spirits  and  eheerfulness. 

HEAD. 

*  Tearing  in  left  side  of  the  occiput,  over  the  ear  and  towards 

the  front. 
Repeated  attacks   of  violent   throbbi7ig  pains  from   nape  to 
occiput. 

*  Frontal  headache  and  itching  of  skin 
Shooting  in  the  forehead  under  the  skin. 
Aching  pains  in  both  temples. 

Tensive,  heavy  feeling  in  the  top  of  the  head  extending  to 
the  occipital  protuberance,  and  the  head  feels  as  if  sur- 
rounded by  a  band  ;  inwardly  a  pressing  heaviness. 

*  Great  weight  in  the  occiput,  and  drawing  in  nape  from  above 

downwards. 
Giddy,  weight  in  the  upper  part  of  the  head. 
On  moving  the  head  the  neck  is  stiff  on  both  sides,  and 

painful  on  taking  a  deep  breath. 
Feeling  of  undulation  and  weight  of  the  whole  head. 
Vertigo  as  if  she  should  fall  forwards. 
Shooting  in  frontal  bone  over  the  left  eye;  thereafter  on  left 

side  of  the  occiput. 
Violent  throbbing  in  the  temporal  arteries  with  headache  ; 

aching  pain  in  right  temple,  then  in  right  parietal  bone, 

lastly  close  over  the  right  eye. 

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130  CHELIDONIUM    MAJUS. 

o  Throbbing  headache. 

o  Twitching  here  and  there  in  the  head. 

Congestion  of  blood  to  the  head, 
o  Feehng  of  a  cord  about  the  forehead  and  temples,  close  over 

the  eyebrows,  as  if  the  head  were  compressed, 
o  Pain  in  the  head,  increased   by  fresh  air,  cough,  blowing  the 
nose,  and  stooping. 
Twitching  here  and  there  in  the  head. 
O  Vertigo  on  sitting  up  in  bed. 

Vertigo,  with  shivering  over  the  upper  part  of  the  body. 
Vertigo  on  closing  the  eyes,  as  if  everything  were  turning  in 
a  circle. 
o  Vertigo,  with  tendency  to  fall  forwards. 

Great  pain  m  the  head,  passing  from  within  outwards,  espe- 
cially tozvards  the  forehead,  all  day. 
Pressive,  tearing  pain  between  the  eyebrows,  tending  to  close 
the  eyes, 
o  Neuralgic  pain   over   the  right  eyebrow,  periodically,   every 
morning. 
Violent  throbbing  in  the  temples,  with  great  anxiety. 
Periodical  stupefying  pains  in  the  crown  and  left  temple,  so 
that  her  ideas  are  lost. 
o    Violent  drazuing pain  from  the  croivn  to  the  nape,  so  that  she 
is  forced  to  draw  up  her  shoulders,  close  her  eyes,  and 
tread  lightly. 
o  Splitting   pressure   and  painful   throbbing    in  the  occiput, 
worse  on  lying  down. 
Sensation  of  cold  mounting  up  from  the  nape  to  the  occiput. 
When  she  wants  to  sit  up  in  bed  she  has  to  raise  her  head 
with  her  hand,  because  the  occiput  seems  to  be  fastened 
to  the  pillow  and  broken  off  from  the  rest  of  the  skull. 
Creeping  on  the  whole  of  the  hairy  scalp,  and  also  on  indi- 
vidual spots,  passing  off  more  or  less  when  scratched. 
Scalp  on  the  crown  painful ;  hot  to  the  touch. 
O  Great  falHng  off  of  the  hair  on  the  occiput  when  combed. 
Pain  in  the  roots  of  the  hair  when  combed,  as  if  there  was 
ulceration  beneath. 
o  Pressive  headache. 
O  Repeated  fits  of  violent  pulsating  pains  from  the  nape  and 

occiput  to  forehead  and  temple. 
o  Heat  in  the  head  with  pains. 

o  Pressure  as  if  from  a  band  on  the  forehead  and  temples. 
o  Weight  in  forehead,  as  if  it  were  falling  outwards, 
o  Tearing  over  the  right  eye. 
o  Pressing  pain  in  left  parietal  region. 
o  Pain  in  the  occiput. 
O  Drawing  pain  in  the  occiput, 
o  Pain  as  if  the  head  were  drawn  backwards. 


CHELIDONIUM    MAJUS.  13I 

EYES. 

*  Lids  of  both  eyes  are  closed  with  dry  mucus  in  the  morning. 
Violent  aching  shooting  in  right  eye,  soon  afterwards  in  left 

eye. 
o  Sensation  of  sand  in  the  eyes. 

Shooting  in  left  eyelid  ;  o  burning  in  lower  eyelids. 

*  Tearing  pain  in  the  left  eye  and  close  above  it. 
O  Photophobia,  with  pain  in  forehead. 

Dimness  of  the  eyes. 
O  Violent  pressive  pain  in  left  eye,  in  the  middle  of  the  ball, 
as  if  it  was  so  large  that  the  upper  lid  could  not  be  let 
down  over  it. 
On  moving  the  eye,  pain  in  the  eyeballs  and  feeling  of  sand 
in  the  eyes. 
O  Increase  of  the  pain  by  lamplight. 
Dazzling  before  the  eyes. 

Pricking  between  the  eyebrows  towards  the  right  eye. 
O  Stupefiying  pressure  in  the  right  orbit,  as  it  were  from  with- 
out inwards. 
o  Pressure  and  pain   in  the  upper  part  of  the  eyeballs,  as  if 
they  were  squeezed  in,  more  in  tJie  left  than  the  right  eye. 
Sudden  jerk  in  the  left  eye,  in  the  middle  of  the  ball,  as  if 
it  was  so  large  that  the  upper  lid  could  not  be  let  down 
over  it. 
Continual  pricking  and  burning,  as  if  from  a  grain  of  sand, 
in  the  inner  canthus  of  the  left  eye. 
o  -Redness  and  swelling  of  the  lower  tarsal  edges. 
o  Brilliant  specks  before  the  eyes. 

Twitching  in  the  eyelids. 
o  In  the  morning  the  lids  are  swollen  and  agglutinated. 
Flickering  before  the  eyes. 

She  sees  blackish-gray  specks  before  the  eyes, 
o  When  reading  or  writing  the  letters  run  into  each  other. 
Blackness  before  the  eyes,  with  a  sensation  of  faintncss. 
o  Yellow,  jaundiced  color  of  the  eyes. 

EARS. 
Ringing  in  the  ears. 

Burning  in  the  left  ear,  while  the  right  is  cold. 
Cold  ears. 

Tearing  in  the  meatus  auditorius  and  temporal  bone. 
Frequent  tearings  from  right  ear  into  right  teeth. 
Hoarse  roaring  in  the  ears  like  a  distant  storm  of  wind. 
A  tearing  pain  behind  the  right  ear,  downwards. 

NOSE. 
o  Dryness  and  itching  in  left  nostril. 
Fluent  coryza,  with  frequent  sneezing. 


132  CHELIDONIUM    MAJUS. 

On  blowing  the  nose  in  the  morning,  thick  blood  appeared 

among  the  mucus.    (Was  subject  to  epistaxis.) 
Prolonged  pressing  pain  from  the  root  of  the  nose  to  the 

nasal  bone. 
Itching  and  burning  in  the  tip  of  the  nose. 
Tearing  in  the  nostrils,  most  severe  in  the  left, 
O  Feeling  of  soreness  in  the  nostrils. 

FACE, 
o  Sunken  countenance, 
o  Grayish-yellow  face. 

o  Complexion  strikingly  yellow,  as  if  from  jaundice, 
o  Redness  of  the  left  cheek,  passing  gradually  from  bright  red 
to  dark  red. 
A  small,  defined,  burning,  dark  red,  circular,  somewhat  ele- 
vated spot  on  the  left  cheek. 
Feeling  of  great   cold  in  the  face,  cheeks  pale  and  feeling 
cold. 
o  Glowing  heat  in  the  face,  with  dark  obscure  red  complexion. 
Redness  and  heat  of  the  cheeks. 
Burning  as  if  from  nettles  here  and  there  on  the  face. 
Isolated  stitches  in  the  face,  worse  in  the  evening  in  bed  ; 
warmth  aggravates,  cold  water  relieves  the  pain, 
o  Pains  in  the  teeth  lasting  several  weeks,  chiefly  in  the  whole 
of  the  left  cheek,  especially  at  night. 
Toothache  every  night  (for  eight  days). 
Drawing  pain  in  the  molars  of  the  right  side. 
Sudden  jerk  in  the  teeth  as  if  torn  out. 

Violent  pains  in  the  molars  of  the  left  side,  which  extend  to 
the  left  ear  and  draw  into  the  left  eye,  with  swelling  and 
redness  of  the  left  side  of  the  face,  whereupon  an  ab- 
scess formed  on  the  hard  palate  (after  rubbing  the  tinc- 
ture into  the  eyelids). 
O  Jerking  pain  in  right  zygoma,  as  if  torn  to  pieces. 

MOUTH. 
Dry,  chapped,  and  scabby  lips. 

Vesicle  full  of  serum,  as  clear  as  water,  on  the  mucous  mem- 
brane of  the  lower  lip. 
Stitch  in  the  lower  lip. 
Bleeding  of  the  gums. 

Dryness,  so  that  the  tongue  almost  clave  to  the  palate. 
Abscess  on  the  left  side  of  the  hard  palate  near  the  furthest 
molar,  of  the  size  of  a  bean  (after  rubbing  the  tincture 
on  the  eyelids). 
Tongue  in  the  morning  covered  with  gray,  shaggy,  thick 

coat,  which  can  be  partly  rubbed  off. 
Pricking  on  the  end  of  the  tongue ;  stitch  in  end   of  the 
tongue,  left  side. 


CriELIDONIUM    MAJUS.  133 

Collection  of  water  in  the  month,  with  nausea  and  giddiness. 
O  Dryness  in  the  mouth  and  lips,  with  thirst. 
o  Redness  and  sweUing  of  the  uvula  and  tonsils. 

APPETITE    AND    TASTE. 

o  Bitter  taste,  whilst  food  and  drink  taste  naturally. 

Bitter  in  the  mouth  and  burning  in  the  stomach. 

Loss  of  appetite,  especially  in  the  evenings  (for  six  days). 

Increased  appetite, 
o  Thirst  diminished, 
o  Increased  thirst,  with  dryness  in  the  mouth  and  throat. 

Much  thirst  for  milk,  (it  previously  produced  flatus). 

Wine  relieves  the  abdominal  pain. 

Whilst   taking  the   medicine,  inclination  for  warm   drinks  ; 
after  the  proving,  continual  thirst  for  cold  water. 

Great  dislike  to  cold  drinks. 

FAUCES   AND   CESOPHAGUS. 
Slight  irritation  in  the  oesophagus,  imperceptible  when  swal- 
lowing. 
Slight  shooting  in  the  tonsils  on  empty  swallowing. 
Pricking  in  the  throat. 

Contractive  spasm  in  the  gullet,  forcing  him  to  swallow. 
Scraping  in  the  throat ;  roughness. 
Smoking  causes  burning  pain  and  acidity  from  the  cardia  up 

into  the  throat. 
Heat  and  burning  from  the  mouth  down  to  the  stomach. 
A  feeling  as  if  some  foreign  body  was  mounting  up  in  the 
throat,  obliging  him  to  swallow,  and  then  going  down 
again. 
Hawking  up  of  lumps  of  mucus. 

Hawking  up  of  bloody  mucus,  with  the  taste  of  blood,  (a 
previous  difficulty), 
o  Feeling  of  dryness  in  the  throat, 
o  Difficulty  of  swallowing. 

GASTRIC   SYMPTOMS. 

Bitter  eructations. 

Great  nausea,  with  increased  temperature  of  the  body. 
Nausea,  with  inclination  to  vomit ;    (from  the  external  ap- 
plication). 
o  Nausea  and  retching  during  a  fit  of  anxiety, 
o  Vomiting  of  tough  mucus  after  severe  nausea, 
o  Frequent  eructation  of  wind, 
o  Eructation,  with  heartburn. 

STOMACH. 
*  Pressure  and  oppression  of  the  stomach,  drawing  up  towards 
the  chest. 


134  CHELIDONIUM    MAJUS. 

Pinching,  pressing  pain  in  and  below  the  scrobicukis  cordis, 

increased  by  the  touch. 
Stomach  pain  for  one  hour,  with  eructation  of  wind,  relieved 

by  lying  on  the  left  side  with  the  legs  drawn  up. 
Spasmodic  pain  in  scrobiculus  cordis,  towards  the  right. 
o  Violent  pain  in  the  scrobiculus  cordis,  as  if  the  stomach  was 

constricted. 
o  Digging  pain  in  the  gastric  region. 

Feeling  of  heat  in  the  stomach,  with  pressure  and  pricking. 
Stitches  in  the  pit  of  the  stomach. 
Cutting  in  the  stomach,  increased  by  pressure. 
Peculiar  feeling  of  gnawing  and  clawing  in  the  stomach, 
which  passes  off  after  eating. 
o  Pressure  on  the  stomach,  with  eructation  of  wind, 
o  Pressure  in  the  pit  of  the  stomach,  with  oppression  of  the 

chest  and  difficult  breathing, 
o  Distension  of  the  stomach. 

HYPOCHONDRIA   AND   LIVER. 
Stitches  in  the  liver. 
Dull  throbbing  in  the  region  of  the  liver. 

*  Pressing  pain  in  the  region  of  the  liver,  on  the  edge  of  the 

ribs,  the  pressure  of  the  clothes  increases  the  pain. 

*  Pain  in  the  region  of  the  liver,  which  extends  quickly  down- 

wards across  the  navel  into  the  intestines, 
o  Spasmodic  pain  in  the  region  of  the  liver, 
o  Congestion  of  the  liver,  also  chronic  disease  of  the  liver, 
o  Jaimdice,  even  the  most  obstinate  functional  kinds  ;  also 

when  caused    by  obstruction  of  the  gall   ducts   from 

calculi. — (Hale.) 
o  Biliary  calciUi ;  gall  stones  in  many  cases. — (Hale) 

ABDOMEN. 
Spasmodic  contraction  of  the  navel,  with  transient  nausea. 
Constricted  feeling  over  the  navel,  as  if  the  abdomen  was 
tied  round  with  a  string. 

*  Violent  pressing,  periodically  returning,  and  also  continued 

spasmodic  pain  in  the  umbilical  region. 

*  Painful  distension. 

*  Pinching  about  the  umbilical  region  as  if  stool  were  coming 

on. 

Pain  over  the  left  hip,  as  if  there  was  something  thick  and 
bulging  there. 

Spasmodic  drawing  pains  in  the  inguinal  regions,  with  pres- 
sure on  the  bladder. 

Tensive,  spasmodic  pain  on  each  side,  extending  from  above 
down  and  inwardly,  followed  by  a  discharge  of  turbid 
lemon-colored  urine. 


CHELIDONIUM    MAJUS.  1 35 

Labor-like  pain,  drawing  from  the  lumbar  vertebrae  over  the 
hips  towards  the  hypogastrium. 
o  Abdomen    distended    and    hard,    without    pain    on    being 
touched. 
When  coughing,  the  whole  abdomen  is  painfully  contracted. 
Cutting  in  the  intestines,  as  if  from  knives. 
o  Accumulation  of  flatus. 
Burning  in  the  bowels. 
Cold  feeling  and  pressure  in  the  abdomen,  especially  below 

the  umbilical  region,  with  cold  of  the  whole  body. 
Pinching,  extending  towards  the  chest  and  back,  relieved  by 

passing  flatus. 
Constant  pinching  and  commotion  here  and  there  in  the  in- 
testines. 
Feeling  as  if  the  intestines  were  torn  out  of  the  abdomen. 
Sensation  of  turning  and  moving  above  the  navel,  as  if  an 

animal  was  wriggling  through  the  bowels. 
Rumbling,  with  diarrhoea  following. 
o  Sensation  of  fullness  in  the  abdomen. 
STOOL    AND    ANUS. 
Stool  very  hard  and  difficult,  with  pains  in  the  anus  in  con- 
sequence. 
Costiveness  ;  stool  like  sheep-dung  for  two  days. 
Repeated  thin  fluid  stools  d^ily,  from  four  to  eight  days  du- 
ration, 
o  Mucus  diarrhoea. 

Brown  watery  stool, 
o  Painless  diarrhoea, 
o  At  night,  once,  severe  watery,  whitish  diarrhoea,  with  nausea 

after  severe  chill  in  the  evening. 
*  Small,  thin,  bright  yellow  stools. 

Soft,  greenish  stool,  with  cutting  pain  in  rectum  and  higher  up. 

Pressure  in  the  rectum,  with  urging  to  stool. 

Periodic  straining  and  pressure  on  the  rectum,  as  if  be 'ore 

stool,  without  result. 
Sensation  as  if  the  rectum  was  forced  out,  with  spasmodic 

constriction  of  the  anus,  lasting  all  day. 
Cutting  pains  in  the  anus  and  rectum  during  a  hard  stool. 
Burning   and    cutting    in    the    rectum,   with    alternation   of 
itching  in  the  anus ;  vertigo ;    fainting  sensation  and 
failure  of  appetite. 
Painful  nodule  on  the  anus. 
Crawling  and  itching  in  the  rectum. 
Crawling,  pricking  and  itching  on  the  perineum, 
o  Soft  bright  stool,  with  straining  and  moderate  pain  in  the 

anus  afterwards. 
o  White,  clay-colored  stool,  destitute  of  bile. — (Hale.) 


136  CHELIDONIUM    MAJUS. 

URINARY    ORGANS, 
Pressing  pain  in  the  left  renal  region. 
Stitch  in  the  left  kidney  on  deep  inspiration. 
*  Pain  jn  region  of  both  kidneys,  which  are  very  sensitive  to 
pressure,  even  the  bands  of  the  underclothing  give  pain 
there. 
In  the  morning  on  rising,  violent  stitches  in  renal  region, 

making  her  cry  out  and  then  fall  down. 
She  cannot  lie  on  her  back  owing  to  pain  in  the  renal  region, 
and   must  also  often  change  from   side  to  side.     Gets 
most  relief  by  lying  on  her  face. 
Spasmodic  pain  in  right  kidney,  with  sweat  on  forehead  and 

hands. 
Pressure  on  the  bladder. 
Spasmodic  pain  close  above  the  os    pubis,   with   frequent 

urging  to  pass  urine. 
Burning  in  the  urethra  when  passing  urine. 
Shooting  and  cutting  in  the  urethra  on  passing  urine,  and  on 
moving  the  body.  __ 
o  Shooting  pains  in  the  region  of  the  bladder. 

Discharge  of  blood  from   the  urethra  during  coition.     (A 

former  ailment.) 
Frequent  call  to  pass  urine ;  pale,  watery. 
Call  to  make  water  every  quarter-hour,  passing  some  five 

times  within  one  and  one-half  hours. 
Had  to  make  water  ten  to  twelve  times  a  day,  and  two  or 
three  times  a  night,  and  a  great  deal  each  time. 
o  Urine  reddish  and  turbid  immediately  after  being  passed. 
O  Napkins  reddish-brown  from  the  urine  ;  after  drying  still 

more  darkly  colored. 
O  Urine  dark  brown,  turbid,  forming  bubbles  on  the  edge  like 
brown  beer. 
Urine  has  an  excess  of  uric  acid  salts. 
o  Urine  turbid  as  soon  as  passed,  lemon  yellow  after  previous 
pains  in  the  inguinal  region.     In  four  hours  a  grayish 
yellow,  mucus,  cloudy  sediment,  without  the  urine  being 
cleared.     The  inner  surface  of  the  utensil  is  covered 
with   reddish  crystals  of  uric  acid  as  far  as  the  urine 
reaches.     The  urine  is  turbid  from  an  excess  of  acid 
uric  salts,  is  deficient  in  chlorides,  contains  crystals  of 
hippuric  acid,  mucous  epithelium,  and  compact  urinary 
cylinders, 
o   Urine  with  a  sharp  acid  smell. 
o  Urine  bright  red. 

Urine  with  a  strong  ammoniacal  smell. 

GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 
Male. — Pressure  and  forcing  towards  the  root  of  the   penis 


CHELIDONIUM    MAJUS.  13/ 

Shooting  and  creeping  on  the  glans. 

Frequent  erections  even  in  the  day  time. 

Pressure  and  tensive  pain  in  the  testicles  downwards,  with 
pressive  pa;n  in  the  occiput. 

Drawing  and  stitching  pain  in  the  testicles. 

Redness,  heat  and  swelling  of  the  scrotum.  On  the  follow- 
ing day,  on  both  sides  there  is  here  and  there  a  raising 
of  the  epidermis  from  yellowish  serum  in  flat  vesicles 
the  size  of  a  pin's  head,  and  from  that  to  a  small  lentil, 
painful  to  the  touch.  In  the  evening  the  vesicles  burst 
and  the  red  and  swollen  skin,  stripped  of  the  epidermis, 
discharges  a  little  fluid.  On  the  morning  of  the  third 
day  the  scrotum  is  covered  with  dry,  thin,  cracked,  red 
scales. 

Female. — Daily  for  14  days  constant  burning  in  the  vagina 
at  precisely  the  same  hour,  forenoon  and  afternoon. 

Menstruation  set  in  two  days  earlier  than  usual,  but  more 
copious. 

Menstruation  four  days  too  early,  .and  rather  in  excess,  after 
vertigo,  staggering,  pricking,  itching  pains  in  the  head 
and  limbs. 

Menses  very  copious  the  ninth  day,  going  on  increasing  for 
three  days  ;  about  four  days  too  late,  with  pains,  lasting 
seven  days. 

A  mucus  discharge  from  the  vagina  for  some  days,  coloring 
the  linen  yellow. 

Menstruation  passing  gradually  into  leucorrhoea  :  (suffered 
'from  this  previously.)         f 

LARYNX   ANni''TRACHEA. 

Sensation  as  if  the  larynx  were  pressed  from  without  on  the 
oesophagus,  whereby  swallowing,  not  breathing,  is  ren- 
dered difficult. 

Severe  shooting  in  the  larynx,  with  a  constrictive  sensation. 

Choking  sensation  in  the  throat,  aggravated  by  breathing. 

Pressure,  with  sense  of  constriction  in  the  trachea,  mounting 
from  the  sternum  towards  the  larynx, 
o  Sense  of  constriction  in  the  trachea,  with  deadly  anguish, 
and  a  wish  for  eructation  without  success  (at  night  on 
awaking). 

Rapidly  following  stitches  in  the  larynx  towards  the  outside 
and  inside  of  the  throat. 

Scraping  in  the  larynx,  exciting  a  cough. 

F'requent  hoarseness,  with  dry  cough. 

Heat  mounting  Jrom  the  chest  to  the  throat,  quite  into  the 
larynx. 

Congestion  of  blood  towards  the  larynx,  with  dull  throbbing 
there. 

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138  CHELIDONIUM    MAJUS. 

Sensation  of  dust  in  the  trachea,  and  throat,  and  behind  the 
sternum,  which  could  not  be  removed  by  cough. 
COUGH. 

*  Infreq-jent,  sHght  fits  of  coughing,  with  s^y;.sms  of  the  glottis 

on  expectoration.  /' 

Dry,  hollow  cough.  - 

*  Violent  spasmodic  cough. 

Cough,  with  severe  tickling  in  the  larynx  in  the  evening, 
o  Whooping-cough, 
o  Short  cough,  with  short  breathing. 
O  Frequent  fits  of  short  cough,  with  stitches  in  right  side  and 

difficulty  of  breathing, 
o  Much  exhausting  cough,   especially  in  the    morning,   with 
much  expectoration  deep  out  of  the  lungs. 
Strong  fit  of  coughing,  without  expectoration. 
Dry  cough,  lumps  of  phlegm  being  sometimes  thrown  out. 
o  Pain  in  the  larynx  when  coughing,  with  pains  in  chest  and 

sacrum, 
o  Shooting  pain  in  the  throat  and  region  of  the  larynx. 

CHEST. 

*  Tightness  of  the  chest,  with  oppression. 

Shortness  and  difficulty  of  breathing,  with  tightness  and 
anxiety  of  the  chest. 

Difficulty  of  breathing,  with  shooting  in  the  left  thoracic  re- 
gion backwards. 

*  He  can  only  breathe  short,  and  with  difficulty  and  anxiety, 

as  if  he  must  choke, 
o  Respiration  impeded  in  the  evening  in  bed. 
o  Short  breathing  and  oppression,  as  if  the  breast  were  con- 
stricted and  the  breath  could  not  pass. 
Her  clothes  cause  tightness  of  the  chest,  so  that  she  has  to 

loosen  them. 
Longing  for  fresh  air  to  breathe  more  easily. 
He  cannot  at  each  breath  inspire  as  much  air  as  he  wishes, 
therefore  expti'es  quickly  in  order  to  be  able  to  inspire 
again  soon, 
o  Difficult  respiration,  with  short  fits  of  coughing,  preceded  by 
pain  first  in  the  right  then  in  the  left  side  of  the  thorax. 
She  must  breathe  quick  and  short  in  order  to  make  some- 
what tolerable  the  pains  in  the  chest  and  back. 
She  cannot  take  a  deep  breath  for  violent  stitches  in  the 
right  side. 
o  Anxiety  in  the  chest  and  oppression. 

Congestion  in  the  apices  of  the  lungs,  with  dull  throbbing 
in  them.  • 

*  At  each  breath  pain  inside  the  chest,  with  short  dry  cough, 

which  increases  the  pains  and  returns  after  short  pauses. 
(Pulse  90.) 


CIIELIDONIUM    MAJUS.  1 39 

On  stooping  low,  pain  deep  in  the  chest,  especially  towards 
the  bodies  of  the  vertebrae,  so  that  the  stooping  could 
not  be  continued  ;  also  after  walking  fast,  blowing  the 
nose,  and  sneezing;  at  the  same  time  more  externally 
along  the  spinous  processes. 

Inward  burning  between  the  chest  and  shoulder-blades,  with 
internal  heat  and  want  of  breath. 

On  deep  inspiration,  painful  tension  around  the  inside  of  the 
base  of  thorax. 

Stitch  in  the  chest,  with  interruption  of  the  breathing. 

Stitches  in  the  right  side  behind  the  ribs. 

Stitches  in  the  lower  part  of  the  left  lobe  of  the  lungs. 
*  ///  the' left  lobe  soreness  like  a  wonnd,  aggravated  by  deep 
breathing,  coughing  and  sneezing. 

High  up  behind  the  sternum  a  spot  which  smarts  like  a 
wound. 

Spasmodic  pressure  behind  the  sternum,  in  the  middle,  on 
a  surface  about  two  inches  in  diameter,  on  awaking  in 
the  nig^ht. 

High  up  behind  the  sternum  a  feeling  of  dust,  not  to  be  re- 
moved by  coughing. 

Tensive  pain  in  the  whole  thorax. 

Constrictive  pressure  under  each  arm,  as  if  the  chest  was 
tight-laced. 

Drawing  pressure  from  the  right  shoulder-blade,  through  the 
chest  towards  sternum. 

On  inspiration  fine  stitches  like  needles  in  the  chest,  passing 
from  left  to  right  side. 

The  seventh  and  eighth  rib  of  each  side  are  painful  to  the 
touch,  and  on  drawing  the  breath,  as  \i  they  were 
wounded,  worse  on  the  right ;  a  cold  sensation  steals 
from  the  spine  to  those  ribs  on  the  way  to  the  sternum, 
worse  on  the  right. 

Pains  and  jerking  in  the  left  clavicle. 

Oppressive  pain  Jinder  the  left  clavicle  up  the  neck. 

Shooting  in  the  right  side,  close  under -the  inamniary  gland. 

Tensive  pain  from  the  left  pectoral  muscle  up  towards  the 
neck. 

Lancinating  pains  in  pectoral  muscles, 
o  Violent  pains  in  the  sternum  at  each  respiration, 
o  Shooting,  jerking  pain  a  little  to  the  right  from  the  lower 
part  of  the  sternum  right  through  towards  the  back, 
aggravated  by  breathing.    By  laying  the  trunk  forwards 
the  pain  is  worse  in  the  chest  ;    by  laying  it  backwards, 
worse  in  the  back, 
o  She  must  sit  upright,  and  dare  not  move  ;   otherwise  the 
pains  in  the  chest  are  intolerable. 


I40  CHELIDONIUM    MAjUS. 

Deep,  pressive  pain  on  the  right  side  without  cough,  which 
does  not  allow  deep  inspiration. 

Pain  as  if  from  a  deep-seated  abscess. 

Pain  in  the  lower  part  of  the  wall  of  the  chest  on  the  right, 
quite  to  the  right  side,  for  the  breadth  of  a  hand,  ag- 
gravated by  each  inspiration, 
o  Sudden,  violent  pain  of  the  right  side  in  the  region  of  the 
seventh  and  eighth  ribs,  increased  by  respiration  and 
movement  for  two  hours,  preceded  and  followed  by 
burning  headache. 

Drawing  pains  from  lower  part  of  the  sternum  towards  the 
right,  quite  around  to  the  spine,  with  sore  pain  there,  so 
that  even  the  touch  of  the  clothes  increases  the  pain. 

Repeated  stitches,  lasting  some  minutes,  compelling  short 
breathing ;  on  attempting  deeper  breathing,  intolerable 
stitches. 

Stitches  in  right  side  for  two  hours,  wath  chill,  heat,  and  red 
cheeks, 
o  Violent  stitches  in  the  under  part  of  throat,  right  side,  ag- 

•gravated  by  breathing,  movement,  and  cough, 
o  Violent  stitches  for  three  hours,  right  side,  obliging  her  to 
inspire  slowly  and  carefully,  and  also  to  speak  softly  ; 
sometimes  not  to  move  or  speak  at  all. 

Tearing  pressure  in  left  axilla  and  thence  towards  the  nipple. 

Pain  in  left  side  as  if  bruised,  aggravated  by  movement. 

Awaking  with  stitches,   confined  chest,  and   anxiety ;    she 
cannot  take  a  deep  inspiration  for  the  stitches. 
HEART. 

Stitches  in  the  cardiac  region  on  coughing. 

Oppressive  pressure  in  cardiac  region. 

Stitches  under  the  heart. 

Stitches  in  the  region  of  the  heart  through  the  left  side  of 
the  chest,  so  that  she  has  to  breathe  short  and  quick. 

Lancinating  pains  in  the  heart. 

Palpitation  towards  evening,  after  sitting  down   somewhat 
tired. 
■    Palpitation  in  the  evening  directly  after  lying  down, 
o  Violent  stitches  in  the  cardiac  region,  followed  by.  strong 

palpitations,  with  anxiety  and  agitation  all  day. 
o  Sudden  great  anxiety,  with  palpitation.     (The  beating  of 
the  heart  is  not  accelerated  nor  irregular,  but  so  strong 
that  the  clothes  are  lifted  by  the  movement  communi- 
cated to  the  thoracic  parietes,  and  she  hears_/it  so  plain 
that  she  fancies  others  must  hear  it  too.) 
NECK. 
*  Drawing  pain,  tearing  and  stiffness  in  the  muscles  of  the  nape. 

Weight  in  the  nape  of  the  neck. 


CHELIDONIUM    MAJUS.  *"  14I 

Sensation  of  constriction  in   the  muscles  of  the  nape,  as 

if  the  head  were  drawn  back, 
o  Sensation  as  if  the  neck  was  broken. 

Cracking  and  creaking  in  the  cervical  vertebrae  on  moving 

the  neck. 
Pains  in  the  first  cervical  vertebrae  for  seven  hours,  inci  eased 

by  moving  the  head  and  by  pressure. 
Feeling  as  if  the  vertebrae  in  the  nape  were  torn  out  of  their 

place. 

BACK. 

*  Drawing  pains  in  the  muscles  of  the  back,  with  stitches  and 

stiffness. 

*  Drawing  pain  between  the   shoulder-blades   down   to    the 

sacrum. 

*  Burning  in  the  back. 
Shudder  running  down  the  back. 

Tensive  and  pressive  pain  in  the  whole  of  the  back,  extend- 
ing around  towards  the  chest, 
o  Pain  in  the  back,  as  if  after  excessive  muscular  straining, 
o  Wound-like  pain  in  the  lower  dorsal  vertebrae,  the  five  low- 
est ribs  on  the  right,  and  the  lumbar  vertebrae,  aggra- 
vated by  pressure  and  movement. 

Violent  pain  at  every  breath,  around  the  lower  angles  of  the 
shoulder-blades. 

Tearing  pressure  on  the  lower  hmihar  vertebrae  forward  to- 
wards the  haunch  bones,  as  if  the  vcj'tebrce  were  broken 
asunder,  only  on  bending  forward  and  when  he  bends 
back  ;  perceptible  for  many  days  even  when  walking. 

Wound-like  pain  in  the  lozvest  lumbar  vertcbrce,  as  Hf  it  were 
dislocated  or  smashed. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 

Pinching,  spasmodic  pain  on  the  inner  edge  of  the  right 
shoulder-blade,  which  hinders  him  from  moving  the  arm. 

Stitches  under  right  shouldei"  blade. 

*  Violent  pains  on  the  lozver  angle  of  the  left  blade  ;  from  therce 

violent  stitches  right  through  the  chest  forwards. 
The  hands  hot  up  to  the  middle  of  the  forearm,  and  swollen, 

with  distension  of  the  superficial  veins. 
o  Paralysis  and  weight  of  the  arms,  as  if  weights  were  hung 

upon  them. 
Drawing  pain  from  the  right  shoulder  down  to  the  wrist, 

with  cold  and  stiffness  of  the  arm. 
o  Paralytic  pains  in  the  left  shoulder  and  the  whole  arm. 
Drawing  pain  from  the  left  shoulder  to  the  fourth  finger. 
In  the  evening  in  bed,  violent  pains  in  the  right  shoulder, 

with  a  feeling  on  moving  the  arm  as  if  it  was  smashed  ; 

the  arm  is  cold  and  stiff. 


142  CHELIDONIUM    MAJUS. 

o  Pain  in   left  shoulder,  as  if  broken  or  dislocated,  with  cold 

feeling  in  the  upper  arm. 
o  Pain  in  the  right  shoulder. 

Tearing  in  the  muscles  of  the  right  uppe^"  arm. 
o  Pain  in  the  deltoid  and  biceps  on  moving  the  arm,  all  day. 
Rheumatic  pains  from  left  shoulder  to  the  elbow. 
Paralytic  drawing  in  the  wrist  joints. 
Distension  of  the  superficial  veins  of  both  hands. 
Tearing,  shooting  pain  in  right  metacarpals,  much  increased 

by  pressure. 
Burning  in  the  ball  and  scalpel  joint  of  the  right  thumb. 
Tips  of  the  fingers  cold. 

Stitch  in  the  second  and  third  joint  of  the  right  forefinger. 
Fine  tearing  in  the  tips  of  the  fingers. 
Itching  in  the  fingers  (constant  symptom). 
LOWER    EXTREMITIES, 
o  Lancinating  pains. 

o  Bruised  pain  from  the  thighs  to  the  calves,  worse  on  walking 
and  when  touched. 
From  the  hip  bone  to  the  toes  of  the  right  foot  paralytic 
drawing  pain,  continuing  the  same  whether   walking, 
lying,  or  sitting,  disappearing  suddenly. 
Legs  feel  as  if  bruised. 

Tensive  pains  and  sense  of  swelling  in  the  thighs,  for  the 
breadth  of  two  hands,  midway  between  the  hip  and 
knee, 
o  Shooting  in  the  right  hip. 

Pain  as  if  from  a  blow  in  the  middle  of  the  right  thigh. 
-Burning,  itching  in  the  left  hip  joint. 
Shooting  pain  in  left  hip  joint. 

Pain  like  dislocation  in  the  left  hip,  preventing  walking, 
o  Pain  in  right  hip  when  on  rising  from  a  seat. 

Giving  away  of  the  knees  when  standing  and  walking, 
o  Pain  in  the  left  ham. 

Weight  and  stiffness  in  the  knee  joints. 
Jerking,  trembhng  in  the  knees. 
Boring,  drawing  pain  in  the  right  knee. 
0  Pain  in  right  knee,  aggravated  by  movement. 

Violent  pain  in  the  left  knee, 
o  Feeling  of  stiffness  in  left  knee  joint,  with  burning. 

She  cannot  extend  the  left  leg  without  violent  pains  in  the 
knee, 
o  In  walking  she  is  obliged  to  advance  the  left  leg  at  full 
stretch,  and   can   only  extend  it  slowly  for  pain  like  a 
wound  in  the  knee  joint,  when  it  is  once  bent, 
o  Both  legs  cold. 

Feeling  of  icy  coldness  in  the  legs,  especially  the  calves  and 
sides. 


CHELIDONIUM     MAJUS.  1 43 

The  right  foot  up  to  the  knee  actually  cold  while  the  other 

is  warm. 
Great  weight  in  the  legs. 

Shooting,  boring  sensation  in  the  bones  of  the  left  leg. 
Drawing  pains  in  the  calves,  aggravated  by  pressure. 
Some  burning,   painful  spots,  with  stitches   in   the   middle 
above   the   tendo- Achilles ;    the   pain  is  increased   by 
scratching, 
o  Painful  pressure  on  the  outside  of  the  ankle, 
o  Ankle  joints   painful,    especially   the    right  ;     worse    when 

walking. 
o  Pressive  pain  in  right  ankle  joint  when  sitting. 
O  Pain  in  left  ankle  joint,  especially  when  walking. 

Feet  first  cold  then  burning  hot. 
o'  Feet  as  if  dead,  and  cold. 

Tensive,  burning  pain  in  the  bones  of  the  right  foot,  on  the 

joints  of  the  toes. 
Continued  dryness  of  the  feet,  which  usually  perspire. 
Stitches  in  the  right  heel ;  violent  pain,  hindering  walking. 
Cramp  in  the  sole  of  the  right  foot,  which  near  the  toes  was 
bent  under ;  the  cramp  ceased  on  compression  with  the 
hand. 
Burning ;  itching  in  soles  of  the  feet. 
Shooting  in  the  right  great  toe. 
Pain  as  if  from  a  blow  in  the  toes  in  bed. 
Itching  and  creeping  in  the  toes, 
o  Weight  in  the  legs,  as  if  she  could  not  step  out,  and  as  if 

she  had  to  drag  a  great  burden. 
O  CEdematous  swelling  about  the  malleoli. 

SKIN. 
On  the  upper  part  of  the  right  cheek  many  red,  elevated 
pimples,  raised  in  the  centre  and  feeling  pointed. 
o  Elevated  exanthema  on  the  face. 

Red,  inflamed,  elevated  spot,  with  a  pimple  in  the  middle  ; 
in  the  centre  of  the    forehead    itching  and   pricking, 
•    which  disappeared  again  in  a  few  hours. 
Large  pustules  on  the  forehead. 

The  whole  face,  except  the  forehead,  is  covered  on  awaking 
in  the  morning  with  bright  red,  lentil  sized,  round  spots, 
with  pointed  pimples  in  the  centre. 
Vesicles  on  the  lip  and  also  nose  forming  scabs. 
Papular  exanthema  on  a  red  base  on  the  upper  lip  and  right 
cheek, 
o  Red,  round,  burning  spots  on  the  forearm. 

Pimples  like  pocks  on  the  back  of  the  right  nates,  with  red 

areola. 
Eruption  of  the  face  like  miliary  rash  and  measles. 


144  CHELIDONIUM    MAJUS. 

Reticulated,  red,  itching,  coroding  spots,  with  swelling  on  the 
back  of  the  hand. 

*  Skin  yelloiv  all  over,  as  in  Jaundice. 

o  All  the  skin  feels  cool  in  spite  of  a  very  warm  room, 
o  Skin  yellow  on  the  throat  and  chest. 

FEVER. 
Chill. 

Cold  shuddering  all  over. 

Cold  all  over,  o  especially  in  the  hands  and  feet, 
o  Chill,  with  cold  feet,  in  the  morning  on  awaking, 
o  Chilly  rigor  towards  evening. 

Chill,  internal  and  external,  with  weight  in  the  occiput,  and 
drawing  in  the  nape, 
o  Increased  heat  all  over,  especially  in  the  face, 
o  Heat. — Heat  without  thirst  after  laying  down  in  the  evening. 
O  Glowing  heat  in  the  head,  with  sharply  defined,  darkish  red- 
ness of  the  cheeks  ;  pulsation  in  the  arteries  ;  full  pulse 
(at  90)  ;  faintness  ;  difficulty  of  «speech  ;  nausea  ;  short 
breath  ;  and  cold  feet. 
Much  dry  heat  all  over,  with  full  pulse,  and  thirst. 
Increased  temperature  aU  over,  especially  in  the  hollow  of 
the  hands,  from  whence  the  heat  seems  to  proceed, 
o  Rigor  in  the  evening,  with  chattering  teeth  and  rigor ;  there- 
after great  heat,  especially  all  over  the  head, 
o  Perspiration  at  night  on  awaking,  especially  in  the  palms  of 

the  hands, 
o  When  lying  in  bed  at  night,  a  rigor  comes  over  him,  lasting 
nearly  an  hour,  with  external  warmth  all  over,  yet  with 
goose  skin  ;    then  follows  perspiration  for   the   whole 
night, 
o  Heat  inside  and  out,  with  warm  perspiration  on  the  face. 
Pulse  62,  full  and  hard. 

Pulse  50 ;  after  previous  palpitation  of  the  heart,  withered, 
pale  face. 

SLEEP. 

*  Sleepy  condition ;  lethargy  in  the  daytime  in  jaundice  and 

hepatic  congestion, 
o  She  falls  asleep  as  she  sits. 

Sleepiness,  with  yawning,  and  stretching,  and  languor. 
When  awakened  she  falls  asleep  again  directly, 
o  From    10  till  midnight,  phantasies  in  a  half-waking  state, 

without  meaning  or  connection,  and  images  of  death 

and  soldiering, 
o  Restless  sleep,  full  of  dreams. 

o  She  cannot  get  to  sleep  for  a  long  time,  then  sleeps  well. 
O  Restless  sleep  till  midnight. 


CHELONE    GLABRA. 
{Balmouy.) 


CHELONE   GLABRA.  I45 

o  Frequently  in  the  evening,  in  bed,  restlessness  and  excite- 
ment till  towards  midnight,  preventing  sleep. 
O  Sleep  prevented  by  a  sensation  of  numbness  and  coldness  in 
lower  extremities. 
On  awaking  he  cannot  remember  what  he  has  dreamed. 
Dream  of  a  journey,  remembering  most  minute  particulars. 
Dreams  of  corpses  and  burials. 

GENERALITIES. 

*  Periodical  neuralgia  of  the  facial  nerves. 

*  After  food,  very  great  distaste  for  work,  and  laziness  with 

sleepiness. 
o  Great  distaste  for  mental  occupation. 
o  Prostration,  exhaustion,  and  languor. 
o  Weakness  in  walking. 
o  Weariness  and  e>chaustion  of  all  the  limbs,  as  after  a  long 

walk. 
o  Languor  and  listlessness. 
o  Feeling  ill,  as  if  from  influenza, 
o  Loss  of  consciousness. 
o  Drawing  pains  through  the  whole  body. 
o  Wandering  pains  in  the  joints  of  the  extremities,  especially 

left  side, 
o  On  awaking,  slight  twitching  in  the  muscles  here  and  there, 
o  Twitching  in  arms  and  legs. 
o  Great  emaciation,  with  total  loss  of  appetite. 

Sudden   restlessness  of  all   the   limbs,   compelling   her   to 

move ;  she  cannot  stand  still,  and  on  trying  to  do  so 

steps  with  her  feet. 
Anxiety,  vertigo,  and  heat  of  the  head  drive  her  into  the 

fresh  air  ;  she  feels  better. 
Long-continued  fainting,  with  cold  extremities. 


CHELONE  GLABRA. 

(Balmony.) 


Analogues: — Hydrastis,  China,  Myrica,  Chdidonium,  etc. 
Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture;  dilutions. 

STOMACH. 

Increase  of  appetite,  with  powerful  digestion, 
o  Dyspeptic  ailments,  with  hepatic  disorder. 

LIVER, 
o  Jaundice,  with  loss  of  appetite  an4  disgust  for  food. 
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146  CIMICIFUGA   RACEMOSA. 

STOOL, 
o  Constipation  from  hepatic  torpor. 
Expulsion  of  lumbrici. 

FEVER. 
o  Specific  in  cases  of  quinine  cachexia. — (Dr.  Ball.) 
O  Intermittent  fever  after  abuse  of  quinine. 


CIMICIFUGA   RACEMOSA. 

{Black  Sruike  Root.) 


Analogues: — Caidophyllum,  Colchiann,  Digitalis, Stillingia, 
Glonoine,  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  root;   dilu- 
tions ;  triturations  of  Cimicifugin. — (Macrotin.) 
MEI^TAL    SPHERE. 

Miserable,  dejected  feeling ;  mind  dull  and  heavy. 

Delirium,  with  nausea,  retching,  dilated  pupils. 

Vertigo  ;  impaired  vision  ;  dizziness. 

She  feels  grieved,  troubled,  with  sighing. 

*  Great  nielaJicJioly,  with  sleeplessness  (primary). 
Exhilaration,  with  pleasant  thoughts  (secondary). 

*  Delirium   tremens,   with    nausea,    retching,    dilated    pupils, 

tremor  of  the  limbs,  incessant  talking,  and  changing 
from  one  subject  to  the  other,  sleeplessness,  imagines 
strange  objects  about  the  bed,  as  rats,  sheep,  etc.,  with 
quick,  full  pulse,  and  peculiar  wild  look  out  of  the  eyes. 

*  Apprehensiveness  and  sleeplessness  in  pregnant  women. 

*  Mental  disorder : — "  Sensation  as  if  a  heavy  black  cloud  had 

settled  all  over  her  and  enveloped  her  head,  so  that  all 
was  darkness  and  confusion,  while  at  the  same  time  it 
weighed  like  lead  upon  her  heart."  She  was  suspicious 
of  everything  ;  would  not  take  medicine  if  she  knew  it; 
indifference,  taciturn,  takes  no  interest  in  household 
matters  ;  frequent  sighs  and  'ejaculations.  (Cured  by 
Cimicifuga  200th. — Dunham.) 
HEAD. 

*  Pain  over  the  eyes,  and  in  the  eyes,  extending  along  the  base 

of  the  brain  to  the  occiput. 

*  Severe  pain  over  the  left  or  right  eye,  extending  to  the  eye 

and  base  of  the  brain,  with  dejection  of  spirits. 
Sensation  as  if  the  temples  were  compressed. 

*  Dullness  and  heaviness  in  the  head,  as  if  he  had  been  on  a 

"  spree." 


CIMICIFUGA    RACEMOSA. 
{Black  Snake-Root.) 


CIMICIFUGA   RACEMOSA.  1 47 

Brain   feels   too   large   for   the    cranium ;   a  pressing  from 

within,  outward. 
Excruciating  pain  in  the  forehead,  extending  to  the  temples, 

on  waking  at  2  A.  M.,  with  coldness  of  the  forehead. 
O  Severe  remittent  headache  of  long  standing,  occurring  every 

day  at  same  hour. 
Acute  pain  through  the  head  during  the  day. 
Dull  boring  pain  in  the  forehead,  over  left  superciliary  ridge, 

at  10  A.  M. 

*  Severe  pain  in  forehead,  extending  to  the  temple  and  vertex, 

with  fullness,  heat  and  throbbing ;  when  going  up  stairs 
sensation  as  if  the  top  of  the  head  would  fly  off. 
o  Pain  in  the  head  relieved  in  the  open  air, 
o  Excruciating  pain   in  the  forehead,  with   coldness  of  fore- 
head ;  pain  in  the  eyeballs. 
o  Nervous,  rheumatic  and  menstrual  headaches. 
o  Headache,  with  severe  pain  in  the  eyeballs,  extending  into 
the  forehead,  and  increased  by  the  slightest  movement 
of  the  head  or  eyeballs, 
o  Dull  pain  in  occipital  regions,  with  shooting  pains  down  back 

of  the  neck. 
O  Cerebro-spinal  meningitis. 

EYES. 
Aching  of  the  eyes,  which  feel  heavy,  lasting  for  days. 
Eyeballs  exceedingly   painful  ;    with  increased  secretion   of 

tears. 
Stinging  in  the  eyelids,  with  inflammation. 
Eyes  feel  as  if  swollen  ;  black  specks  before  the  eyes. 
Congestion  of  the  eyes  during  the  headache. 
Intense  and  persistent  pains  in  the  eyeballs. 
Ocular  hyper-aesthesia. 

*  Severe  pain  in  the  centre  of  the  eyeballs,  worse*  in  the  mo     - 

ing,  lasting  all  day,  aggravated  by  going  up  st  "'rs. 

*  Sensation   of  enlargement  of  the   eyeballs;  th:^y  fe  f 

they  would  be  pressed  out  of  the  head. 

*  Pain,  as  if  situated   between   the  eyeball  and    the    orbital 

plate  of  the  frontal  bone. 
Pleat  and  swelling  of  the  eyelids,  with  stinging  pain. 
Dilated  pupils,  with  black  specks  befoxe  the  eyes. 
O  Neuralgia  of  the  eyeballs,  without  much  congestion. 
O  Catarrhal  and  rheumatic  ophthalmia. 

The  myopia  was  aggravated  by  large  doses. 
o  Amaurosis  ;  amblyopia  ;  double  vision. 

JAWS. 
Very  severe  pains  in  teeth  and  jaws,  worse  in  under  jaw  and 

its  articulations. 
Pain  in  right  superior  maxillary  bone  and  teeth. 


148  CIMICIFUGA  RACEMOSA. 

o  Rheumatic  and  neuralgic  toothache. 

NOSE. 

Stinging  sensation  in  the  nose  in  the  evening, 
o  Frequent  sneezing  and  fluent  coryza  during  the  day. 
O  Catarrhal  condition  of  the  mucous  membrane. 

Very  profuse  greenish  and  slightly  sanguineous  coryza. 

Stuffed  condition  of  the  nostrils. 

FACE. 

Severe  pain  in  the  left  jaw. 

Heat  on  one  side  of  the  face,  with  lassitude  all  over. 
O  Pains  in  the  head  and  face  are  constant. 
o  Catarrhal-rheumatic  attacks. 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 

Offensive  breath. 

Dryness  and  soreness  of  the  lips,  with  swelling  of  the  back 

part  of  the  tongue. 
Accumulation  of  thick  mucus  upon  the  teeth. 
O  Swollen  condition  of  mucous  membrane  in  rheumatism. 
Dryness  of  the  pharynx,  in  a  small  spot,  with  inclination  to 

swallow. 
Soreness  of  the  throat  when  swallowing,  and  on  pressure, 

with  stiff  neck. 
Inflammation  of  the  uvula  and  palate,  worse  on  the  left  side  ; 
copious  coryza. 
o  Hoarseness,  roughness  and  scraping  in  the  throat. 
o  Dry  cough,  from  irritation  and  tickling  at  lower  part  of 

larynx, 
o  Rheumatic  sore  throat. 

STOMACH. 

*  Eructations,  with  nausea  and  vomiting,  with  headache, 
o  Acute  darting  pain  in  the  stomach. 

Slight  pain  in  the  epigastrium,  extending  to  the  left  hypo- 
chondrium. 

*  Faintness   and  emptiness  in  the  epigastrium,  almost  con- 

stant ;  (a  very  characteristic  symptom). 
Sensation  of  internal  tremor  in  the  epigastrium. 

,      ABDOMEN. 
Flatulence,  causing  sensation  of  fullness  in  the  abdomen. 
Acute  cutting  pains  in  the  umbilical  region. 
Severe  pains  in  the  bowels,  with  weight  and  pains  in  the 

lumbar  region. 
Dull  griping,  twisting  at  the  umbilicus,  more  towards  the 

left. 
Periodic  colic,  with  inclination  to  bend  forward,  relieved  after 

stool. 


CIMICIFUGA   RACEMOSA.  I49 

o  Rheumatism  of  the  muscular  structures  of  the  abdomen. 

o  Neuralgia  of  the  abdominal  plexuses. 

O  Puerperal  peritonitis,  with  suppressed  lochia,  delirium,  etc. 

O  Abdominal  myalgia,  after  confinement. 

STOOL. 
Disposition  to  diarrhoea. 
Constipation;  fasces  hard  and  dry. 
Large  papescent  stool. 
Scanty  di-arrhoea  with  tenesmus. 
o  Non-inflammatory  colics  and  diarrhoeas  of  children, 

URINE. 
Frequent  urination,  with  increased  flow. 
o  Retention  for  18  hours,  followed  by  profuse  urine. 

Profuse  flow  of  pale,  watery  urine. 
O  It  increases  the  excretion  of  the  solids  of  the  urine  in  rheu- 
matism. 

GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 
Female. —  *  A  sensation  of  weight  and  bearing  down  in  the 
uterine  region,  with  a  feeling  of  heaviness  and  torpor  in 
the  lower  extremities. 

*  The  menses  appear  eight  days  before  the  time. 

*  Troublesome  labor-like  pain  during  pregnancy. 

*  Abortion  in  the  early  months  of  pregnancy. 
Premature  labor,  with  serious  hemorrhage. 
Prickling  sensations  in  both  mammae. 
Leucorrhoea,  with  bearing  down  pains. 

o  Vaginal  and  cervical  leucorrhoea,  without  ulceration. 

o  Amenorrhcea,  with  excessive  pain  in  the  head,  back  and 
limbs ;  with  dark  circles  around  the  eyelids. 

o  Retarded  menstruation,  with  pressive,  heavy  headache,  etc. 

o  Suppression  from  a  cold ;  febrile  symptoms ;  rheumatic 
pains  in  the  limbs  ;  uterine  cramps. 

o  Congestive  dysmenorrhoea,  and  of  rheumatic  origin. 

o  Uterine  ailments  of  a  neuralgic  type. 

o  Dysmenorrhoea,  with  aching  in  the  limbs,  severe  pain  in  the 
back,  down  the  thighs,  with  heavy,  pressing  down, 
labor-like  pains,  cramps,  tenderness  of  the  hypogastric 
region. 

o  Menorrhagia;  profuse  flow,  of  a  passive  character,  dark,  co- 
agulated, with  the  characteristic  pains. 

o  Uterine  inertia. 

*  Spasmodic,  painful  and  intensely  powerful  but  intermitting 

contractions, 
o  Suppression  of  the  lochia, 
o  Threatened  abortion,  and  habitual  abortion, 
o  Prolapsus  uteri,  from  deficient  innervation. 


ISO  CIMICIFUGA   RACEMOSA. 

o  Ovaritis.  Irritable  uterus, 
o  Post-partem  haemorrhage, 
o  Spasms  of  the  broad  hgaments. 
o  Sterility,  from  various  causes. 

o  Puerperal  melancholy  and  mania,  with  sleeplessness. 
Male. — Pain  and  tenderness  of  the  testicles. 

LARYNX. 

Constant  inclination  to  cough,  from  tickling  sensation  in  the 

larynx. 
Hoarseness. 

Short  dry  cough  ;  fluent  coryza. 
o  Troublesome  hacking  cough, 
o  Catarrhal  cough  of  children,  especially  at  night. 

CHEST. 
Acute  pain  in  right  chest,  extending  from  top  to  bottom, 
about  two  inches  to  right  of  sternum,  aggravated  by  in- 
spirations. 
Lancinating  pain  along  the  cartilages  of  the  false  ribs,  left 

side,  aggravated  by  inspiration. 
Transient  and  fugitive  pains  all  through  the  chest,  with  car- 
diac palpitations, 
o  Aching,  wearing  pains  in  under  left  mammae, 
o  Neuralgic  pains  through  the  chest. 

iltitches  in  the  region  of  the  heart,  and  pain  in  left  side  of 
the  chest. 

*  Pleurodynia,  rheumatic  or  myalgic. 

*  Pleurisy,  sub-acute  (after  Aconite  and  Bryonia). 
o  Chronic  cough,  dependent  on  nervous  debility. 
o  Pains  in  the  left  side  so  common  to  females. 

HEART. 

Pain    in   the   region   of  the   heart,  with    palpitations,   and 
stitches  flying  through  various  parts  of  the  thorax. 

Pain  and  anxiety  in  the  heart,  with  pain  in  left  shoulder ; 
the  arm  feels  bound  to  the  side. 

Transient  but  severe  cardiac  palpitations. 

Pulse  weak,  irregular,  80  per  minute. 
o  Paroxysms,  several  times  a  day  (in  a  woman  at  the  change 
of  life),  of  intense  pain  in  the  region  of  the  heart  ;  great 
anxiety ;  livid  or  purple  color  of  the  face  ;  cold  per- 
spiration on  the  hands ;  numbness  of  the  whole  body, 
especially  the  arms  ;  the  heart's  action  seems  suspended 
by  spasms ;  she  cannot  speak  or  inove ;  she  feels  as  if 
sufibcating ;  head  forcibly  retracted,  and  unconscious- 
ness, 
o  Palpitation  of  the  heart  ;  numbness  of  the  arms ;  (pain 
down  the  left  arm  into  the  hand,  and  great  exhaustion). 


CIMICIFUGA   RACEMOSA.  151 

o  Intense  anxiety  and  pain  about  the  heart,  with  pain  in  the 

shoulder,  extending  down  the  left  arm. 
o  Rheumatic  affections  of  the  heart. 
O  Pericarditis,  sub-acute,  during  rheumatism, 
o  Cardiac  myalgia  (with  pain,  irregular  action,  etc.) 
o  Functional   disorder,  from  mental  depression, 
o  Angina  pectoris. 

o  Palliation  in  some  organic  affections,  hypertrophy,  etc. 

BACK. 

*  Stiffness  of  the  neck. 

Drawing  and  pulsating  pain  in  lumbar  region. 

*  Dull,  heavy  aching  in  the  small  of  the  back,  relieved  by  rest, 

increased  by  motion. 
Stitches  in  the  back,  aggravated  by  motion  or  respiration. 

*  Cramping  in  the  muscles  of  neck  on  moving  the  head. 

*  Rheumatic  pains  in  the  muscles  of  the  neck  and  back. 
Trembling  and  weakness  in  the  back — sacrum. 

In   the   morning,  on  bending  the  neck  forward,  a  severe, 
drawing,  tensive  pain  at  the  points  of  the  spinous  pro- 
cesses of  the  three  upper  dorsal  vertebras. 
Dull  pain  in  region  of  lower  dorsal  and  upper  lumbar  ver- 
tebrae. 
Weight  and  pain  in  lumbar  and  sacral  regions,  sometimes 
extending  all  around  the  body,  somewhat  below  the 
crest  of  ileum. 
Feeling  of  stiffness  and  constriction  in  muscles  of  the  back. 
o  Lumbago — one  of  the  most  useful  remedies, 
o  A  painful  affection  known  as  "  crick  in  the  back." 
o  Spinal  myalgia,  falsely  called   spinal  irritation,  with  pain, 
soreness,  tenderness  along  the  spinal  column  ;  a  disease 
seated  in  the  ligaments  and  muscles  of  the  vertebral 
column,  and  generally  of  a  rheumatic  origin,  or  due  to 
weakness  of  the  muscular  fibres. 

SUPERIOR    EXTREMITIES. 

*  Dull  pain  in  right  arm,  deep  in  the  muscles,  from  the  shoul- 

der to  the  wrist. 
Itching  and  redness  of  dorsal  surface  of  the  hands. 

*  Neuralgic  pains  in  all  the  extremities. 

Pains  which  are  cramping,  with  lameness  and  numbness, 
o  Muscular  rheumatism  of  the  extremities, 
LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 
Dull,  aching,  burning  pain  in  the  great  toe,  extending  up  the 
limb, 
o  Sciatica,  with  numb,  crampy,  and  laming  pains, 
o  Rheumatic-neuralgic  pains. 

o  Articular  rheumatism  ;  also  muscular,  especially  in  the  large 
muscles. 


152  CIMICIFUGA   RACEMOSA. 


SKIN. 


Prickling,  itching,  and  heat  of  the  whole  surface. 
Eruptions  of  white  pustules  over  the  face  and  neck,  some- 
times large,  red,  papular. 
Papular  eruption  on  back  of  hands  and  wrists. 

SLEEP. 

*  Sleeplessness,  from  nervous  irritation. 

o  Sleeplessness  of  children  during  teething. 

o  Sleeplessness,  with  melancholy  mood. 

FEVER. 

o  Rheumatic  fever  of  an  acute  character. 
o  Night  sweats  without  organic  disease. 

GENERALITIES. 

Nervous  system. —  *  Chorea,  from  suppressed  menses, 
o  Chorea,  from  undue  exposure  to  cold. 

o  Chorea,  from   rheumatic  irritation  of  motor  nerves,  or  ante- 
rior column  of  spinal  cord, 
o  Chorea,  from  deranged  menstrual  functions ;  always  worse  at 

the  menstrual  periods, 
o  Chorea ;  the  whole  body  in  constant  motion,  with  loss  of 

speech,  and  mental  depression. 
O  Spasmodic  jactitation  of  limbs,  or  single  muscles. 
o  Cerebro-spinal  irritation,  when  the  motor  side  is  excited  and 
then  excites  atony  of  the  muscular  system. 
It  causes  first  great  irritability  of  the  nervous  system,  and 

secondarily,  great  exhaustion  of  that  system. 
Nervous  exhaustion  after  the  least  excitement. 
Great  sensitiveness  to  cold  air ;  it  seemed  to  penetrate  the 

system. 
Continual  restlessness  in  afternoon  ;  desire  to  move  about, 

not  knowing  what  to  do,  or  where  to  go. 
General  weak,  ill,  trembling,  sinking  feeling. 
Tremors  ;  so  weak  and  trembling  as  not  to  be  able  to  walk 

or  study. 
General  lame  and  bruised  feeling,  as  if  sore  all  over. 
It  affects  the  left  side  most. 
Severe  aching  in  joints  and  back,  as  if  attacked  with  variola. 


NEW    REMEDIES.  I  53 

CHIMAPHILA    UMBELLATA. 

(Princess  Pine.) 


Analogues  : — Ciibcba,(f)  Copaiva,  Buchu,  Galium,  Parcira, 
Uva  ursi,  Camiabis  sativa. 

Officinal     Preparations:  —  Tincture    of    the   leaves; 
dilutions. 

(No  proving.) 
URINARY    ORGANS, 

*  Scanty  urine,  containing  large  quantity  of  muco-purulent 

sediment. 

o  Dropsy,  from  disease  of  the  kidneys. 

o  Albuminuria. 

o  Increased  amount  of  urine,  with  diminution  of  the  lithatcs. 

o  Chronic  catarrh  of  the  bladder. 

o  Disease  of  the  prostrate. 

o  Haematuria,  from  chronic  gonorrhoea. 

o  Dysuria  in  plethoric,  hysterical  women  ;  scanty,  frequent 
urination,  and  pressing,  scalding,  smarting  pain ;  high- 
colored  urine,  depositing  a  copious  mucus  sediment. 

o  Urine  thick,  ropy,  of  brick  color,  and  copious  bloody  sedi- 
ment, with  hectic  fever  and  night  sweats. 

STOOL. 
Constipation.   • 

GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 

*  Excessive  itching  and  painful  irritation  of  the  urethra,  from 

the  end  of  the  penis  to  the  neck  of  the  bladder. 

*  Sensation  of  swelling  in  the  perineum,  as  if  in  sitting  down 

a  ball  was  pressing  against  it. 
o  Atrophy  of  the  mammae, 
o  Tumors  of  the  mammae, 
o  Schirrhus  tumor  of  the  mammae.  (.?) 


FEVER. 


* 


Flushing  of  the  cheeks  and  general  heat,  with  accelerated 
pulse, 
o  Hectic  fever. 

SKIN, 
o  Glandular  enlargements, 
o  In  scrofula  it  seems  to  rank  with  any  of  the  anti-psorics. 


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154  NEW   REMEDIES. 

CISTUS    CANADENSIS. 

(Rock-Rose.) 


Analogues: — Ampelopsis,  Belladonna,  Calcarea,  Corydalis, 
Graphites,  Hepar  sulphur.  Kali  bicJiromicum,  Paris  quadrifolia, 
Phytolacca,  Stillingia. 

[All  the  following  symptoms  are  marked  by  Hering  as  curative.] 

MIND. 

All  mental  excitement  greatly  increases  the  suffering. 
Bad  effects  from  vexation. 
After  supper,  until  bedtime,  cheerfulness. 
Mental  agitation  increases  the  cough. 

Every  mental   excitement  is  followed   by  stitches    in    the 
throat,  producing  a  cough. 
HEAD. 
Head  drawn  to  one  side  by  swelling  on  the  neck. 

EYES. 
Scrofulous  inflammation  of  the  eyes  of  long  standing. 

EARS. 
Discharge  from  the  ears. 

Tetters  on  and  around  the  ears,  extending  into  the  external 
meatus. 

NOSE. 
Evenings  and  mornings  frequent  and  violent  sneezing. 
Painful  tip  of  nose,  which  at  first  grew  worse  and  then  was 
cured. 

FACE. 
Flushes  of  heat  in  the  face. 
Caries  of  the  lower  jaw. 

TEETH. 

Very  scorbutic  gums,  swollen,  separating  from  the   teeth, 
bleeding  easily,  putrid,  disgusting. 
TONGUE. 

Dryness  of  the  tongue  and  roof  of  the  mouth. 

THROAT. 

Impure  breath. 

Inhaling  cold  air  causes  pain  in  the  throat. 
Inhaling  the  slightest  cold  air  causes  a  sore  throat,  which  he 
has  not  when  inhaling  in  the  warm  room  ;  several  cases. 
A  feeling  of  softness  in  the  throat. 
Rawness,  extending  from  the  chest  into  the  throat. 
A  feeling  as  if  sand  were  in  the  throat. 


CISTUS   CANADENSIS.  155 

The  patient  is  constantly  obliged  to  swallow  saliva  to  relieve 
an  unbearable  dryness,  especially  during  the  night. 

Continuous  feeling  of  dryness  and  heat  in  the  throat. 

Dryness  of  throat  from  12  o'clock  noon,  until  i  to  3  A.  M., 
at  night,  then  better  until  the  next  noon. 

A  small  dry  spot  in  the  gullet  for  one  year,  then  general 
dryness  of  throat, — better  after  eating,  worse  after 
sleeping, — as  if  tearing  asunder,  the  patient  must  get 
up  and  drink  water. 

The  inside  of  the  throat  looks  glassy  ;  on  the  back  of  throat 
there  appear  strips  of  tough  mucus. 

Periodical  itching  in  the  throat. 

Tickling  and  soreness  in  the  throat. 

In  the  morning  sore  pain  in  the  throat  and  dryness  of  the 
tongue. 

Tearing  pain  in  the  throat  when  coughing. 

Stitches  in  the  throat,  causing  cough  when  mentally  agitated. 

Fauces  inflamed  and  dry,  without  feeling  dry  ;  tough,  gum- 
like, thick,  tasteless  phlegm  brought  up  by  hawking, 
mostly  in  the  morning. 

Hawking  of  mucus. 

Expectoration  of  bitter  mucus. 

After  discharging  phlegm  from  the  throat  he  feels  generally 
much  relieved. 

STOMACH. 

Drinking  water  relieves  the  dryness  in  the  throat. 
After  eating  the  dryness  of  the  throat  is  relieved. 

ABDOMEN      AND    STOOL. 

All  night  till  daybreak  thin  stool  squirting  out,  of  a  gray- 
yellow  color ;  three  more  before  noon. 
Diarrhoea,  thin,  hot  stool. 
O  Chronic  dysentery. — (Dr.  Comstock.) 

O  Chronic  diarrhcea, — (a  very  successful  remedy  in  many  cases. 
—{Hale.) 
The  wind  is  not  incarcerated  as  often  as  before. 

CHEST. 

Feeling  as  if  the  windpipe  had  not  space  enough. 

Pain  in  the  windpipe. 

Feeling  as  of  rawness,  extending  from  the  upper  part  of  the 
chest  into  the  throat. 

Cough  from  stitches  in  the  throat. 

Cough,  with  a  very  painful  tearing  in  the  throat. 

Cough,  and  her  neck  thickly  studded  with  tumors. 

He  bled  at  the  lungs,  and  his  scrofulous  symptoms  had  re- 
turned. 


I  $6  "  CISTUS  CANADENSIS. 

In  the  evening,  after  lying  down,  and  at  night  in  bed,  once 
a  week  or  oftener,  attacks  of  a  kind  of  asthma ;  he 
draws  his  breath  with  such  a  loud  wheezing  that  it 
wakens  others  sleeping  in  the  same  room. 

He  has  the  feeling  as  if  the  windpipe  had  not  space  enough. 

Pressure  on  the  chest. 

NECK. 

Scrofulous  swelling  and  suppuration  of  the  glands  of  the 
throat. 

Mrs.  C,  of  delicate  constitution,  when  nineteen  years  of  age, 
was  afflicted  with  a  cough,  and  her  neck  was  thickly 
studded  with  tumors  ;  using  the  Rock-rose  she  was  re- 
stored, and  has  not  been  afflicted  with  any  such  symp- 
toms since. — (Dr.  D.  A.  Tyler) 

BACK. 

Scrofulous  ulcers  on  the  back. 

LOWER   LIMBS. 

A  lad  seven  years  old  had  the  "  white-swelling  "  of  the  hip 
for  three  years.  The  bone  was  dislocated  upward  and 
outward  ;  there  was  a  large  opening  on  the  hip,  leading 
to  the  bone,  into  which  I  could  thrust  my  finger.  I 
counted  three  ulcers.  He  had  been  under  several  phy- 
sicians who  had  given  him  up.  After  using  a  decoction 
of  the  Rock- rose,  in  two  days  his  night  sweats  ceased  ; 
thirty-nine  days  after  he  was  entirely  well. — (Dr.  J.  H. 
TJionipso7i.) 

Cold  feet. 

SLEEP. 

In  the  night  swallowing  of  saliva  on  account  of  dryness. 

Must  get  up  in  the  night  on  account  of  dryness  in  the  throat. 

The  dryness  in  the  throat  worse  after  sleeping. 

On  awaking  pain  under  the  hypochondria. 

Night  sweats. 

SKIN. 

Tetter  on  the  ears. 

Lupus  on  the  face. 

Yox  scrofula  a  popular  medicine  in  North  America. 

Mr.  C.from  a  child  was  afflicted  with  the  scrofula,  and  had  also 
glandular  swelling  on  the  neck  ;  at  the  age  of  sixteen  he 
was  much  worse,  had  eight  abscesses  on  the  neck,  three 
ulcers  on  the  shoulder  and  three  on  the  hips  ;  at  forty 
years  of  age  he  had  his  head  drawn  on  one  side,  and 
was  unable  to  labor.  After  using  the  Rock-rose  for 
four  weeks,  the  ulcers  broke,  discharged  and  healed  ; 
the  tumor  lessened  in  size,  his  head  resumed  its  natural 
position,  and  he  went  regularly  to  work.     Later   his 


COCA.  157 

scrofulous  symptoms  returned  again,  and  he  also  bled 
at  the  lungs,  for  which  he  used  it  again  with  the  same 
beneficial  results. — (Professor  Ives.) 
Hard  swelling  around  all  her  syphilitic  mercurial  ulcers  on 


the  lower  limbs. 


COCA. 

{Erythroxylon    coca.) 


[A  plant  used  by  the  natives  of  Peru  for  the  purpose  of  stimulation,  and 
to  enable  them  to  perform  arduous  labor.  These  symptoms  collated  mainly 
from  Hering's  pathogenesis. — Hale^ 

Analogues: — Coffca,  Thea,  Scutellaria,  Igftatia,  PauUinia, 
Cannabis  indica,  Cypripediuin,  Phosphoric  acid,  etc. 
Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  leaves ;  dilutions. 

MENTAL    SPHERE. 

*  Slow  in  finding  the  words  to  express  himself  at  times. 

*  Brain  feels  so  muddled  that  he  cannot  read  understandingly. 
o  Mind  much  clearer ;  spirits  much  better. 

A  peculiar  sensation  of  isolation  from  the  outer  world. 

On  any  one  speaking  to  him,  it  seems  as  if  the  person  were 
at  a  great  distance  ;  morning. 

Their  excited  imaginations  conjure  up  the  most  wonderful 
visions  ;  at  one  time  consisting  of  indescribably  beau- 
tiful and  delightful  forms  ;  at  another,  however,  of  the 
most  horrid  figures. 

Inclination  to  work,  with  sleeplessness  all  night ;  disinclina- 
tion. 

An  irresistible  inclination  to  feats  of  strength. 

Shy  ;  they  flee  the  society  of  their  fellow-men  ;  seek  con- 
cealment in  gloomy  woods  or  lonely  dwellings. 

Instinctive  desire  to  make  no  motions  at  all. 
o  Always  relieves  him  from  unusual  fatigue ;  producing  per- 
fect calmness  of  mind  and  body,  and  is  never  followed 
by  any  depression. 

A  kind  of  numbness,  with  a  feeling  of  security,  with  reten- 
tion of  clear  self-consciousness,  and  the  instinctive  de- 
sire to  make  no  motion,  not  even  to  move  a  single 
finger,  for  an  entire  day. 

During  the  evening,  after  the  first  dose  at  6  o'clock,  his  hear- 
ing became  painfully  acute ;  he  felt  something  like  ex- 
pectation ;  brain  excited  ;  and  a  rather  painful  pressure 
on  the  sides  of  the  head, 
o  Mental  depression. 

Great  anxiety,  palpitation,  humming  in  the  ears  the  whole 
day,  and  sparks  before  the  eyes. 


158  COCA. 

o  Peevish  temper  ;  hypochondria. 

Nausea  and  vertiginous  feeling,  incapacitating  for  carrying 
on  Hterary  labors, 
o  Loss  of  energy. 

HEAD. 

Giddiness  and  dizziness ;  involuntarily  stopping  quickly 
when  walking  ;  the  head  inclined  forward,  with  giddi- 
ness and  fear  of  walking. 

Giddiness,  though  slight,  on  going  out  in  the  open  air  early 
in  the  morning;  objects  appearing  to  turn  before  the 
eyes,  for  an  hour's  time. 

Great  dullness  in  the  head,  like  the  effects  of  a  debauch. 

Fullness  of  forehead ;  dull  feeling  over  the  whole  brow ; 
slight  shooting  pains  in  right  temple ;  sensation  of  ten- 
sion over  forehead,  as  if  an  india  rubber  band  were 
stretched  over  it. 

Violent  headache  immediately  over  the  eyes,  with  low  ring- 
ing in  the  ears. 

Dull  frontal  headache,  which  vanished  with  the  setting  of 
the  sun,  followed  by  a  state  of  mental  exhilaration. 

A  pressing  headache  on  the  right  side  of  the  occiput  as 
well  as  of  the  right  side  of  the  forehead,  with  giddiness 
and  chill  after  dinner,  disappearing  towards  evening. 

Headache  in  the  afternoon,  with  chilliness. 

Rather  violent  headache,  with  sensation  of  dryness  in  the 
throat, 
o  Migraine, 

EYES. 

Great  intolerance  of  light,  with  remarkable  dilatation  of 
pupils. 

Black  spots  flying  lightly  before  the  eyes  several  times  while 
reading. 

White  spots  before  the  eyes,  so  that  on  reading  the  book 
seems  moulded  white.  [Chloral  has  "  everything  locks 
white."] 

Flickering  before  the  eyes  ;  the  letters  seem  to  run  together 
on  the  paper ;  it  seemed  as  if  he  were  writing  with  two 
pens  ;  fiery  specks  float  before  the  eyes.  A  sensation 
comes  on  as  if  some  one  were  knocking  about  the  eyes, 
with  loud  ringing  in  the  ears ;  two  hours  later  he  can 
write  without  double  vision  or  swimming. 

Dullness  of  the  head,  with  flying  of  fiery  points  from  above 
downwards,  and  swimming  together  of  the  letters. 

White  spots  and  glittering  serpentine  lines  before  the  eyes, 
with  great  uneasiness  on  going  out  after  dinner,  for  an 
hour. 


COCA.  1 59 

The  eyes  become  very  sensitive,  reading  cannot  be  endured 
long ;  some  are  troubled  with  slight  headache,  while 
others  suffer  from  nausea  and  various  disorders  of  the 
digestive  apparatus,  which  may  be  compared  with  sea- 
sickness. 

Disposition  on  the  part  of  the  upper  lids  to  fall,  without 
being  sleepy. 

After  using  for  a  number  of  days,  on  himself  and  others, 
there  broke  out  a  circumscribed  erythema — on  one  an 
exanthema  resembling  herpes — around  the  eyelids. 
EARS. 

Acute  hearing,  and  excited  brain. 

Loud  ringing  and  buzzing  in  the  ears. 

Difficulty  of  hearing  ;  it  seems  as  if  the  sounds  came  from  a 
great  distance. 

NOSE. 

Running  of  clear  water  from  nose,  and  occasional  sneezing, 
without  having  properly  a  coryza  as  he  usually  has  it. 
FACE. 

Burning,  redness  of  cheeks,  first  left  then  right ;  white  spot 
in  the  centre  of  latter. 

Small  boils  on  the  face. 

Quivering,  trembling  lips  ;  pale  lips  and  gums,  with  green, 
blunt  teeth. 

Ugly,  blackish  border  around  the  angles  of  the  mouth. 

On  the  lips  a  nettle  rash  ;  scabs  ;  bleeding. 

MOUTH. 

Toothache  in  a  hollow  tooth,  at  noon  till  evening,  violent. 

*  Prevents  caries  of  teeth. 

*  No  taste  in  the  morning. 

*  Much  furred  tongue. 
Dryness  of  mouth  on  waking. 

o  No  taste  in  the  morning. 

THROAT. 

Irritability  of  pharynx,  so  that  the  stomach  would  not  re- 
tain food. 

*  A  distinct  feeling  of  swelling  of   the  uvula;   difficulty  of 

swallowing. 

Swelling  of  the  uvula  without  any  particular  redness,  lasting 
from  5  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  through  the  whole 
evening. 

Feeling  as  if  some  mucus  were  at  back  of  pharynx  ;  not  re- 
moved by  coughing  or  hawking. 

Early  in  the  morning,  after  a  very  comfortable  sleep,  a  sen- 
sation of  dryness  in  the  throat,  very  disagreeable  on 
swallowing,  as  if  swollen. 


l60  COCA. 

APPETITE. 

Not  hungry  at  noon,  as  usual,  nevertheless  ate  a  good  deal, 
and  with  appetite. 

Quickly  satiated,  notwithstanding  great  hunger  and  good 
appetite  at  noon. 

Wants  food  at  an  earlier  hour  in  the  forenoon,  notwithstand- 
ing a  distension  of  the  abdomen,  as  if  from  overloaded 
stomach. 

Digestion  goes  on  with  great  activity. 

An  intense  gnawing,  hungry  sensation  at  the  pit  of  the 
stomach. 

Morbid  hunger,  even  to  swallow  animal  excrements  ;  (chronic 
symptom  of  chewers.) 

Very  little  need  of  food,  even  with  hard  labor  ;  incredible 
fatigues  are  endured  with  unusual  vigor  on  the  most 
meagre  diet. 

Always  felt  a  sense  of  great  satiety  after  taking  the  infusion 
in  the  morning,  and  did  not  feel  a  desire  for  his  next 
meal  until  after  the  time  at  which  he  usually  took  it. 

Prevents  getting  hungry  ;   feel  no  hunger. 

Retards  approach  of  hunger,  taken  as  tea. 

Enables  the  body  to  feed  upon  itself,  without  the  hunger 
pains  and  weakness  usually  accompanying  prolonged 
abstinence  from  ordinary  food. 

Drinking  the  decoction  at  3  or  4  o'elock  P.  M.,  it  has  in- 
variably and  totally  deprived  him  of  all  appetite  for 
dinner,  and  his  rest  of  the  ^ight ;  under  these  circum- 
stances he  always  passed  the  night  in  reading  or 
writing ;  he  feels  no  fatigue  or  hunger  on  the  following 
morning. 
o  Want  of  appetite. 

STOMACH. 
At  noon,  a  peculiar  feeling  of  emptiness  in  the  stomach  and 
abdomen  ;  when  walking  a  painful  contractive  sensation 
in  the  stomach,  and  close  to  the  latter  on  the  left  side, 
a  pain  similar  to  the  so-called  stitches  in  the  spleen. 
Debility  of  digestive  organs ;  at  first  seems  to  be  slight  un- 
easiness ;  soon  reaches  a  frightful  intensity, 
o  Catarrh  of  the  stomach  ;  a  cup  of  Coca  after  dinner, 
o  After  taking  for  five  days,  20  drops  of  the  tincture,  once  or 
twice  a  day,  his  digestion  became  extraordinarily  good, 
and  continued  so. 
When   walking,    a  pain    about   region    of    cardiac   end    of 
stomach,  gradually  increasing  ;  would  have  amounted  to 
a  cutting  pain  ;  after  standing  it  went  off,   returning 
during  a  week, 
o  Gastralgia. 


COCA.         .  i6i 

ABDOxMEN. 
Violent  bellyache,  with  rumbling,  as  if  from  flatulence  ;  tym- 
panitic distension  of  the  abdomen,  diminished    by  a 
frequent  discharge  of  inodorous  flatus. 
o  Spasmodic  colic ;  given  in  the  hospitals  in  Bolivia  ;  had  no 

effect  in  Valparaiso, 
o  Enteralgia. 
o  Pituitous  disease  of  the  abdominal  organs. 

Tympanitic  extension  of  abdomen,  diminished  by  frequent 
discharges  of  inodorous  flatus. 
o  Hypochondria  pressure  and  tension  after  meals, 
o  Flatulence, 
o  PuflSng  up  of  abdomen. 

STOOL. 

The  dangerous  obstructions  which  would  result  from  the 
diet  of  the  Indians — roasted  maize  and  roasted  barley, 
pounded  into  meal,  and  swallowed  dry  without  any- 
thing— are  prevented  by  the  well-known  purgative 
action  of  the  Coca. 

Stool  easier  than  usual  in  the  morning,  and  thinner  ;  for 
three  minutes  after  a  feeling  of  want  of  further  evacua- 
tion, without  any  ;  the  soft  stool  of  a  normal  color. 

Teaspoonful  musty  diarrhoea,  four  stools  during  the  early 
afternoon,  without  pain  ;  stools  different  from  his  habit- 
ual looseness. 

Stopped  taking  Coca,  and  had  natural  stools. 

Ineffectual  urging  to  stool. 

Constipation,  with  abdominal  distension. 

URINE. 
o  Absence  of  the  usual  incontinentia  urinae  nocturna. 

Rose  at  night  to  urinate,  as  he  had  to  do  constantly  a  long 
time  ago,  but  not  lately,  and  it  ceased  after  the  proving. 
Urine  has  an  unbroken  film   over  its  surface,  iridescent  in 
certain  lights,  with  an  appearance  like  fissures  in  it, 
mapping  it  out,  and  a  flocculent,  pale  sediment  floating 
at  the  bottom,  seen  through  the  film. 
GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 
Women. — Menses  delayed  for   two   days,   come   on   about 
noon  ;  got  very  profuse  during  the  night,  with  some 
pain  in  the  lower  part  of  the  abdomen  ;  not  in  a  steady 
flow  as  usual,  but  in  gushes,   awakening  from  sound 
sleep;  after  drinking  the  infusion  morning  and  evening 
for  a  whole  week.  n' 

LARYNX.  ' 

Hoarse  voice  ;  waking  at  night. 


1 62  .        COCA. 

Hoarseness,  with  tickling  in  the  upper  part  of  the  trachea, 
and  some  cough. 

O  Feels  much  stronger  in  voice  ;  can  sing  much  louder  and 
clearer. 

O  In  phthisis  laryngea,  when  from  irritability  of  the  pharynx, 
the  stomach  would  not  retain  food. 

o  After  a  strong  infusion  he  could,  during  the  whole  day, 
climb  the  heights,  and  follow  the  swift-footed  wild  ani- 
mals, without  experiencing  any  greater  difficulty  of 
breathing  than  in  similar  rapid  movements  on  the  coast. 
Great  ease  in  ascending  high  mountains,  and  running 
amongst  them,  without  any  difficulty  of  breathing. 

o  Mitigates  the  difficulty  of  breathing,  heemoptysis,  and  sleepi- 
ness, incident  to  traveling  among  the  hills,  4,000  feet 
above  the  sea  level. 

o  A  strong  tea  prevents  the  usual  breathlessness  in  climbing 
hills. 
Shortness  of  breathing,  especially  on  making  an  ascent  ;  in 
the  forenoon,  a  tickling  cough  would  cause  a  tingling. 

o  Expectoration  of  small  lumps,  like  boiled  starch,  which  he 
has  had  for  some  time,  immediately  after  rising  in  the 
morning. 

o  Hawking  up  of  small  transparent  lumps  of  mucus,  chiefly  in 
the  morning. 

o  Asthma. 

o  Oppression  of  breathing  during  nocturnal  hours. 

CHEST. 
Rather  painful  weight  on  the  chest,  with  constant  necessity 
to  imbibe  deeply,  when  sitting  in  the  evening  ;  sensa- 
tion as  if  the  lungs  were  too  much  distended  ;  difficulty 
of  breathing,  even  in  bed  ;  palpitation,  with  a  weakness 
of  the  whole  body,  though  not  disagreeable,  as  if  from 
great  exertion. 

o  Emphysema. 

HEART. 
After  an  infusion  of  the  leaves,  p"ilse  becomes  much  acceler- 
ated, beats  of  the  heart  being  nearly  quadrupled. 
Great  anxiety,  and  strong  palpitation  ;  he  broke  out  in  a 
copious  sweat  in  the  evening,  9  o'clock,  while  in  bed. 
o  Disease  of  the  heart,  functional. 

SLEEP, 
o  Inclination  to  sleep,  but  can  find  no  rest. 

SKIN, 
o  Dry,  papular  eruption  on  back  of  the  hand,  of  three  years' 
standing,  not  cured  by  Kali,  chrom.,  Sulph.  ac,  Fluor, 
ac,  etc.,  soon  ceased  to  spread,  gradually  got  paler,  and 
has  in  some  spots,  where  it  was  worse,  disappeared. 


CODEINE.  163 

o  Protection  from  cutaneous  diseases. 
GENERALITIES. 
Numbness  of  hands  and  feet, 
o  Suffered  frequently  from  rheumatism,   came  on   from   the 
sh'ghtest  cold  ;  now  not  from  the  ist  of  October  till  1st 
of  November,  even  not  with  very  unfavorable  weather. 
During  manual  labor  Coca  has  very  little  influence. 
Ease  in  breathing,  and  feeling  of  freshness  and  vigor  of  the 
whole  body,  with  great  pleasure  in  walking  quickly  and 
far,  notwithstanding  the  great  heat  and  great  power  of 
the  sun,  in  the  forenoon. 
Great  bodily  vigor,  and  endurance  of  great  fatigue,  notwith- 
standing extremely  little  nourishment  aad  no  sleep. 
*  Can  no  where  find  rest ;  nervousness  and  nightly  restlessness 

of  children  during  dentition, 
o  Erethism  in  the  sensitive  sphere. 
o  Hysterical  complaints. 

o  Debility  during  re-convalescence  from  typhus, 
o  Fainting  fits. 

The  Stramonium  patient  likes  company,  the  Coca  patient 
solitude ;  the  Stramonium  patient  light,  the  Coca  pa- 
tient darkness. 


CODEINE 

[An  alkaloid  of  Opium.    Provings  by  Dr.  Marcy  and  others.] 


Ai<AT.onui7s  : — Opium  and  its  analogues. 
Officinal  preparations  :— Triturations 

M'lsMTAL    SPHERE. 
Great  mental  exhilaration. 
Depression  of  spirits,  with  duq^Wcadacl-ur. 
Inability  to  apply  the  mind.  \    <- 

HEAD. 

Heat  in  the  head. 

Dull  headache  soon  after  getting  up  in  the  morning,  worse 

on  the  left  side,  and  lasting  about  two  hours. 
Pulsating  pain  in  the  right  temple,  in  the  afternoon. 
Dizziness  on  blowing  the  nose. 
Morning  headaches,  of  a  dull  character,  coming  on  after 

rising  and  lasting  until  noon. 
o  Headaches  from  fatigue  and  excessive  mental  excitement. 

FACE. 
Itching  and  heat  of  the  face  and  head,  extending  over  the 

whole  body. 


164  CODEINE. 

EYES. 

*  Involuntary  twitching  of  the  left  eyelid,  sometimes  relieved 

by  rubbing. 
Burning  sensation  in  the  eves,  worse  in  the  left. 

*  Involuntary  twitching  of  both  eyelids,  whenever  the  lad  at- 

tempted to  read   or  write ;  (cured  by  the  5th   dil). — 
(Marcy.) 

NOSE. 
Entire  loss  of  smell. 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 
Lips  dry  and  parched. 

Trickling   sensation    in    the    throat   in    the    afternoon    and 
evening. 

LARYNX   AND   CHEST. 
Sharp  pain  in  the  right  lung  on  inspiration. 
Severe  pain  in  the  chest  and  shoulder  on  motion. 
Fullness  and  oppression  of  the  chest,  with  stitching  pains  in 

the  left  lung  on  breathing. 
Tickling  in  the  larynx,  which  causes  a  cough. 
Drawing  pain  around  the  heart,  which  beats  loud  and  full. 
Painful  pulsations  of  the  heart   on  attempting  to  study  or 
write, 
o  Short  and  irritating  cough,  worse  during  the  night, 
o  Troublesome  cough,  with  copious  mucus,  and  sometimes  pu- 
rulent expectoration. — (Marcy.) 
o  Night  cough  of  phthisical  pa.tients.— (Marcy.) 

Irregular  action  of  the  heart  from  derangement  of  the  gan- 
glionic system. — (Marcy.) 
Violent  pulsations  of  the  heart  and  carotids. 
GASTRIC   SYMPTOMS, 
o  Nausea  ai'd  vomiting, 
o  Acute  paii.'^  in  the  stomach,  -^^h  empty  eructations. 

Great  thirst,  ^\n>h  a  particn''^''  <^esire  for  bitter  substances, 
o  Tendernes'^-  '"'^  ^^^^     •^oviach,  with  violent  pulsations  of  the 

i..^j"t  and  carotids. 
>./  oastric  and  abdominal  neuralgia.- 
o  Violent  spasmodic  pain  at  the  pit  of  the  stomach. 

ABDOMEN. 
Extreme  tenderness  of  lower  part  of  the  abdomen. 
Dull  pains  throughout  the  entire  abdomen. 

I^STOOL. 
Constipation,  tenderness  of  the  bowels,  especially  the  trans- 
verse and  descending  colon. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 
Increase  of  urine,  it  being  lighter  in  color. 
Semi-paralysis  of  the  bladder. 


CHLORAL    HYDRATE.  1 65 

MALE    SEXUAL    ORGANS. 
Sexual  excitement  during  the  night. 

Lascivious   thoughts,  causing    frequent    erections   day  and 
night. 

BACK. 
Sharp  pains  extending  from  the  stomach  and  chest  through 
to  the  back,  between  the  shoulders,  worse  on  right  side. 
Convulsive  movements   of  the  muscles  of  the  back  of  the 

neck. 
Acute  pains  in  the  region  of  the  kidneys. 

NECK. 
Convulsions  in  the  muscles  of  the  neck. 
Neuralgic  pains  from  the  occiput  to  the  back  of  the  neck. 
Painful  pulsations  in  the  left  side  of  the  neck. 

SUPERIOR   EXTREMITIES. 
Involuntary  twitching  of  the  muscles  of  the  arm. 
On  moving  the  arm  a  severe  pain  in  the  deltoid  muscles. 
Numbness  of  the  hands  and  arms. 
Pulsating  pain  in  the  left  upper  arm. 

INFERIOR   EXTREMITIES. 
Sensation  and  power  of  motion  impaired. 
Involuntary  twitchings  of  the  lower  limbs. 
Sudden  pain  in  knee  joint,  rendering  walking  impossible  for 
a  few  minutes, 
o  Neuralgic  pains  in  the  thighs  and  legs,  and  sub-acute  rheu- 
matic pains  in  the  knee  and  ankle  joints, 
o  Paralytic  affections  of  lower  extremities,  with  extreme  rest- 
lessness. 


CHLORAL  HYDRATE. 


Analogues: — Ether,  Cldoroform,  Brcmides,  Conium,  Gel- 
sefninum,  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Aqueous  solution  and  dilu- 
tions. 

[When  given  to  cause  sleep  or  allay  suffering,  in  material  doses,  it  is 
best  prescribed  in  Syrup  of  Tolu,  10  grs.  to  the  dram.  It  should  be 
administered  largely  diluted.  20  grains  is  the  average  soporific  dose  for 
an  adult.] 

MENTAL    SPHERE, 
Insanity. — The  following  results  have  been  gained  by  giving 
to  insane  persons  a  daily  average  quantity  from  twenty 
to  thirty  grains  : 


1 66  CHLORAL    HYDRATE. 

When  patients  are  destructive  and  violent,  the  Chloral  acts 

as  an  excellent  hypnotic  by  night,  and  soothing  agent 

by  day. 
Free  from  destructive  habits;  and  gain  in  weight  and  strength. 
Action  of  the  bowels  and  bladder  improves. 
Appetite  of  the  paralytic  patients  increased. 
Those  suffering  from  abnormal  sensations  are  benefitted. 
Cuts  short  the  hallucinations  in  those  predisposed. 
Desire  to  maim  and  hurt  themselves  passes  away. 
Patients  who  suffer  incessantly  from  hearing  voices,  some 

benefited. 
Melancholia  has  been  benefitted. 
That  the  greater  the  disorganization  of  the  brain  and  the 

cord  (as  judged  by  the  symptoms),  the  sooner  does  the 

system  come  under  Chloral  action. 
Very  easily  irritated  at  trifles, 
o  Puerperal  mania. 

Wandering  of  the  mind  ;  incoherent  talking, 
o  Delirium  tremens. 

HEAD. 

Cerebral  congestion  ;  (fatal). — (Hammond.) 

Pain  which  is  excruciating  in  the  occiput. 

Great  heaviness  of  the  head ;  he  cannot  lift  it. 

Head  feels  as  if  compressed  in  a  vice, 
o  Cerebro-spinal  congestion,  in  several  cases. — (Hale.) 

EYES. 

Aching  heaviness  in  the  eyes. 

The  eyelids  feel  so  heavy  he  can  hardly  lift  them. 

Intense  itching  of  the  inner  canthi  and  edges  of  lids. 

Red,  injected,  and  blood-shot  eyes. 

Puffy  swelling  of  the  lids. 

Burning  ifi  the  eye  and  eyelids. 

Watery  eyes,  especially  when  looking  at  anything. 

Eyeballs  feel  too  large. 

SIGHT. 

Blindness,  or  great  dimness  of  vision. 

Disturbances  of  the  power  of  accommodation. — (Crabbe.) 

Great  hyperaesthesia  of  the  retina. 

He  cannot  see  small  objects,  such  as  printed  letters,  but  a 
few  moments,  when  they  gradually  fade  away. 

If  one  eye  only  is  used  until  objects  fade,  the  other  sees  ob- 
jects plainly  for  awhile. — (Gelsemimim.) 

Everything  looks  white  {Coca) ;  color-blindness. 

Dark  spots  before  the  eyes. 

Gorgeous  visions  of  arches,  tapestry,  of  various  vivid  colors, 
pass  before  the  eyes  when  shut,  or  open  in  the  dark. 


CHLORAL     HYDRATE.  1 6/ 

All  colors  are  unusually  bright. 

Vibrations  apparently  in  the  eyes  and  head,  when   lying 

down. 
Great  sensitiveness  to  light  and  noise. 

MOUTH   AND   TONGUE. 
Apparent  swelling  of  the  tongue,  with  sensations  of  stiffness, 

vibrating,  quivering,  etc. 
Fears  of  suffocating  from  swelling  of  tongue. 
A  choking  sensation  at  root  of  tongue. 
A  black  streak  down  centre  of  the  tongue. 
Foam  at  the  mouth  ;  a  kind  of  salivation. 
TEETH   AND   JAWS, 
o  Neuralgia  from  decayed  teeth,  (a  grain  or  two  in  the  cavity 

stops  the  pain  quickly. — Hale.) 
o  Odontalgia   traumatica,  from    pressure   of  the    filling ;    the 
pain  unbearable  ;    worse  when  lying  down.     (Cured  by 
ten  grains.     See  N'ezu  Englajid  Medical  Gazette,  March 
1872.— Hale.) 

STOMACH. 
Retching,  lasting  an  hour,  during  a  surgical  operation. 
Does  not  usually  disturb  the  stomach. 

[It  may  prove  useful  in  vomiting  from  reflex  irritations  ;  in  very  severe 
gastralgia  ;  and  I  have  found  it  to  give  prompt  relief  in  spasm  of  gall 
duct  and  pain  on  passage  of  calculi. — Hale^ 

STOOL. 

o  Diarrhoea,    worse    at    night,    during    dentition ;     excessive 
nervous  excitement. 
Does  not  usually  cause  abdominal  symptoms. 

[In  the  very  severe  colic  of  children,  when  the  pain  threatens  to  cause 
spasms,  3  to  5  grs.  will  give  prompt  relief. — HaleP[ 
[it  may  prove  useful  in  cholera.] 

GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 
Male. — Loss   of  sexual  power,  with  absence  of  desire  and 

erections. 
Impotence, 
o  Chordee,  during  gonorrhoea,  very  severe. 

Female. — o  It  quickly  mitigates  the  pain   of  labor,  of  dys- 

menorrhoea  and  uterine  spasms,  but  should  not  be  given 

when  there  is  a  tendency  to  haemorrhage,  as  it  increases 

that  tendency,  even  to  the  production  of  purpura. — Hale. 

HEART  AND   CIRCULATION. 

*  Great  dyspnoea,  a  sense  of  suffocation,  oppression  at  the 
base  of  the  chest  (in  front),  and  urgent  thirst. 

[The  following  case  of  poisoning  from  fifty  grains  illustrates  its  action 
on  the  circulatory  system  :  Cold  extremities,  an  excessively  rapid,  weak, 
irregular  and  intermittent  pulse;  Jactitation  of  the  limbs ;  an  intolerable 


1 68  CHLORAL    HYDRATE. 

sense  of  sinking  and  oppression  at  the  pit  of  the  stomach;  gasping  breath- 
ing, and  confusion  of  thought.  I  observed  at  this  time  and  for  three- 
quarters  of  an  hour  subsequently  that  the  radial,  temporal,  and  literal 
pulses  were  all  of  the  character  I  now  descrihe— frequent,  weak,  irregular 
in  both  force  and  rythm,  and frequetitly  intermittent,  but  that  the  heart  was 
acting  regularly,  although  with  iiicreased  frequency  and  diminished  force. 
Stimulants,  with  white  of  &g^  were  administered  freely,  warmth  was  ap- 
plied to  the  extremities,  sinapisms  placed  on  the  cardiac  region,  fresh  air 
was  introduced  plentifully  into  the  room,  and  at  the  end  of  an  hour  from 
my  first  seeing  the  patient,  the  pulse  had  become  much  steadier,  though 
still  very  frequent  and  very  weak.  The  syncopal  feeling  had  diminished  ; 
the  feet  were  warm,  and  there  was  a  tendency  to  sleep.  This  state  of  com- 
parative freedom  from  urgently  dangerous  symptoms  lasted  for  longer  than 
an  hour,  wKen,  without  any  apparent  cause,  they  returned  with  increased 
severity  The  patient  now  seemed  in  the  greatest  danger.  The  superficial 
pulses  were  almost  i^nperceptible,  and  when  they  could  be  detected,  pre- 
sented the  character  I  have  described.  Still  the  heart  was  regular  in  its 
heat,  although  feeble,  and  intensely  rapid  in  its  pulsations.  The  fnind 
wandered  7nuch;  there  was  titter  prostration  of  muscular  strength,  the 
limbs  being  extended,  the  head  low,  and  the  aspect  was  at  titnes  that  of  im- 
pending dissolution.  There  was  great  depression,  a  sense  of  suffocation, 
oppression  at  the  base  of  the  chest  (in  front),  ajid  urgent  thirst.  The  treat- 
ment previously  adopted  was  again  pursued  vigorously,  and  at  the  end  of 
an  hour  and  a  half  relief  was  obtained  and  sleep  followed.  The  next 
morning  I  found  the  pulse  quite  regular,  and  of  its  normal  frequency.  The 
points  of  interest  that  occurred  to  me  were  :  ist,  the  dose  ;  2d,  the  time 
between  its  administration  (one  hour)  and  the  appearance  of  symptoms  ; 
3d,  the  recurrence  of  symptoms  after  their  temporary  cessation  ;  4th,  the 
curious  effect  on  the  muscles,  which  was  obviously  not  due  to  effect  on  the 
heart ;  5th,  the  relief  by  food  and  stimulants.  I  found  that  the  albumen 
of  two  eggs  was  followed  by  a  calming  effect,  and  a  tendency  to  sleep.] 

SKIN. 

Purpura  hcsmorrhagica,  as  the  following  cases  show  : 

[M.  A.,  female,  aged  69,  who  had  been  an  inmate  of  this  asylum*  for 
many  years,  and  who  was  subject  to  periodical  attacks  of  mania,  occurring 
every  six  months,  and  ushered  in  by  convulsions  and  coma,  entered  upon 
one  of  her  wonted  paroxysms  on  the  ist  of  March,  1870,  and  was  ordered 
twenty  grains  of  Chloral  Hydrate  three  times  a  day.  This  produced  sleep 
and  cutaneous  anaesthesia,  and  on  the  4th  of  March,  a  very  unexpected 
result  in  the  form  of  a  bright  red  blush,  erythematous  in  aspect  but  perma- 
nent under  pressure,  over  the  chest  and  shoulders.  This  blush  on  March 
6th  had  pervaded  the  whole  trunk  and  limbs,  and  had  become  mottled 
with  livid  patches  and  deep  red  spots.  The  lips  and  buccal  mucous  mem- 
brane had  contemporaneously  become  red  and  raw-looking,  the  gums 
spongy,  and  the  tongue  blistered  and  ulcerated  in  several  parts.  The 
breath  was  foetid,  the  pulse  1 20,  feeble  and  compressible,  and  the  general 
condition  that  of  great  debility,  with  delirious  excitement.  On  March  9th 
no  material  change  had  taken  place,  except  that  the  ulcerations  in  the 
mouth  had  become  more  extensive  and  distressing;  but  on  the  nth  the  . 
petechial  eruption  showed  signs  of  vanishing  over  the  thorax  and  abdo- 
men, where  it  had  never  been  so  severe  as  on  the  arms  and  legs,  and 
where  intervals  of  yellowish  and  white  skin  were  now  visible.  The  arms 
were  of  a  red  color,  speckled  with  shreds  of  white,  dead  epidermis  par- 
tially separated  from  the  adjacent  cutis,  and  the  lips  were  covered  with 

*  West  Ridin 2  Asylum.     Cases  reported  by  Dr.  Crichton  Browne.     Monthly  Homoeopathic 
Revie  v,  June  1871. 


CHLORAL    HYDRATE.  1 69 

sordes  and  dried  blood.  On  March  15th  a  sort  of  general  desquamation 
had  set  in,  the  cutis  being  raised  in  thick  round  patches,  like  blisters  from 
which  the  serum  had  been  absorbed,  the  skin  beneath  being  of  a  dull 
purple  color,  and  in  some  places  yellow.  After  this  a  large  bed-sore 
formed  over  the  sacrum,  and  some  superficial  cracks  and  fissures  pre- 
sented themselves  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  joints.  Convalescence  was, 
however,  steadily  maintained,  and  the  patient  was  soon  restored  to  her 
usual  health.] 

[L.  T.,  a  female,  aged  46,  laboring  under  heart  disease,  left  hemiplegia, 
and  dementia,  with  excitement,  who  was  ordered,  as  a  calmative,  on  Feb- 
ruary 24th,  1870,  fifteen  grains  of  Chloral  thrice,  daily,  and  who  seemed  to 
derive  benefit  from  the  prescription 'until  March  15th,  when  numerous 
reddish  purple  blotches  were  observed  around  the  left  elbow,  which,  on 
the  following  day,  had  enlarged  and  united  with  others  of  a  siiftilar  kind 
which  had  come  out  on  the  shoulders  and  forearm.  On  March  17th  sev- 
eral livid  marks  had  broken  out  on  the  face,  while  the  left  arm  had  become 
swollen  and  indurated,  and  showed  upon  its  red  surface  a  mass  of  minute 
points  or  stigmata,  of  a  much  deeper  red,  and  not  disappearing  under 
pressure.  On  the  next  day  dull  purple  spots  and  discolorations — some 
small,  round  and  circumscribed,  others  large  and  regular  in  shape — were 
seen  on  the  legs,  abdomen,  and  back  ;  being  restricted  in  the  latter  situa- 
tions to  a  band  two  inches  in  breadth  along  each  side  of  the  vertebral 
column.  Along  with  these  petechiae  there  was  great  prostration  of 
strength,  a  tendency  to  somnolence,  weakness  and  irritability  of  the  pulse, 
a  raw  state  of  the  lips,  which  were  entirely  denuded  of  epithelieum,  and  a 
fissured  and  thickly-coated  tongue.  On  the  19th  of  Mar^h  the  spots  and 
discolorations  had  spread  in  every  direction,  and  had  lost  their  vividness 
of  hue,  having  assumed  a  deep  purple  tinge.  Symptoms  of  pulmonary 
congestion  also  appeared.  Strength  gradually  ebbed  ;  and,  after  several 
slight  attacks  of  syncope,  death  took  place  on  the  22d  of  March.  At  the 
autopsy,  thirty-one  hours  after  death,  the  body  was  found  covered  with 
livid  vibrices  and  ecchymoses  of  various  shapes  and  sizes,  largest  upon  the 
limbs,  smallest  upon  the  abdomen.  The  ankles  and  feet  were  of  a  diffused 
purple  color,  and  there  was  much  sugillation  of  dependent  parts.  Rigor 
mortis  was  present.  The  outer  layer  of  pericardium  was  adherent  to  the 
heart,  which  weighed  17  ounces,  had  thin  walls,  dilated  cavities  filled  with 
discolorized  clots,  and  valves  incompetent  and  enormously  thickened  and 
puckered.  There  was  a  sort  of  cartilaginous  deposit  on  the  ontside  of  the 
right  auricle.  The  right  lung  was  congested  and  oedematous  ;  the  liver 
was  fatty  ;  the  capsules  of  the  kidney  were  thickened  and  adherent,  with 
wasting  of  the  cortical  substance.  In  the  head  a  large  arachnoid  cyst  was 
found  coexistent  with  the  right  hemisphere,  which  was. flattened  beneath 
it.  It  presented  a  reddish-green  appearance,  and  contained  several  ounces 
of  a  bilio-sanguineous  looking  fluid.  The  whole  brain  weighed  40  ounces  ; 
the  right  half  weighed  18  ounces,  the  left  half  21;^  ounces.  There  were 
the  rusty-brown  traces  of  an  old  clot  in  the  right  corpus  striatum.] 

'iNote. — Whether  Chloral  will  prove  a  curative  agent  in  this  dreadful  dis- 
ease, must  be  shown  by  experience.  The  blood-disorganization  may  not 
be  a  dynamic  effect  of  the  drug,  but  due  to  its  presence  in  the  blood,  and 
acting  chemically.] 

In  several  cases,  and  even  several  times  in  the  same  person, 
Chloral  caused  all  the  eruption  and  symptoms  of  an 
attack  of  scarlatina. — (British  Journal  of  Homoeopathy, 
April,  i8y2.) 

SLEEP. 

Quiet  sleep,  apparently  natural, 


I/O  CHLORAL    HYDRATE. 

Comatose  condition  lasting  for  days,  ending  in  fatal  cerebral 
congestion. 

Restless  ;  screaming,  noisy  in  sleep. 
*  Night  terrors,  especially  in  teething  children. 

Somnolence,  during  which  he  is  conscious  of  all  his  actions, 
such  as  coughing,  spitting,  etc. 

[20  grs.  usually  causes  quiet  sleep  for  six  hours,  40  grs.  for  12  hours.] 
NERVOUS    SYSTEM, 
o  Traumatic  tetanus  (many  cases). 

Puerpural  convulsions  in  the  last   stages  of  labor. — (Dr.  F. 
A.  Loi'd.) 
o  Chorea  (many  severe  cases). 

o  Infantile  tetanus  ;  (two  grs.  at  time  of  each  spasm), 
o  Puerperal  convulsions,  arrested  by  20  grs. — (Dr.  F.  A.  Lord, 

U.  S.  Med.  &  Surg.  Jour.,  May,  iSj2.) 
o  Tetanus,  traumatic,  or  from  other  causes. 
PATHOLOGICAL   EFFECTS. 

Ocular  and  palpebral  mucous  membrane  is  injected. 

Vascularity  of  the  ears  without  increase  of  heat. 

Experiments  on  rabbits,  they  exhale  the  odor  of  Chloral 
through  their  nostrils,  a  fact  which  would  lead  one  to 
think  that  it  was  not  decomposed  in  the  blood. 

Congestion  of  the  abdominal  viscera  ;  mesenteric  vessels 
are  turgid,  all  the  mucous  membranes  are  injected,  par- 
ticularly that  of  the  trachea,  if  examined  during  the 
experimentation. 

The  brain,  cerebellum,  and  their  membranes  show  an  in- 
tense vascularity. 

Muscles  are  vascular,  quite  readily. 

The  duration  of  its  action  is  in  proportion  with  the  feeble- 
ness of  the  patient. 

In  two  cases  of  delirium   tremens,  quiet  sleep  was  induced. 

In  a  patient  suffering  from  bronchitis  with  asthma,  the 
Chloral  gave  relief. 

Deep  and  prolonged  narcotism  can  be  produced  by  the 
Chloral. 

During  a  portion  of  the  period  of  narcotism  there  may  be 
complete  anaesthesia,  with  absence  of  reflex  action  ;  a 
condition,  in  short,  in  which  every  kind  of  operation 
fails  to  call  forth  consciousness. 

In  fatal  cases  the  functions  are  destroyed  in  the  following 
order  :  a,  the  cerebral ;  d,  the  voluntary  muscles  ;  c, 
the  respiratory  ;  d,  the  heart. 

The  substance  prevents  in  some  small  degree  the  coagula- 
bility of  the  blood,  and  in  large  quantities  stops  the 
process  of  coagulation  altogether.  In  large  quantities 
it  also  destroys  the  blood-corpuscles,  and  produces  gen- 


COLLINSONIA   CANADENSIS.  I/I 

eral  destruction  of  blood.  But  to  produce  deep  insen- 
sibility, the  dose  administered  need  not  be  so  large  as 
to  produce  serious  derangement  of  blood. 

Hydrate  of  Chloral  should  be  taken,  to  secure  safe  and  sat- 
isfactory effects,  on  a  neutral  condition  of  the  stomach. 

If  the  stomach  be  acid,  the  Chloral  is  not  taken  into  the 
circulation,  and  acts  imperfectly. 

If  the  stomach  be  alkaline,  the  Chloral  is  absorbed  too 
rapidly. 

An  acid  stomach  should  be  neutralized  before  the  Chloral  is 
given. 


COLLINSONIA    CANADENSIS. 

(Stone  Root.) 


Analogues  : — ^scnlus,  Arnica,  Aloes,  Dioscorca,  Hamma- 
viclis,  Igiiatia,  Lycopodiian,  Nicx  vomica,  Podophyllum,  Sulphur. 

Officinal    Preparations  : — Tincture  or   triturations  of 
the  root. 

HEAD. 

Dull  frontal  headache,  with  lassitude  and  desire  to  sleep, 
o  Headache  from  haemorrhoids. 

Slight  fullness  in  the  head  ;  throbbing  in  the  head. 

MOUTH. 
Tongue  coated  yellow  along  the  centre  or  base,  with  bitter 
taste  in  the  mouth. 

STOMACH. 
Vomiting,  with  pain  and  heat  in  the  stomach. 
Cramp-like  pains  in  the  stomach,  with  nausea, 
o  Indigestion  associated  with  constipation  and  hemorrhoids, 
o  Flatulence  and  spasms  of  the  stomach. 
o  Congestions  of  pelvic  viscera, 
o  Severe  colicky  pains  in  the  hypogastrium. 
Constant  heaviness  of  stomach. 
Sick  feeling  at  the  stomach. 

ABDOMEN. 
Sharp,  cutting  pains  in  hypogastric  region. 
Severe  colicky  pain  in  the  hypogastrium,  with    desire   for 
stool ;  nausea  and  faintness. 
*  Very  severe  pain  in  the  hypogastrium  every  few  minutes, 

compelling  him  to  sit  down, 
o  Colic,  with  flatulence  and  nausea,  in  cases  where  Nux  and 
Colocynthis  failed. — (Dr.  Palmer.) 


1/2  COLLINSONIA   CANADENSIS. 

STOOL   AND   ANUS. 

*  Constipation,  chronic,  with  much  flatulence,  and  with  haemorr- 

hoids. 
Heat  and  itching  of  the  anus. 
Loose,  papescent  stool. 

*  Diarrhoea,  mucus  discharges  or  watery,  with  cramp-like  or 

spasmodic  pains  in  the  bowels,  with  vomiting, 
o  Haemorrhoidal  dysentery. 

o  Haemorrhoids,   bleeding,   with    ultimate    constipation    and 
diarrhoea. 
Stools  preceded  and  followed  by  severe  pains  in  the  hypo- 
gastric region. 
Copious  stools  of  yellow,  bilious  matter,  mucus,  bile,  blood, 
and  with  tenesmus. 

*  Light-colored,  lumpy  stool,  with  distress  in  the  anus, 

o  Chronic  diarrhoea  after  confinement ;  stools  of  mucus  and 
black  foecal  matter,  with   colic  and   tenesmus. — (Burt.) 

o  HcBinorrhoids,  obstinate  and  chrotiic,  always  attended  by 
constipation,  bleeding  or  not. — (Drs.  Fowler,  Holcombe 
Barns,  Franklm  and  many  others.) 

o  Chronic  diseases  of  the  rectum. 

o  Congestions  of  the  pelvic  viscera,  with  piles. 

o  Diseases  of  the  rectum,  associated  with  disease  of  the  uterus. 
Urine  increased  in  quantity. 

o  Chronic  cystitis,  nephritis. 

o  Catarrh  of  the  bladder. 

GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 
Female. — Amenorrhea,  from  congestion  of  the  uterus  and 
pelvic  viscera. 

o  Dysmenorrhoea  complicated  with  piles. 

o  Prolapsus,  with  pruritis,  dysmenorrhcea,  and  most  obstinate 
constipation. 

o  Dysmenorrhoea  and  menstrual  convulsions,  with  constipation. 

o  Uterine  diseases  dependent  upon  diseases  of  rectum  and 
bowels. 

o  Pruritus  in  a  pregnant  woman  ;  violent  itching  of  the  geni- 
tals, parts  badly  swollen,  dark  red  and  protruding ;  she 
cannot  lie  down. — {Dr.  CusJiing) 
Male.—G\QGi  (?) 

o  Varicocele,  with  extreme  constipation. — (Fowler.) 

o  Spermatorrhoea  kept  up  piles  and  constipation — (Hale.) 
RESPIRATORY   ORGANS. 

O  Pulmonary  haemorrhage,  with  a  short,  hacking  cough  ;  he 
spat  very  tough  and  dark  coagula,  enveloped  in  viscid 
mucus  ;  with  uneasiness  in  the  chest,  but  no  pain,  but 
with  bleeding  from  the  rectum  the  first  day. — Dr.Liebold. 


COMOCLADIA    DENT  ATA.  1 73 

O  Hard,  shakinf^  cough,  with  bloody  expectoration. 

o  Cough  and  dy.spncea,  in  connection  with  cardiac    difficulties. 

o  Chest  pains,  alternating  with  haemorrhoids. 

HEART. 

o  Irritation  of  the  cardiac  nerves  ;  Hypcrc^stJicsia. 

A  functional  disorder  of  the  heart,  with  rapid,  regular  or  ir- 
regular beating  of  the  heart;  pulse  130  to  140  per 
minute  ;  the  slightest  motion  or  excitement  aggravates 
the  symptoms  ;  periodical  spells  of  faintness  and  op- 
pression ;  attacks  of  syncope,  with  fullness  of  the  chest 
and  difficult  breathing ;  and  attacks  of  dyspnoea,  with 
great  weakness. — (Dr.  Fenncr.) 

[If  these  symptoms  occur  in  persons  subject  to  haemorrhoids,  or  after 
suppressed  hccmorrhoidal  flux,  the  Collinsonia  would  be  specially  indi- 
cated.— Hale.'] 

o  In  cardiac  disorders  it  seems  to  act  by  increasing  the  heart's 
tonicity ;  or  after  the  heart  is  relieved,  old  haemor- 
rhoids appear,  or  suppressed  menses  return. — (Hale.) 

o  Valvular  diseases  after  rheumatic  endocarditis. — {Paine.) 

o  Palpitation  of  the  heart  in  patients  subject  to  haemorrhoids, 
dyspepsia  and  flatulence. — {Hale.) 

o  Disease  of  the  mitral  valve,  the  murmur  had  diminished,  and 
the  patient  greatly  improved  under  its  use. — {Dr. 
Shepherd.) 

GENERALITIES. 

o  Used  by  the  country  people  as  a  vulnery,  much  as  the  Ger- 
mans use  Arnica,  for  bruises,  wounds,  sprain.s,  etc. 

o  Dropsy,  probably  from  heart  disease,  or  feebleness  of  the  cir- 
culation. 


COMOCLADIA    DENTATA. 

(Guao.) 


Analogues  : — Anacardium^  Rhus  tox„  Rhus  rad.,  and  Rhus 
ven.,  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations  : Tincture  of  the  bark  or 

leaves :  dilutions. 

HEAD. 
Feeling  of  heaviness  in  the  head — aggravated  by  holding  the 

head  down. 
Shooting  pains  through  the  left  temple. 
On  arising  from  bed  everything  looks  dark  ;  pains,  relieved 
by  motion  and  in  the  open  air. 


174  COMOCLADIA   DENTATA. 

FACE, 
o  Left  side  of  face  swollen  ;    the  left  ear  also,  all  cracked  and 

desquamating  a  substance  like  powdered  starch.    Cured 

in  five  weeks. — Navarro. 

EYES. 
Aching  soreness  in  the  eyeballs,  which  feel  heavy. 
Inflammation  of  the  eyes ;  sees  from  right  eye  a  red   ring 

around  the  light  of  the  lamp  ;  closing  the  eye,  the  ring 

disappears. 
Eyeballs  seem  too  large. 
Pains  in  the  eyes  increased  by  being  near  warm  room,  with 

profuse  lachrymation. 
Severe  pains  through  the  eye-balls,  extending  to  occiput. 
Painful  and  pressing  out  of  the  head,  as  if  something  was 

pressing  on  top  of  the  eye-balls. 

NOSE- 
Intolerable  itching  of  the  nose. 

MOUTH,  TEETH  AND   JAWS. 
Aching  pains  in  the  teeth. 

Sensation  as  if  the  tooth  was  drawing  out  of  its  socket. 
Sensation  as  if  all  the  molar  teeth  on  the  right  side  were 

loose. 
Pain,  relieved  by  pressure. 
Inflammation  of  the  gums  of  the  lower  jaw. 
Tongue  coated  dirty  yellow. 
Lower  lips  blistered  and  swollen. 
When  the  toothache  stops  the  head  feels  large. 

LARYNX. 
Spasmodic  dry  cough  at  night,  with  tickling  in  the  throat, 

and  constant  dull  pain  under  the  left  nipple. 
Tittilating  cough  ;  hacking  cough  in  the  day  time. 

ABDOMEN. 
A  pale  red   flush,  as  if  an  eruption  would  make  its  appear- 
ance across  the  abdomen. 
Acute,  sore  pains  extending  across  the  abdomen  above  the 
umbilicus,  affecting  the  breathing. 
GENITAL   ORGANS. 

Continued  tingling,  itching  of  the  scrotum  during  the  night. 
Intense  itching  on  the  lower  part  of  the  penis,  also  on  inner 

side  of  the  prepuce. 

CHEST. 
Acute,  sharp  pains  in   left  mammary  gland,  about  one  inch 

above  the   nipple,  and  leaves  a  burning  sensation  ;    it 

goes  to  right  side  and  down  right  arm. 


COMOCLADIA   DENTATA.  1 75 

Oppression  of  breath,  on  account  of  sharp  pains  in  left  side, 
o  A    sloughing  ulcer   on    the    right    breast    of  a    lady  of  2)^. 
(Cured  in  six  weeks. — Dr.  Navarro) 
Constant  pain  across  the  chest. 
Rheumatic  or  pleurodynic  pains  in  chest. 

BACK. 

Rheumatic  pains  and  stitches  in  the  back,  the  stitches  leave 
a  burning. 

SUPERIOR   EXTREMITIES. 

Frequent  rheumatic  pains  in  the  hands,  arms  and  legs. 
Vesicular  eruption  on  the  arms  and  hands. 

LOWER   EXTREMITIES. 

Severe  pains  in  both  knees ;  pressing  down  to  the  feet  on 

the  inside  of  the  legs. 
Pains,  relieved  by  movement. 
*  Vesicular  eruption  on   the   legs  ;  changing  to  pustules,  and 

sometimes  to  deep,  unhealthy  ulcers. 
o  An  indolent  ulcer  on  lower  third  of  right  leg,  near  the  exter- 
nal  malleolus — of  irregular  shape  and  hard  edges  ;  the 

ulcer  was  deep  and  discharged  a  sanious  and  fcetid  pus; 

it  had  lasted  six  years.     (Cured  in  four  weeks  by  Coino- 

cladia  joth. — Dr.  Navarro.) 
o  Inflammation  of  left  leg  and  foot,  with  violent  fever  ;  the 

swelling  increased  enormously,  when  the  pain  subsided  ; 

the  skin  became  white  and   covered  with  shiny  scales  ; 

cracked  and  discharged   a   sanious   fluid.     (Cured   by 

Comodadia  6th. — Navarro. 

SKIN. 

Violent  itching,  redness  and  erysipelatous  swelling  of  the 
face,  hands,  and  other  parts  of  the  body,  followed  by 
yellow  vesication  and  desquamation  of  the  cuticle. 

Painful  burning  on  face  and  arms,  face  enormously  swollen. 

Rash  resembling  scarlet  fever, 
o  Erysipelas,  herpes  zona,  etc. 

Inflammation  of  the  skin,  followed  by  deep,  hard-edged 
ulcers,  discharging  a  thick,  purulent,  greenish-yellow 
matter,  having  a  very  foetid  smell  ;  the  parts  looking 
like  raw  meat  ;  the  skin  covered  by  small  shiny  scales. 


176  NEW    REMEDIES. 

CORNUS    FLORIDA. 

(Dogwood.) 


Analogues: — China  (?)  Nux  vomica  (?) 
Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the   bark;  dilu- 
tions. 

HEAD. 
Sensation  of  fullness  and  pains  in  the  head,  with  gastric  de- 
rangement. 
Severe  headache,  with  quick  pulse  and  violent  pains  in  the 

bowels. 
Cerebral  fullness,  with  constant  tendency  to  sleep. 

STOMACH. 
Nausea,  vomiting,  pain  in  the  stomach,  with  headache, 
o  Acid  pyrosis. 

ABDOMEN      AND    STOOL. 

Violent  pain  in  the  bowels,  with  purging. 

FEVER. 

Increased  temperature  of  the  body,  hot  sweat,  fullness  in  the 
head, 
o  Intermittent  fever,  with  paroxysm,  preceded  for  days  by 
sleepiness  ;  sluggish  flow  of  ideas  ;  headache  of  a  dull, 
heavy  character ;  nausea,  vomiting,  loss  of  appetite  ; 
sometimes  bilious  or  watery  diarrhcea  ;  chill,  with  cold, 
clammy  skin ;  nausea  and  vomiting,  and  violent  pain  in 
the  bowels ;  fever,  with  violent  headache ;  hot  but 
moist  skin  ;  stupor ;  cerebral  fullness  ;  pulse  quick  and 
hard  ;  confusion  of  intellect,  etc. 


CORNUS    CIRCINATA. 

(Green  Osier.) 


Analogues: — China,   Hydrastis,  Eupatorinui  perfoliatuni, 
Nux  vomica,  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the   bark;  dilu- 
tions. 

mental  sphere. 
Drowsiness,  with  indifference. 

Mind  confused,  with  inability  to  concentrate  it   upon  any 
subject. 


CORN  us   CIKCINATA.  1 77 

o  Feeliii|^  of  indolence,  and  loss  of  energy. 
Great  depression  of  spirits,  and  pctulcnce. 
Indifference  with  respect  to  subjects  which  usually  interest. 

HEAD, 
o  Dull,  heavy  pain  in  the  whole  head,  with  drowsiness. 

Headache,  increased  by  walking,  stooping,  or  shaking  the 
head, 
o  Sense  of  fullness  in  head,  relieved  by  a  copious  stool. 
Congestion  of  blood  to  the  head  and  face. 
Deep-seated,  pulsating  pains  in  the  occipital  and  parietal 
regions. 
o  Shooting  pains  through  the  whole  brain, 
o  Bilious  cephalagia. 

EVES. 
Aching  pains  through  the  eyeballs. 

Yellowish  tinge  of  the  conjunctiva  ;  hollowness  of  the  eyes. 
Sense  of  weight  around  the  eyes. 
Eyes  dull  and  heavy. 

NOSE. 
Itching  of  the  nasal  mucous  membrane. 
Coryza  early  in  the  morning.  » 

Severe  prickling  sensation  in  the  bony  part  of  the  nose. 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 
Tongue  coated  with  a  thin,  yellowish  fur. 
Bitter  taste  in  the  mouth. 
Smarting  in  the  mouth  and  throat. 
White  fur  on  the  tongue,  with  desire  for  cold  drinks. 
O  Apthous  stomatitis  of  children  ;  stomatitis  materna. 
o  Apthous  ulceration  of  the  mouth  in  children. 

STOMACH, 
o  Nausea,  with  bitter  taste,  and  aversion  to  all  kinds  of  food, 
and  desire  for  sour  drinks. 
Burning  sensation  in  the  stomach. 
O  Heavy  pulsations  in  the  stomach,  with  nausea  and  impaired 
appetite. 
Nausea,  with  great  debility  and  eructations. 
Sensation  of  faintness  in  stomach  and  bowels. 
Fullness  and  oppression  in  the  stomach,  with  bad  taste  and 

dry  mouth. 
Smarting  and  burning  in  the  mouth,  throat,  and  stomach, 
with  desire  for  stool. 

ABDOMEN   AND   STOOL. 
Griping  pains  in  the  abdomen,  with  rumbling  of  wind. 
Pressing  down  pain  in  the  rectum  and  stool,  smarting  at  the 
anus ;  tenesmus,  with  griping  in  the  umbilical  region' 


1/8  CORNUS  CIRCINATA. 

Urging  to  stool,  with  fullness  and  uneasiness  of  the  bowels. 

Abdominal  pains,  more  acute  during  stool. 

Constant  working  in  the  bowels. 

Distension  of  the  bowels  with  wind,  relieved  by  a  copious, 

dark  and  bilious  stool. 
Urging  to  stool,  but  little  passed,  the  discharge  consisting  of 
a  few  slimy  lumps,  with  pressing  and  smarting  at  the 
anus, 
o  Stool  thin  and  scanty,  with  burning  at  the  rectum, 
o  Stool  thin,  scanty,  and  slimy,  with  griping  in  the  umbilical 
region. 

*  Copious,    thin    and   bilious    discharge,   with   tenesmus   and 

burning, 
o  Dark  green,  thin,  and  very  offensive  stools,  with  copious 

emission  of  offensive  flatus, 
o  Copious,  dark  stool  of  the  natural  consistence. 

Hard,  dry,  and  scanty  stool,  with  pressing  in  the  rectum, 
o  Dysentery,  with    ulceration    of  mucous    membrane    of  the 

rectum, 
o  Bilious  derangements, 

*  Diarrhoea,  with  excessive  debility  and  nervous  excitability. 

URINE. 

Urine  scanty  and  red,  or  pale  ;  sensation  of  fullness  in  the 

region  of  the  bladder. 
Frequent  inclination  to  pass  water. 

GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 

Increased  sexual  desire  during  the  evening  and  night,  with 
diminished  power. 

CHEST. 

Stitches  in  the  chest  and  back. 

A  fine  scarlet  rash  upon  the  chest,  with  itching. 

Sore,  bruised  feeling  in  the  chest  and  back. 

Shooting  pains  from  the  centre  of  thorax  to  the  lower  part 

of  the  abdomen. 
Choking  sensation  in  the  upper  part  of  the  thorax. 

BACK. 
Dull  pain  in  the  small  of  the  back,  with  drowsiness  and 

lassitude. 
Sore  pain  in  the  lumbar  region,  worse  on  bending  forward 

or  to  either  side. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 
Burning  and  itching  sensation  in  the  hands  and  arms. 
Coldness  of  the  hands,  following  a  loose  stool, 
LOWER   EXTREMITIES. 

Weakness  and  weary  feeling  in  the  legs. 


CORYDALIS     FORMOSA.  1 79 

Itching  on  the  legs  and  thighs  ;  burning  sensation  in  the 

feet. 
Coldness  of  feet,  following  a  loose  stool. 

SKIN. 
Itching  of  the  scalp,  legs  and  feet,  increased  by  scratching 

or  rubbing. 
Paroxysms  of  itching  of  the  skin  of  the  back,  legs  and  feet, 

mostly  at  night. 
Fine  scarlet  rash  on  the  breast,  attended  with  itching. 
Skin  covered  with  a  copious,  clammy  perspiration. 
Itching  around  the  genital  organs. 

FEVER. 

Flushes  of  heat,  followed  by  perspiration. 

Chilly  sensation,  succeeded  by  transient  flushes  of  heat. 

Congestion  of  the  head  and  face. 

Flushes  of  heat  and  coldness  in  alternation,  followed  by 
cold  perspiration. 

Bilious  remittents,  and  the  characteristic  gastric  and  intes- 
tinal symptoms  present. 

SLEEP. 
Very  great  drowsiness,  and  disposition  to  perspire. 
Great  disposition  to  sleep,  with  entire  loss  of  mental  and 

physical  energy. 
Stupid  and  sleepy  feeling,  with  nausea,  etc. 
Sleepy  and  weak  during  the  day,  with  dull  pains  in  the 

head,  back  and  limbs. 


CORYDALIS    FORMOSA. 
(Turkey   Corn.) 


Analogues: — ChiinapJdla,  Iodide  of  Potassium,  Mercnrius 
corrosiviis,  Stillingia,  Aurnm. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  root ;  dilu- 
tions. 

HEAD. 

o  Syphilitic  nodes  on  the  skull. 

o  Syphilitic  and  scrofulous  eruptions  on  the  scalp, 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT, 

o  Syphilitic  ulceration  of  the  fauces. 

o  Chronic  ulceration  of  the  mouth  and  fauces. 


l80  COSMOLINE. 

STOMACH. 
*  A  peculiar  derangement  of  the  stomach,  attended  with  pro- 
fuse morbid  secretion  of  mucus  ;  tongue  always  coated 
with  fetor  of  the  breath  ;  loss  of  appetite,  and  indiges- 
tion ;  (acute  and  chronic  catarrh  of  the  stomach). 
GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 
o  Syphilis,  primary  and  secondary. 
o  Syphilitic  nodes,  with  nocturnal  pains. 


COSMOLINE. 


Analogues: — Urtica  nrens,  Dulcamara,  PctrolcujJi,  Calcn- 
dnla,  Carbolic  acid,  Rhus. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Triturations;  dilutions. 

[Cosmoline  is  purified  and  concentrated  Petroleum,  the  substance  which 
remains  after  all  ethers,  coloring  matter,  impurities,  etc.,  have  been  re- 
moved. To  obtain  it,  crude  Petroleum  is  distilled  and  refined,  without 
the  use  of  adds  or  alkalies,  until  only  a  pure,  dense,  neutral,  concentrated, 
oleaginous  body,  having  an  absolute  non-affinity  for  oxygen  or  moisture, 
remains.     It  will  not  evaporate  below  400°  Fahrenheit.] 

[The  following  results  were  obtained  from  provings  of  the  jx  trituration, 
and  its  effects  on  the  woi'kmen  engaged  in  its  manufacture.^ — Dr.  Malcom. 
Mac  Far  Ian,  of  Philadelphia,  Peun^ 

In  all  cases,  speaking  generally,  the  appetite  failed.  There 
was  a  feeling  of  uneasiness  and  distress  about  the  epi- 
gastrium ;  eructations,  mouth  filled  with  sour  water,  and 
bowels  disposed  to  be  loose.  Several  of  the  persons  had 
diarrhoea  (watery  and  offensive)  on  the  second  or  third 
day ;  great  indifference  and  weariness  ;  urination  was 
free  (profuse)  and  frequent. — (Provers.) 

Loss  of  appetite,  with  a  feeling  of  disgust  at  the  sight  of 
food,  especially  fat  meats ;  a  distressed  feeling  about 
the  epigastrium;  extreme  zvearincss  and  prostration, — at 
times  a  congestive  headache.  They  are  unrefreshed  by 
sleep,  feeling  tired  and  stiff  on  awakening.  In  some  in- 
stances they  have  had  a  severe  diarrhoea,  watery  and 
offensive,  without  pain.  They  have  a  constant  desire 
for  vegetable  acids  and  fresh  fruits. — (  Workmen.) 

The  skin  symptoms  in  all  the  cases  were  alike, — great  ap- 
parent dryness  of  the  skin  and  itchiness  everywhere, 
with  a  constant  disposition  to  scratch  one's  self.  In  two 
cases  the  skin  became  dry  and  scurfy,  in  irregular 
patches  or  blotches,  which  were  very  itchy.  The  skin, 
on  being  scratched  slightly,  would  raise  in  welts  or 
blotches. 


COTYLEDON    UMBILICUS.  .  l8l 

In  regard  to  the  curative  effects  of  it,  I  may  say  that  I  have 
cut  short  two  cases  herpes  zoster,  of  a  very  violent 
character.  The  eruption  disappeared  in  both  cases 
within  ten  days. 

At  the  CHnic  of  the  Hahnemann  College,  and  before  the 
class,  Cosmoline  has  been  used  with  wonderfully  cura- 
tive effect  in  the  different  varieties  of  eczema.  As  far 
as  I  know,  it  is  the  most  reliable  remedy  we  have  in 
that  obstinate  disease, — Petroleum,  highly  potentized, 
acting  in  a  similar  manner. 

The  local  application  of  Cosmoline  removes  the  stinging, 
burning,  and  itching  of  eczema. 

It  has  proved  valuable  as  a  topical  application,  not  only  in 
skin  diseases,  but  for  burns,  scalds,  blisters,  cuts,  bruises, 
sprains,  and  acute  inflammation  ;  also  for  hemorrhoids. 
(Dr.  MacFatlan.) 


COTYLEDON    UMBILICUS. 

(Navelwort.) 


Analogues  : — Ambergris,  Asafcetida,  Aconite,  Gelscniiniim, 
Hyosciaimis,  Hepatica,  Ignatia,  Phosphorus,  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  plant ;  dilu- 
tions. 

[This  pathogenesis  is  from  provings  published  in  the  British  Journal  of 
Homoeopathy.  I  find  nothing  concerning  the  domestic  or  pharmacological 
uses  of  the  plant,  except  an  assertion  by  Culpepper  that  it  was  useful  in 
erysipelas,  inflammations,  etc.  It  seems  to  atfect  the  mental  sphere,  like 
Igtiatia,  causing  alternate  states  of  exaltation  and  depression.  On  the 
nerves  and  muscular  system — a  decided  action.  This  species  is  a  common 
weed  in  the  west  of  England,  growing  on  the  sides  and  in  the  crevices  of 
damp  rocks  and  walls.     We  have  none  of  this  genus  in  the  United  States. 

H.] 
MORAL    SYMPTOMS. 
Excessive  lowness  of  spirits,  with  sighing  (p). 
Inclination  to  burst  into  tears,  with  choking  in  the  throat-pit" 
^Extraordinary  good  spirits  and  energy  (s). 
Great  liveliness,  with  inclination  to  sing  and  to  be  happy. 
Strong  desire  for  company  and  excitement. 
Feels  lost ;  cannot  collect  herself ;  forgets  what  she  is  doing 

or  saying ;  difficulty  in  expressing  herself. 
Apprehension  very  obtuse. 
Feels  silly  and  lost ;  cannot  think  continuously. 

HEAD, 
Flushing  of  the  face,  with  confusion  of  the  head ;  ringing  in 
the  left  ear ;  bubbling  sensation  in  the  left  vastus  in- 
tern us. 


l82  COTYLEDON    UMBILICUS. 

Slight  general  headache,  with  confusion  ;  head  clear  on  get- 
ting up,  but  towards  midday  it  became  very  obtuse,  so 
that  he  had  to  make  an  effort  to  collect  himself;  ab- 
sence of  mind  ;  head  heavy. 

A  dull  weight  on  the  brain  ;  apprehension  very  obtuse. 

A  dull,  heavy,  stupefying  pain  in  the  forehead  and  vertex, 
shifting  suddenly  between  these ;  feels  lost  before  the 
headache  comes  on ;  great  difficulty  in  collecting  her 
ideas ;  forgets  the  subject  of  discourse ;  she  has  to 
make  an  effort  to  discover  where  she  is,  and  to  whom 
she  is  talking ;  dimness  of  sight  and  itching  of  the  eyes 
during  the  headache,  with  great  coldness  of  the  feet  ; 
slight  palpitation  during  the  headache,  lasting  a  few 
seconds. 

During  the  headache,  great  inclination  to  go  into  the  open 
air,  with  relief  by  going  out. 

Headaches  occur  every  ten  minutes  ;  between  the  attacks  of 
headache,  a  gnawing,  rheumatic  pain  in  the  right 
shoulder. 

General  headache  ;  aching  in  the  left  infra-orbital  region. 

Heaviness  of  the  head,  with  dullness  of  the  eyes,  inducing 
closing  of  them  ;  flatulent  distension  of  the  abdomen. 

Beating  headache  over  the  left  eye. 

Slight  stinging  pain  over  the  left  eye  ;  cold  feet,  with  dull 
headache. 

Slow  drawing  over  the  left  eye,  and  in  the  left  occiput. 

Shooting  pain  over  the  left  eye  in  the  morning. 

Dull  headache  in  front  and  to  the  right  side,  worse  on 
shaking  the  head. 

Awoke  with  headache  in  the  right  half  of  the  brain. 

General  headache  in  the  morning  on  getting  up. 

Stinging  in  the  right  half  of  the  head,  from  before  backward. 

Dull  pain  in  the  right  parietal  region. 

Darting  in  the  side  of  the  head,  with  heaviness,  aggravated 
by  stooping. 

Painless  beating  in  the  left  temple. 

Darting  pain  from  each  temple ;  darts  meet  each  other  in 
the  centre  of  the  brain  ;  worse  on  stooping. 

Aching  in  the  occiput. 

EYES. 

Dimness  of  the  sight ;  had  to  rub  the  eyes  frequently. 

Sudden,  extremely  acute,  smarting  pain  in  the  right  eye, 
soon  gone,  but  leaving  a  smarting  sensation  in  the  ex- 
ternal canthus  ;  some  redness  of  the  conjunctiva;  after 
this  the  headache  immediately  disappeared  ;  in  half  an 
hour  the  same  sensation,  in  a  less  degree,  in  the  left  eye, 
followed  by  aching  in  the  left  occiput. 


COTYLEDON    UMBILICUS.  1 83 

Fullness  and  itching  of  the  eyes. 

Slight  dartings  over  the  left  eye  ;  stinging  in  the  upper  part 

of  the  right  eyeball. 
A  yellow  patch  follows  the  eyes  when  he  reads. 
A  red  patch  on  the  letter  as  he  reads. 

EARS. 
During  a  cough,  the  eustachian  tube  of  the  left  side  feels  as 
if  stuffed  with  mucus  ;  the  sensation  is  extremely  pain- 
ful, with  great  deafness. 
Eustachian  tube  feels  constantly  clogged  up,  and  there  is  a 
a  most  disagreeable  singing  noise  in  the  ear,  with  deaf- 
ness. 
Singing  and  buzzing  in  the  left  ear. 

THROAT. 
Back  part  of  the  pharynx  feels  as  if  covered  with  thick 

mucus. 
Difficulty  of  swallowing,  with  a  sensation  of  fullness  in  the 
right  side  of  the  pharynx  ;  uneasiness  behind,  and  to 
the  right  of  the  sternum,  as  if  from  fullness. 
Constant  choking  in  the  throat. 

STOMACH   AND   ABDOMEN. 
After  a  moderate  dinner,  fullness  and  pricking  at  the  cardiac 

extremity  of  the  stomach. 
Uneasy  pricking  at  the  stomach. 
No  appetite  till  evening. 
After  tea,  slight  regurgitation,  with  a  dull  pain  in  the  region 

of  the  spleen,  returning  at  intervals. 
Dull  pain  in  the  left  hypochondrium  ;  a  long  stitch  in  it  on 
taking  a  deep  breath  ;  soreness  of  the  epigastrium  and 
borborygmus. 
Prickling  and   fullness    in  the  right   hypochondrium    after 

dinner. 
Bloating  fullness  in  the  right  hypochondrium  ;  stools  loose, 

large  and  bilious. 
Bellyache  all  day  ;  increased  immediately  after  eating  even 

a  little  bread  ;  flatus. 
Twitching  about  the  bowels,  followed  by  a  loose  stool  ;  pain 
at  stomach,  through  between  the  shoulders,  with  nausea. 
Anxiety,  with  pain  in  the  abdomen  and  flatulent  distension. 
Feels  very  weak  and  faint  ;  the  bowels  are  much  distended 
with  flatulence  ;  no  relief  can  be  obtained  at  stool ;  ex- 
cessive nausea,  sickness  and  faintness. 
Soreness,  tightness,  and  distension  of  the  epigastric  region  ; 
feels  very  weak,  particularly  in  the  lower  extremities  ; 
sour  taste  in  the  mouth  ;   pain  of  epigastrium,  as  of  ex- 
cessive tightness  ;  slight  aching  in  the  foreht-ad. 


1 84  COTYLEDON    UMBILICUS. 

STOOL. 
Bowels  more  open  than  usual;  stools  fluid,  large  and  bilious. 
Bowels  confined  three  days  (secondary  effect). 
Diarrhoea,  with  sickness. 
During  the  provings  the  bowels  were  occasionally  very  loose, 

stools  large  and  without  pain. 
Bowels,  which  were  generally  confined,  freely  opened  ;  stools 
large  and  fluid. 

URINE. 

Severe  aching  in  the  region  of  the  kidneys  ;  increased  quan- 
tity of  clear  urine. 

The  urine  continued  of  increased  quantity,  and  smelled 
strongly  of  Sweet-brier ;  there  was  copious  white  sedi- 
ment. 

Frequent  calls  to  make  water ;  urine  profuse  and  limpid. 

LARYNX   AND   CHEST. 

Awoke  at  4  A.  M.,  with  a  violent  spasmodic  cough,  attended 
with  excessive  tickling  in  the  larynx  and  sense  of  suf- 
focation ;  respiration  hurried  and  difficult ;  attacks  last 
quarter  of  an  hour,  no  way  relieved  by  change  of  posi- 
tion ;  scanty  expectoration  of  white,  frothy  mucus ; 
cough  from  tickling  in  the  larynx  for  several  mornings 
in  succession. 

A  short  dry  cough  throughout  the  day. 

Tightness  and  raw  sensation  about  the  bifurcation  of  the 
bronchi. 

A  succession  of  long  stitches  through  the  chest,  extending 
to  the  shoulder  and  arm,  with  coldness  of  the  hands  and 
feet. 

A  dull  pain  in  the  left  nipple. 

A  dull  broad  pain  from  the  left  nipple  to  the  point  of  the 
left  scapula,  worse  on  walking ;  a  jerking,  stinging  in 
the  left  radial  artery. 

In  the  evening,  a  dull  pain  in  the  right  breast,  two  inches 
below  the  nipple. 

A  dull  pain  in  a  small  spot  under  the  left  nipple,  while 
riding. 

Dull  stitches  under  the  right  scapula,  which  continue  many 
hours  ;  similar  dull  stitches  at  the  same  time  under  the 
left  nipple ;  feet  very  cold  ;  during  the  evening  shooting 
in  all  directions  through  the  chest,  but  particularly  in 
the  above  localities. 

In  the  evening  shootings  in  the  right  posterior  and  left  an- 
terior chest. 

Awoke  with  a  continuous  dull  pain  above  and  to  the  left  of 
the  left  nipple,  worse  on  inspiration  ;  pain,  not  constant, 


COTYLEDON    UMBILICUS.  1 85 

towards  the  right  side  of  the  middle  of  the  sternum. 
These  pains,  particularly  the  former,  keep  recurring 
without  apparent  exciting  cause. 

Awoke  with  a  pain  under  the  left  nipple,  which  left  soon. 

Throbbing  pain  and  soreness  at  the  root  of  the  bronchi  on 
coughing ;  great  oppression  behind  the  sternum  on 
walking  fast. 

Uneasy  fullness  of  the  right  chest,  with  a  heavy  pain  to  the 
right  of  the  lower  end  of  the  sternum. 

Slight  but  distinct  aching  under  the  left  breast. 

Short-lasting  stitches  under  the  right  breast ;  uneasiness  in 
the  left  and  right  sides  of  the  chest ;  stitches  in  the 
right  anterior  chest,  lasting  some  minutes,  followed  by  a 
similar  pain  in  the  left  posterior  chest. 

Oppression  at  chest,  and  difficulty  of  expanding  it  ;  draw- 
ing pain  from  the  region  of  the  left  breast  through  to 
the  angle  of  the  left  scapula. 

Dull  pain,  varying  in  intensity,  to  the  right  of  the  sternum, 
between  the  cartilages  of  the  fifth  and  sixth  ribs. 

A  similar  dull  pain,  with  external  smarting  about  an  inch 
below  the  left  nipple  ;  tenderness  over  a  circumference 
of  three  or  four  inches  in  that  locality. 

Pain  and  tenderness  under  the  left  clavicle  on  percussion. 

Aching  along  the  inner  border  of  the  right  scapula. 

Continual  uneasiness  in  the  left  and  right  chest,  anteriorly. 

Soreness  of  the  right  breast  on  pressure  ;  a  continual  pain 
in  that  region. 

Constant  pain  in  the  left  breast,  varying  in  intensity  from  a 
dull  to  an  acute  pain. 

Greatly  oppressed  at  chest,  as  if  from  a  ball  (globus)  behind 
the  sternum. 

Violent  pain  between  the  shoulders  ;  sick  and  dizzy ;  uneasy 
aching  about  the  chest. 

Shootings  through  the  chest ;  running  of  clear  water  from 
the  mouth. 

A  burning,  dry  sensation,  with  pains  in  the  chest. 

Considerable  oppression  at  chest,  with  inclination  to  sigh  ; 
faint  at  chest  ;  constant  oppression  at  the  sternum, 
relieved  a  little  by  sighing. 

Darting  pain  for  some  time  in  the  left  breast. 

Twitching,  tightness  around  the  lower  part  of  the  chest  in 
front,  with  rising  in  the  throat  and  want  of  appetite. 

Rising  from  the  bottom  of  the  chest  into  the  throat,  with 
oppression  of  the  breathing  ;  has  to  sigh  deeply  to  re- 
lieve the  feeling  of  want  of  air  in  the  chest ;  frequent 
micturition  ;  urine  three  times  more  than  natural. 

Pushing  aching  under  the  sternum  ;  has  to  take  deep  in- 
spirations now  and  then. 
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l86  COTYLEDON    UMBILICUS. 

Breathing  oppressed  and  tight. 

Chest  aches  both  posteriorly  and  anteriorly  ;  spirits  ex- 
tremely low  ;  very  sore  at  the  inferior  angles  of  both 
scapulae,  particularly  the  left ;  also  under  the  sternum, 
particularly  at  the  left  side ;  great  difficulty  in  taking  a 
deep  inspiration,  with  aggravation  of  the  pains  at  the 
scapulae. 

The  chest  feels  too  tight  to  admit  of  expansion. 

In  five  minutes  slight  tingling  under  the  angle  of  the  left 
scapula,  amounting  now  and  then  to  pricking  ;  this 
only  lasted  a  few  minutes,  but  on  passing  off  it  was  im- 
mediately followed  by  a  pain  under  the  angle  of  the 
right  scapula,  as  if  produced  by  the  pressure  of  a  blunt 
point  ;  this  pain  increased  in  intensity  all  day,  and 
.spread  around  to  the  front,  being  particularly  severe 
under  the  left  mamma  ;  the  pain  there  and  under  the 
angle  of  the  scapula,  was  a  constant,  dull  pressure,  but 
on  making  any  sudden  movement  of  the  arm,  walking, 
or  expiring  strongly,  it  became  shooting,  and  occupied 
the  whole  intervening  space,  appearing  to  shoot  some- 
times from  the  back  to  the  front,  sometimes  in  the  op- 
posite direction  ;  by  evening  the  pain  was  so  severe  as 
nearly  to  prevent  moving  about  ;  no  tenderness  over 
the  seat  of  the  pain,  no  physical  signs,  no  fever,  or  other 
symptoms  whatever. 

Palpitation  at  intervals  of  three  minutes,  consisting  of  three 
or  four  heavy  throbs  ;  excited  more  by  mental  emotion 
than  by  bodily  exertion. 

Repeated  attacks  of  a  kind  of  palpitation  similar  to  that 
after  quick  running,  as  if  the  heart  beat  heavily  and 
with  difficulty. 

It  is  accompanied  by  a  dull  pain,  as  if  from  obstruction, 
somewhere  at  about  an  inch  to  the  left  of  the  left 
nipple  ;  this  recurs  at  intervals,  aggravated  on  stooping 
and  on  taking  a  deep  inspiration  ;  a  lascivious  idea  in- 
duces it  immediately. 

On  breathing  deeply  there  is  a  dull,  heavy  pain  at  the 
sternum,  as  if  from  a  blow,  passing  through  the  back. 

On  swallowing,  the  morsel  seems  to  pass  and  press  against 
some  swelling  in  the  region  of  the  heart ;  pulse  natural. 

A  hot  pain,  with  anxiety,  under  the  left  nipple. 

Occasional  palpitations,  consisting  of  three  heavy  i  hrobs. 

Single,  heavy  throbs,  quite  rythmical,  occurring  at  half- 
minute  intervals,  below  the  left  nipple,  after  walking 
smartly. 

Slight  feeling  of  heat  about  the  heart. 


COTYLEDON    UMBILICUS.  1 8/ 

Continual  uneasiness,  not  amounting  to  pain,  in  the  region 
of  the  heart,  and  in  the  right  hypochondrium. 

Heavy  throbbing  at  the  sternum,  coming  on  particularly  on 
slight  exertion. 

(For  upwards  of  a  month  there  remained  a  very  troublesome 
palpitation  and  fullness  at  the  sternum  on  walking  up 
hill ;  no  exertion  seemed  to  induce  it  so  much  as  this  ; 
the  sensation  occurred  at  intervals  of  two  or  three 
minutes,  and  consisted  of  one  or  two  jumps  or  rolls  of 
the  heart,  with  occasionally  an  intermission  of  the  pulse 
at  the  wrist. 

A  clawing,  digging  pain  at  the  heart  on  riding,  relieved  by 
compressing  the  side  firmly. 

Short  of  breath  ;  strong  beating  of  the  heart,  so  loud  that 
he  can  hear  it. 

BACK. 

Aching  in  the  region  of  the  kidneys,  with  shooting  in  the 
right  loin  ;  long  stitches  in  the  loins. 

Rather  severe  aching  in  the  region  of  the  kidneys,  extend- 
ing around  into  the  abdomen. 

Aching  in  the  back,  across  the  loins  ;  aching  in  the  back 
part  of  the  left  thigh.  (Female.) 

Aching  in  the  back  and  down  the  posterior  part  of  the  right 
thigh. 

SUPERIOR    EXTREMITIES. 
Aching  in  all  the  large  joints,  particularly  the  right  shoulder. 
An  uneasy  aching  of  the  shoulders,  elbows,  and  knees,  with 

numbness  of  the  latter ;  also  a  similar  aching  in  the 

thick  part  of  the  arms,  and  down  the  back  part  of  the 

thigh. 
Aching  in  the  fleshy  part  of  the  arms,  and  in  the  thigh. 
Shootings  in  the  joints  of  the  fingers,  and  in  the  left  elbow 

and  right  knee. 
Acute  shootings  in  the  joints  of  the  fingers. 
Aching  tingling  of  the  hands,  particularly  at  night,  prevet't- 

ing  sleep;  tingling  down  the  arm,  as  when  the  nerve  is 

struck. 

INFERIOR   EXTREMITIES. 
Soreness  of  the  skin  at  the  back  part  of  the  left  thigh  ; 

shootings  from  the  middle  of  the  left  thigh,  down  to  the 

inner  ankle. 
A  disagreeable,  nauseating  pain  in  the  inner  side  of  the  left 

knee,  as  after  a  blow  on  the  knee,  extending  to  the 

muscles  of  the  thigh. 
Painful  sensitiveness  of  the  skin  at  the  back  part  of  the  left 

leg ;  the  rubbing  of  the  trowsers  causes  an  acute  sting, 

as  from  a  needle. 


1 88  COTYLEDON    UMBILICUS. 

Stinging  pain  under  the  left  gluteus  maximus  muscle,  in  the 
region  of  the  great  sciatic  nerve ;  continual  soreness  of 
the  hip  and  thigh  posteriorly. 

Shooting,  sudden  and  sharp,  in  the  right  gluteal  region,  prin- 
cipally in  walking  in  the  open  air. 

Pain  and  stiffness  in  the  right  hip,  going  off  after  a  walk. 

Aching  in  the  left  thigh  posteriorly. 

Great  aching  of  the  hip  joints,  relieved  by  walking  about ; 
occasional  pushes  at  the  heart. 

Bubbling  sensation  in  the  left  thigh- 
Aching  in  the  muscles  of  the  legs. 

Aching,  breaking  feeling  across  the  tibiae,  relieved  by  motion. 

Aching  in  the  calf  of  the  leg. 

GENERAL   SYMPTOMS. 

Soreness  and  prickling  down  the  legs  posteriorly,  particularly 
above  the  ankles. 

The  legs  feel  heavy  and  sore,  as  do  also  the  arms. 

She  feels  languid  and  nervous. 

She  can  scarce  walk  for  the  aching  in  the  limbs  ;  pulse,  io6. 

The  feelings  are  similar  to  the  beginning  of  a  fever  or  a 
severe  cold. 

Aching  in  all  the  large  joints,  and  particularly  the  shoulders, 
particularly  the  right  shoulder,  inducing  constant  in- 
clination to  stir  the  limbs  ;  these  symptoms  disappeared 
the  next  day. 

An  aching,  bruised  pain  all  over  the  lower  limbs,  also  in  the 
wrists  ;  wrists  very  weak,  and  hands  tremble  ;  heels  so 
painful  that  he  can  scarce  tread. 

Sore  aching  of  the  upper  and  lower  extremities,  and  ex- 
cessive lowness  of  spirits;  occasional  dizziness  of  the 
forehead. 

Pain,  aching  soreness,  chiefly  in  the  bowels  and  across  the 
loins,  and  hanging  about  the  chest  and  scapula. 

Awoke  early  in  the  morning  in  a  state  in  which  she  felt  as  if 
she  were  going  out  of  her  mind ;  it  was  not  disagreeable, 
as  she  felt  in  an  elevated,  careless  state ;  this  lasted  for 
about  five  minutes,  and  was  followed  by  trickling  as  of 
blood  down  the  left  arm,  from  the  shoulder  to  the  finger 
joints. 

After  a  light  supper,  awoke  in  the  middle  of  the  night  in  a 
wild,  half  unconscious  state,  with  a  disagreeable  sensa- 
tion running  down  the  back  part  of  the  thigh  and  leg, 
with  a  feeling  as  if  there  was  no  foot ;  the  head  felt  ex- 
ceedingly light,  almost  as  if  there  was  no  solid  head, 
and  she  could  not  articulate  for  some  time,  although  she 
endeavored  to  do  so ;  this  left  a  severe  pressing  head- 
ache on  the  vertex,  passing  forward  over  the  eyes,  with 


CUNDURANGU.      CUPRI  ARS,  189 

a  pulsating  pain  in  the  temples  ;  burning  heat  all  over; 
after  a  cup  of  tea  the  headache  disappeared  and  the 
skin  became  moist. 

A  feeling  of  fullness  at  the  throat,  from  whence  a  cold  sen- 
sation spreads  all  over  the  body. 

A  cold  aura  rises  from  the  legs  into  the  body ;  when  it 
reaches  the  chest  it  produces  tightness  of  breathing,  and 
a  feeling  as  if  he  would  have  a  fit ;  these  sensations 
come  on  particularly  when  he  stands  still,  or  when  he 
directs  his  attention  towards  them  ;  relieved  by  moving 
about  briskly  (in  an  epileptic). 

Aching  at  the  heart,  lasting  some  hours ;  weakness  and 
aching  of  the  limbs;  head  feels  dull;  creeping  in  the 
flesh,  and  feeling  as  before  a  severe  cold  or  rheumatic 
attack. 

Occasional  attacks  of  faintness,  with  green  shadows  before 
the  eyes. 

SLEEP. 

Felt  drowsy  during  the  day. 

Sleeplessness  ;  could  not  rest  till  midnight. 

Nightmare,  with  sense  as  if  he  could  not  escape  from,  ina- 
bility to  see. 

Drowsy  all  day. 


CUNDURANGU. 
(  Condor-plant.) 


[This  medicine  is  prepared  from  the  bark  of  a  climbing  plant  or  shrub 
found  in  Ecuador,  South  America.  A  decoction  of  the  bark  is  advised. 
It  is  highly  recommended  as  a  remedy  for  cancer,  and  various  malignant 
scrofulous  affections.  The  testimony  relating  to  its  efficacy  is  singularly 
at  variance.  Dr.  Bliss  claims  to  have  cured  several  cases  of  cancer,  and 
relieved  many  others.  Other  physicians  claim  to  have  tested  its  powers 
in  similar  cases  and  found  it  inert.  The  physicians  of  several  British  hos- 
pitals report  against  its  value.  It  will  probably  require  a  proving  by 
some  organized  society  of  Homoeopathists,  to  determine  its  real  sphere  of 
action,  and  indications  for  its  use.] 


CUPRI    ARSENITUM. 
(Arsenite  of  Copper — Scheel^s  Green.) 


Analogues  : — Arsenic,  Agaricus,  Belladonna,  Cuprum,  etc. 
Officinal  Preparations  : — Triturations. 

[This  preparation  of  Arsenic  is  used  extensively  for  coloring  wall-paper, 
and  its  deleterious  influence  is  often  very  marked  ;  even  fatal  results  have 
been  observed  from  occupying  rooms  hung  with  such  paper,] 


igo  CUPRI   ARSENITUM. 

MENTAL    SPHERE. 

Confusion    of    ideas,   vertigo,    and   headache   between   the 

temples. 
Dullness  and  fullness  of  the  head. 
Intense  anguish. 
Intoxication. 

HEAD. 

Severe  headache,  with  dull  pain  in  the  forehead  with  sore- 
ness of  the  orbital  bones. 

Throbbing  pain  in  right  temple. 

Headache  between  the  temples ;  the  pain  seems  to  meet  in 
the  centre  of  the  forehead,  and  thence  to  pass  down 
the  nose. 

EYES. 

Persistent  boring  pain  in  a  small  spot  above  the  left  superior 

orbital  arch,  with  soreness  when  touched. 
Dimness  of  the  eyes,  with  profuse  lachrymation. 
Dark  specks  before  the  eyes;  eyes  are  very  sensitive. 
Sparks  before  the  eyes. 

EARS. 

Boring  pain  in  the  right  ear. 

NOSE. 
Soreness  of  the  nose,  with  watery  discharge  from  the  nose. 

FACE. 
Soreness  of  the  bones  of  the  face. 
CEdema  of  the  face. 
Paleness  of  the  face. 

Twitching  and  jerking  of  the  facial  muscles  of  the  left  side, 
between  the  eye  and  the  corner  of  the  mouth,  very 
violent. 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 
Heavy  white  coating  of  the  tongue. 
Shooting  pains  in  the  upper  jaw ;  pains  are  intermittent  and 

throbbing. 
Burning  sensation  in  the  throat ;  soreness  of  the  glands  of 
the  neck,  with  stiffness  of  the  neck  ;  moving  the  head 
aggravates  the  pain  in  the  neck. 
STOMACH. 
Nausea,  with  headache  between  the  eyes,  and  metallic  taste 
in  the  mouth. 
*  Vomiting  and  purging. 

Vomiting  of  mucus  tinged  with  bile. 

Great  sensitiveness  of  the  epigastric  region  to  least  touch, 
o  Cramps  in  stomach  and  bowels,  followed  by  tonsillitis. 


CUPRI    ARSENITUM.  I9I 

o  Nausea,  with  burning  pain  in  the  stomach  and  bowels ;  pal- 
pitation of  the  heart,  with  trembling  of  the  limbs  ; 
headache,  particularly  in  the  forehead  ;  jerking  in  the 
limbs. 

ABDOMEN      AND    STOOL. 

*  Violent  colic;  frequent  vomiting,  with  purging;  cold  sweats; 
intense  thirst. 

Great  distension  of  the  abdomen. 

Pains  in  the  abdomen,  sharp  and  cutting. 

Diarrhcea  ;  slimy  stool, 
o  Asiatic  cholera,  with  cramps  in  hands  and  feet. 

UR^TNARY   ORGANS. 

Strong-smelling  urine. 

Dark-red  urine  ;  burning  pain  during  and  after  urination. 

GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 

Male. — White,  purulent  discharge  from  the  urethra ;  soreness 
of  the  penis,  with  pain  in  the  prostrate  gland  ;  tingling 
and  burning  in  the  urethra. 

Perspiration  of  the  scrotum,  which  is  constantly  moist  and 
damp. 

Boils  frequently  forming  on  the  scrotum. 

CHEST. 

Dull,  stitching  pain  in  left  chest,  between  the  sixth  and 
seventh  ribs,  with  a  weak,  numb  feeling  in  the  left  chest, 
left  side  of  the  back,  left  shoulder  and  arm. 
Constricted  feeling  of  the  chest. 
Sudden  debility,  with  dull  pain  in  the  heart,  and  sensation 

of  oppression  around  that  organ. 
Palpitation  of  the  heart,  with  trembling  of  the  limbs, 
o  Angina  pectoris. 

BACK. 

Lameness  of  the  back. 

Severe  pain  under  the  scapula,  worse  when  moving  or 
breathing. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES, 

Numb,  weak  feeling  in  left  shoulder  and  arm. 
Left  arm  feels  numb  and  powerless,  and  a  similar  sensation 
soon  afterward  appeared  in  the  left  leg. 

SKIN. 

Aggravation  of  a  chronic  irritation  ;  itching  of  the  arms  and 

legs. 
Pustular  tumors  on  the  wrists  and  ankles. 
Eruptions  of  the  skin  ;  cedema  of  the  face  ;  boils  on  scrotum. 


192  CYANIDE   OF    POTASSIUM. 

SLEEP. 

Persistent  sleeplessness. 

FEVER. 

Chilliness  all  over  the  body  ;  creeping  sensation  produced 

by  the  contact  of  the  clothing. 
Intense  thirst ;  cold  sweats. 
Pulse  frequent,  skin  cold,  with  great  depression. 
Small,   quick,    irritated,    or   else   spasmodically   contracted 

pulse. 

GENERALITIES. 

Cerebro-spinal  irritation  ;  staggering  gait." 
o  Chorea;  spasms, 
o  Epilepsy  ;  fainting. 


CYANIDE  OF  POTASSIUM. 

(Cyanuret  of  Potassium. ) 


Analogues: — Acidum  hydrocyaniaun,  Amygdala   ainara, 
Primus y  Laiirocerasiis,  Digitalis. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Triturations ;  dilutions  ;  (on 
centesimal  scale). 

[A  most  violent  poison,  very  similar  in  action  to  Hydrocyanic  acid.  Three 
grains  are  sufficient  to  destroy  life.] 

sensorium. 
Sudden  loss  of  consciousness. 

HEAD. 

Severe,  sudden  pain  in  the  head. 
Vertigo  and  sensation  of  weight  in  the  head. 
Great  pain  in  back  part  of  the  head, 
o  Torturing  neuralgic  headache  in  orbital  and  supra-maxillary 
region ;  the  pains  recurring  daily  at  the   same   hour, 
with  much  flushing  of  that  side  of  the  face, 
o  Agonizing  attacks  of  neuralgic  pains  between  the  temporal 
region  and  ciliary  arch  and  maxilla,  with  screams  and 
apparent  loss  of  sensibility,  as  if  struck  with  apoplexy  ; 
pulse,  84  ;  face  flushed, 
o  Severe  neuralgic  pains  in  temporal  region  and  left  upper 
jaw,  daily  at  4  A.  M.,  increasing  till  10  A.  M.,  and  ceasing 
at  4  P.  M. ;  in  the  interval  anorexia,  fever,  headache,  etc. 


CYANIDE   OF   IMDTASSIUM.  1 93 

o  In  headaches  depending  on  dyspepsia,  imperfect  menstrua- 
tion, known  as  "sick-headache,"  the  r;ir/rr«^/ application 
of  a  solution,  not  stronger  than  two  or  four  grains  to 
one  ounce  of  water,  applied  on  compresses,  will  give 
prompt  relief. — (Trousseau.) 

FACE,   EYES   AND   EARS. 

Face  flushed,  with  the  neuralgic  headache. 
Eyes  fixed,  pupils  dilated  ;  dim  vision. 
Ears,  rushing  sound  in  the  ears. 

GASTRIC. 

Sense  of  constriction  in  the  throat. 

Intense  burning  in  the  stomach. 

Nausea,  with  sense  of  choking  when  trying  to  swallow  fluids, 

followed  by  copious  vomiting. 
A  feeling  as  if  the  bowels  were  about  to  act, 

CHEST. 

He  cannot  take  a  deep  inspiration,  but  has  no  definite  pain. 
Respiration  slow  and  difficult. 
Abdominal  respiration  (in  animals), 
o  Troublesome  cough,  preventing  sleep  at  night,  with  dullness 

on  percussion,  respiration  feeble,  mixed  with  crepitant 

and  bronchial  rales. 

HEART. 

It  paralyses  the  heart  in  tetanic  spasm  ;  general  convulsive 
action  of  the  whole  body  10  minutes  after  the  heart 
ceased  to  beat, 

TRUNK   AND   EXTREMITIES 

Spasmodic  tetanic  stiffness  of  trunk  and  limbs,  with  shud- 
dering of  the  limbs. 

Skin  about  the  joints  fissured,  with  oozing  of  blood  ;  the  in- 
flammation extending  to  the  nail  and  its  root. 

Ulceration  of  the  soft  parts  of  the  hands  down  to  the  bone, 
with  great  pain, 

GENERALITIES. 

She  fell  as  if  struck  by  lightning,  and  died  in  40  minntes ; 

(from  12  grains). 
General  convulsions,  eyes  fixed  and  limbs  contracted, 
o  Acute  articular  rheumatism. 


24 


194  NEW    REMEDIES. 


CYANURET    OF    MERCURY. 


Analogues: — Arum  triphyllmn,  Caiistiaun,  Hepar  sulph.. 
Kali  bichromicuvi.  Kali  causticuin,  Mercicrius  iodat.,  Phyto- 
lacca, Muriatic  acid,  Lac/usis,  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Triturations ;  dilutions. 

[In  the  treatment  of  malii^nant  diphtheria  the  6th  dihitioit  has  been 
used.  Owing  to  the  intensely  poisonous  nature  of  the  drug,  this  is  as  low 
as  should  be  used,  especially  for  children. — Halc.\ 

MENTAL    SPHERE. 

Cerebral  excitation,  with  sleeplessness  at  night. 
Loss  of  consciousness ;  .syncope  and  general  debility. 

HEAD. 

Headache,  with  vertigo,  and  burning  in  the  cars. 

FACE. 

Face  pale  and  wan  ;  bluish  cast. 
Copious  epistaxis. 
Blue  face  and  lips. 

EVES. 

Eyes  are  sunken. 
Pupils  contracted. 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 

Tongue  pale  with  yellowish  streak  on  the  base ;  swollen,  red 
on  its  borders. 

*  Throat  looks  rough  ;  pharynx  rd  and  injected. 

Gums  swollen  and  covered  with  a  white  adherent  layer, 
under  which  was  found  a  violet  border. 

*  A  white  opaline  layer  formed  on  the  columns  of  the  velum 

palate  and  the  tonsils  ;  on  the  inside  of  the  right  cheek 
was  a  round  ulcer  with  a  grayish  base,  the  borders  as  if 
cut  out  and  surrounded  by  great  redness. 

*  Pscudo  membranes  of  the  throat. 

*  Lips,  tongue  and  inside  of  the  cheeks  dotted   by  ulceration, 

covered  by  a  grayish-white  coating. 
Mucous  membrane  of  the  throat  was  very  red. 
Inflammation  over  the  whole  buccal  cavity. 
Salivation. 

Great  difficulty  of  swallowing, 
o  Pseudo-membranous  croup ;    (considered    a  specific  in  the 

most  malignant  cases  by  many  physicians), 
o  Diphtheria  maligna. 


CYANURirr   OF    MKRCURV.  I95 

STOMACH. 
Nausea,   vomiting,  and  frequent   diarrhoeic  stools,  with  icy 

coldness  of  the  body. 
Drinks  are  immediately  returned. 
Burning  sensation  in  the  stomach. 
Increased  thirst,  with  violent  irritation  of  the  throat. 
Vomiting  of  green  mucus. 
Violent  retchings. 
Hiccough  constant  for  24  hours. 

ABDOMEN. 
Abdomen  slightly  painful. 

Violent  abdominal  pains,  increasing  with  every  stool. 
Colic,  followed  by  hard  stool,  then  a  soft  one. 

STOOL   AND   ANUS. 
Fluid  stools,  tinged  with  blood. 
Diarrhceic  stools,  smelling  badly  ;  green  and  glairy. 
Very  copious  diarrhoea,  which  is  persistent,  with  moist  and 

icy-cold  skin. 
Frequent  inclination  to  stool,  preceded  and  accompanied  by 

tenesmus  ;  stools  scanty  and  mixed  with  blood. 
Great  inclination  to  go  to  stool  (with  incessant  vomiting), 

followed  by  liquid  stool. 
Dark-colored  stool. 

On  making  the  effort  at  stool  passes  pure  black  blood. 
A  foetid  liquid  oozes  from  the  rectum,  having  the  character- 
istic smell  of  gangrene,  and  forming  on  the  linen  large 

black  spots. 
Pains  in  the  rectum  when  sitting  down,  also  around  the 

anus,  which  is  swollen. 
Hsemorrhoidal  tumors  around  the  anus,  and  knobby  swelling 

of  the  mucous  membrane. 
Diphtheritic,  grayish   layer  around  the  anus,  similar  to  that 

on  the  cheeks, 
o  Malignant  or  putrid  dysentery. 

URINARY    ORGAN.S 
Retention  of  urine  during  five  days. 
Suppression  of  urine. 
Urine  yellow,  amber-colored  ;  painful. 
Urine  clear,  but  .scanty. 
Urine  scanty  and  dark. 
Numerous  whole  cylinders  or  broken  down  with  fine  detritus; 

now  blood  globules  ;  a  quantity  of  albumen. 
Urine  contained  in  the  bladder  is  extremely  albuminous, 
o  Bright's  disease. 

GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 
Male. — -Penis  is  of  a  dark  color,  is  in  a  .state  of  semi-erection. 
Scrotum  is  of  a  dark  color. 


196  CYPRIPEDIUM   PUBESCENS. 

CHEST. 

Pulse  small,  depressed,  'jG. 

Pulse  stronger  and  more  frequent,  90. 

Pulse  weak,  130,  with  cold  extremities  and  cyanosed  face. 

Pulse  102,  irregular  in  the  morning  (noticed  only  at  one  time). 

Beating  of  the  heart  is  violent  and  rough. 

Severe  contractions  of  the  heart,  repelling  the  hand. 

LOWER   EXTREMITIES. 

Severe  pain  in  the  left  calf;  the  veins  form  two  strings  which 
unite  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  ankles  ;  the  least  touch 
is  extremely  painful  ;  leg  much  swollen  (varices).  , 

GENERALITIES. 

General  debility,  syncope,  icy-coldness  of  the  body. 
Extreme  prostration,  frequent  vomiting,  hiccough. 
Great  sensation  of  chilliness. 
Extremities  agitated  by  light  convulsive  motion. 


CYPRIPEDIUM    PUBESCENS. 
(Lady's  Slipper.) 


Analogues: — Ambergris,  Coca,  Paullinia,  Coffca,  Thea, 
Scutellaria. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  root;  dilu- 
tions. 

MIND   and   brain. 
Exhilarates  the  mind  and  nervous  system. 
A  sense  of  quiet,  or  mental  lassitude. 
Talkative,  and  more  disposed  to  work. 
A  sense  of  weight  and  oppression  on  the  mind. 
Slight  disposition  to  drowsiness. 

Slight  heaviness,  and  fullness  in  the  brain,  with  sleeplessness. 
Irritable  ;  fretful ;  angry  at  trifles  ;  hysterical, 
o  Disorders   of  the  gray-nerve  matter  from  mental  over-ex- 
ertion, or  reflex  nervous  excitement, 
o  Delirium  tremens,  mild  attacks. 

Mental  despondency — in  spermatorrhoea. 

SLEEP. 
Sleeplessness,  with  desire  to  talk,  or  with  constant  crowding 

of  pleasant  ideas. 
Sleeplessness,  w^ith  restlessness  of  the  body ;  twitching  of 
the  limbs. 


DATURA   ARBOREA.  1 97 

GENERALITIES, 
o  Hysterical  complaints, 
o  Chorea,  and  reflex  epilepsy, 
o  Functional  irritation  of  the  brain,  especially  in  very  young 

children,  from  teething,  or  intestinal  irritation, 
o  Incipient  cerebral  disorder,  when  the  child  is  sleepless,  and 

laughs  and  plays  in  the  night, 
o  Jactitation  and  trembling  in  typhoid  fevers. 


DATURA    ARBOREA. 

{Bougniancia    Candida.) 


Analogues  : — Agaricus,  yEthusa,  Bclladointa,  Hyoscyamns, 
Cannabis  indica,  Stranionmm,  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  leaves  and 
flowers  ;  dilutions. 

[A  native  of  Peru,  growing  along  the  Pacific  coast  in  California,  culti- 
vated in  gardens  and  conservatories.  Leaves  large,  their  sides  unequal. 
Flowers,  corolla  funnel  shaped,  long  tubed  and  bent  downward  ;  color, 
snow-white,  with  a  yellow  tint  by  the  fundus,  of  very  sweet  odor.  Dr. 
Poulson,  of  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  communicates  the  following  pathogenetic 
symptoms.] 

MIND. 
Toxicological  effect  much  slower  than  D.  Stramonium,  but 

dynamically  very  intense  and  lasting. 
The  odor  of  the  flowers  in  a  room  causes  considerable  psy- 
chological aberration. 
Causes  such  deep  impression   upon  the  mental  sphere  and 
faculty  of  concentrating  ideas  that   I  was  sensibly  af- 
fected a  long  time. — (Dr.  Camaun,) 
A  very  strange  feeling  of  pleasant  ease  and  comfort,  as  if  T 
scarcely  touched  the  earth  with   my  feet,  and  had  to 
gather  my  ideas  from  afar,  as  if  they  were  floating  in 
the  clouds. 
A  longing  for  beauty  and  fine  scenery. 

The  brain  seems   floating   in   thousands  of  problems   aiid 
grand  ideas,  without  being  able  to  concentrate  itself,  or 
get  to  any  point  and  carry  out  any  system  of  thought. 
It  acts  mostly  as  a  pure  dynamic  and  semi-spiritual  agent 
upon  the  sensations,  without  any  perceptible  pain. — 
(Potdsojt.) 
He  experienced  a  slight  vertigo,  and  found  himself  involved 
in  a  most  beautiful  atmosphere,  bright  and  calm  as  the 
sunlight  at  noon. — (Camaun.) 
A  confusion  of  ideas  across  the  cerebrum. — (lb-) 


198  DIOSCOREA    VILLOSA. 

o  Recommended  by  Dr.  Camaun  as  a  remedy  in  some  forms 
of  emotional  or  functional  msanity,  or  when  the  patient 
is  happy  and  contented  and  imagines  himself  or  herself 
to  be  some  extraordinary  emperor,  prince,  etc.  — 
(Poulson.) 

HEAD. 

A  drawing,  nervous  irritation,  from  the  cerebrum  back  to 
the  cerebellum,  and  a  spinal  irritation,  or  depletion  of 
nervous  circulation  in  the  medulla  oblongata.— -f/^J 

A  contraction  of  the  front  cerebrum  of  a  convulsive  nature, 
sometimes  as  if  a  string  was  tied  close  around  the 
head  from  sinus  frontalis  to  os  occipitis. — (lb.) 

The  cramps  of  both  hemispheres  (cerebro-frontalis)  made 
me  careful  in  experimenting  more. — (lb.) 

A  feeling  as  if  my  forehead  was  expanded,  and  my  ideas 
were  floating  outside  my  brain. — (lb.) 

A  sharp,  constrictive  sensation  across  the  spine  in  the  region 
pars  dorsalis,  extending  upward  to  the  pars  cervicalis, 
into  ventriculus  quartus,  or  the  lower  region  of  the  cere- 
bellum, with  irritation  of  nervous  accessories. — (lb.) 

[Dr.  Poulson's  estimate  of  the  power  of  this  remedy  is,  perhaps,  over- 
rated ;  his  theory  of  its  action  rather  vague.  It  would  have  been  better  if 
he  had  couched  his  language  in  less  transcendental  terms  ;  his  anatomical 
phrases  are  rather  sophomorical. — Hale^ 


DIOSCOREA   VILLOSA. 

{Wild  Yam  Root— Colic  Root.) 


Analogues: — ALsctdus,  Aloes,  Bryonia,  Chamomilla,  Colo- 
cynth,  Collinsoiiia,Hyoscyamus,  Nux  vomica,  Senna,  PodopJiyllnm. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  root;  dilu- 
tions ;  triturations  of  the  pulverized  root,  and  of  Discorin  ; 
infusion  ;  (in  very  severe  cases  of  abdominal  pain,  the  tincture 
seems  inert,  but  an  infusion  of  3  i.  of  pulv.  root  to  5  iv.  of  hot 
water,  given  in  tablespoonful  doses,  will  give  prompt  relief.) 

[Collated  from  Dr.  Cushing's  Monogi-aph  and  New  Remedies.] 
MORAL   SYMPTOMS. 

Nervous,  easily  troubled  ;  or  nerves  uncommonly  steady. 

Feel  cross,  desire  to  be  alone ;  company  is  disagreeable  ; 
conversation  is  troublesome. 

Feel  tired  ;  still  keep  walking  around  the  room. 

Great  depression  of  spirits, 

HEAD. 

Dull,  stupefying  pain  in  both  temples. 


DIOSCOREA    VILLOSA.  1 99 

Dull,  dizzy  feeling  in  head. 

Dull,  confused  feeling  in  head  during  stool. 

Dull  pain  deep  in  centre  of  head. 

Severe  dull  pain  in  back  of  neck,  extending  to  head  and 
shoulders  ;  worse  on  left  side. 

Dizzy,  severe  deep-seated  pain  in  left  occipital  region. 

Sharp,  deep-seated  pain  behind  right  ear. 

D  .ill,  stupefying  pain  in  both  temples,  as  if  from  pressure  ; 
relieved  at  once  by  pressure,  but  when  the  pressure  is 
removed  the  pain  is  sharper  and  worse  than  before. 

A  pressing  pain  from  front  to  back  of  head,  as  if  he  would 
become  unconscious. 

Pain  in  front  of  head  and  temples,  as  if  the  top  of  the  head 
were  lifted  up. 

Severe  pain  in  both  temples  and  front  of  head  ;  head  feels 
cold. 

Head  feels  heavy,  with  pain  between  the  eyes  and  near  the 
top  of 'both  ears. 

Faintness  is  increased  by  sitting  up  in  bed  ;  numbness  in- 
creased by  lying  down. 

Head  feels  as  if  a  band  was  tied  around  it. 

Dizzy,  inclined  to  go  to  the  right  when  walking. 

Head  after  breakfast,  feels  tight  as  if  squeezed. 

Pulling  pain  in  front  of  both  ears  as  precedes  vomiting. 

Sharp  pain  in  both  temples,  not  changed  by  walking,  riding, 
or  shaking  the  head. 

Sharp  pain  in  left  temple,  with  nausea  and  chills,  beginning 
on  back,  worse  over  left  scapula. 

Pulling  pain  in  occiput,  causing  a  stupid  sensation  ;  feel 
confused  ;  call  things  by  wrong  names. 

Belching  large  quantities  of  wind,  with  a  sensation  as  if  both 
temples  were  in  a  vise. 

P'requent  dull,  then  stabbing  pain  in  left  temple  ;  feel  dull 
and  stupid. 

Head  feels  strange,  inclined  to  fall  backwards. 

Constant,  dull,  frontal  headache,  more  in  the  top  of  the 
forehead. 

Vertigo  and  giddiness,  with  heat  in  the  head  ;  with  sharp 
cutting  pains  in  right  side  of  the  forehead,  extending  to 
the  ears ;  a  remittent  pain,  aggravated  by  pressure  ; 
fullness  in  the  head,  speedily  followed  by  some  spas- 
modic pain  in  the  abdomen. 
EYES. 

Itching  of  both  eyes. 

Smarting  of  both  eyes,  right  one  worse. 

Internal  angle  of  eyes  worse  than  external. 

Eyes  stick  together  in  the  morning. 


200  DIOSCOREA    VILLOSA. 

Eyes  feel  as  if  some  large,  smooth  substance  was  in  them. 
Eyes  feel  as  if  dust  or  lashes  or  sticks  were  in  them. 
'   Discharge  of  hot  water  from  the  eyes. 
Sharp  pain  in  left  eye. 
Sharp  pain  in  ball  of  right  eye. 
Both  eyes  weak,  sore,  and  smart  badly. 
Eyelids  stiff;  hard  pain  just  below  angle  of  right  eye. 
Sharp  pain  in  right  eye,  extending  to  occipital  region. 
Sore  on  under  lid  of  right  eye,  like  a  stye. 
Both  lids  of  right  eye  sore,  but  do  not  look  sore. 
Eyes   smart   badly  in    the   evening ;   smarting   of  internal 

angle  of  both  eyes. 
Eyes  smart  so  badly  that  it  seems  as  if  hot  air  came  out  of 

them,  and  passed  down  over  the  cheeks. 
Water  runs  from  the  right  eye,  and  smarts  so  bad  that  he 

has  to  keep  it  closed  most  of  the  time. 
Eyes  gummed  up  in  the  morning. 

In  open  air  eyes  so  full  of  tears  he  can  not  se^  plainly. 
Wants  to  keep  the  eyes  closed, 

EARS. 
Hard  pain  behind  left  ear ;  hard  pain  in  front  of  both  ears. 
Itching  of  right  internal  ear,  worse  than  in  left. 
Loud  ringing  and  buzzing  in  ears. 
Small  balls  of  wax  drop  out  of  the  right  ear  almost  every 

day. 
Both  ears  suddenly  feel  stopped  up. 
Both  internal  ears  sore  to  the  touch. 

NOSE. 
Irritation  of  nasal  passages. 
Sneezing. 

Discharge  of  water  from  left  nostril,  with  smarting  of  fauces. 
Nose  sore  on  left  side. 

Sore  place  on  nose  quite  painful,  but  no  redness  nor  swelling. 
Discharge  of  bright  red  blood  from  left  nostril,  followed  by 

one  dark  clot,  then  spitting  of  blood, 
J5oth  sides  of  nose  sore  and  swollen. 
Inside  of  nostrils  sore. 
Constant  bad  smell  in  nose,  as  from  bilious  fever  or  bilious 

dysentery. 
Dryness  of  nose,  with  bad  smell. 
Any  offensive  smell  remains  a  long  time  in  the  nose. 
Nose  inclined  to  be  stopped  up. 
Much  sneezing  every  day. 

Constant  discharge  of  water  from  the  left  nostril. 

FACE. 
O  Little  pimples  with  black  heads  disappear  during  the  proving. 


DIOSCOREA    VJLLOSA.  201 

Sharp  pain  in  left  cheek  or  lower  portion  of  temporal  region. 
Drawing  pain  at  angle  of  jaw,  left  side. 

Hard  aching  pain  in  left  side  of  face,  extending  to  the  neck. 
Neuralgic  pain  in  the  temples. 

MOUTH   AND  JAWS. 
Sweetish  taste  in  the  mouth. 
Mouth  bitter  and  sticky  in  the  morning. 
Tongue  dry  and  stiff  in  the  morning,  worse  on  the  sides. 
Mouth  bitter  in  the  morning. 
Mouth  dry  and  sore  in  the  morning. 
Tongue  coated  in  the  morning. 
Tongue  coated  slightly  brown. 
Tongue  coated  heavily  brown,  and  sore  on  sides. 
Tip  of  tongue  sore  when  eating. 
Tongue  sore  on  sides  near  back  molar  teeth,  making  talking 

difficult. 
Pain  in  front  teeth,  and  burning  of  the  mouth  and  fauces. 
Roof  of  mouth  sore. 

Gums  on  inside  of  front  upper  teeth  swollen. 
Soreness  of  gums  extending  to  the  roof  of  the  mouth. 
Corners  of  mouth  sore ;  sore  pain  at  angle  of  jaw,  left  side. 
Saliva  runs  out  of  his  mouth  when  asleep. 
Pain  in  upper  front  teeth  ;  pain  in  lower  front  teeth. 
Spasmodic  closing  of  the  jaws,  biting  the    tongue,   when 

neither  eating  or  talking. 
Mouth  dry,  but  no  thirst. 
Tongue  feels  as  if  it  was  burnt  on  the  sides. 
Sharp  aching  pain  in  right  upper  molar  tooth  (which  had 

been  filled  for  years),  as  if  he  touched  a  bare  nerve. 
THROAT. 
Irritation  of  fauces. 
Burning  and  smarting  of  fauces. 

Posterior  fauces  smart  and  burn,  and  feel  as  if  the  skin  was  off. 
Burning  of  left  tonsil  and  left  side  of  throat. 
Itching  of  left  tonsil. 
PuUing  pain  in  left  tonsil. 
Stinging  in  right  tonsil. 
Throat  sore  with  hoarseness. 
Pain  on  back  and  right  side  of  throat,  causing  a  choking 

sensation. 
Throat  seems  sore,  but  is  not. 

Pain  in  both  parotid  glands,  extending  to  the  throat. 
Irritation  of  left  side  of  throat,  extending  to  ear  and  larynx. 
Irritation  of  larynx,  with  inclination  to  cough. 
Constant  desire  to  swallow,  but  it  causes  nausea. 
Hard,  aching  pain  in  left  parotid  gland, 
Diilficult  swallowing. 

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202  DIOSCOREA    VILLOSA. 

Constriction  of  glottis,  as  if  he  were  choking,  or  something 

was  tied  around  the  throat. 
Dryness  of  the  fauces,  with  frequent  incHnation  to  swallow. 
Roughness  of  fauces. 
Tonsils  slightly  congested. 

TASTE   AND   APl'ETITE. 

Bitter,  sweet,  bloody,  flat,  clammy  taste,  with  disgust  for 
food. 

STOMACH. 
Uneasy  feeling  at  stomach. 
Sharp  pain  in  stomach,  relieved  by  eating. 
Uneasy  feeling  at  epigastriunj. 
Sharp  pain  at  epigastrium. 
During  forenoon,  pain  in  epigastrium. 

*  Sharp  pain  in  epigastrium,  extending  to  left  hypochondrium, 

lasting  one  hour. 

Hard  pain  at  epigastrium. 

Pain  and  soreness  at  epigastrium. 

Very  .sharp  pain  in  epigastrium,  causing  me  to  bend  over. 

Sharp  pain  at  epigastrium,  relieved  by  standing  erect,  ag- 
gravated by  stooping. 

*  Sharp,  cramping  pain  at  pit  of  stomach,  followed  by  raising, 

belching,  and  gulping  enormous  quantities  of  tasteless 
wind  for  fifteen  minutes,  then  hiccough,  and  discharge 
of  flatulence  from  the  bowels  ;  hiccough,  with  simulta- 
neous, involuntary  discharge  of  flatulence  from  the 
bowels,  with  shuddering,  after  a  light  supper, 
o  Constant,  dull,  weary  pain  in  cardiac  region  of  the  stomach, 
extending  to  left  side  and  dorsal  region. 

Sharp,  cutting  pain  in  stomach,  extending  to  umbilicus. 

Bad,  distressed  feeling  in  stomach  all  day,  at  times  so  sharp 
he  had  to  walk  around  the  room  to  get  his  breath. 

During  the  day  very  often  a  dreadful,  cutting,  cramping, 
sinking  sensation  at  epigastrium  and  upper  portion  of 
bowels,  relieved  by  standing  erect  or  by  pressure. 

Sharp,  cramping  pain  across  the  epiga.strium,  preventing 
motion. 

Sharp  pain  in  left  hypochondrium. 

Frequent  sharp  pains  in  liver. 

Soreness  and  pain  at  epigastrium, 

Aching  pain  at  epigastrium  and  left  hypochondrium. 

Dull  pain  in  epigastrium. 

Hard,  sharp  pain  in  region  of  gall  bladder  ;  aching  pain  at 
left  hypochondrium,  and  faint  feeling  at  stomach. 

Belching  of  large  quantities  of  wind,  relieving  the  distress  at 
stomach  for  a  minute. 


l:)IOSCOREA    VIIJ.OSA.  203 

Sour  stomach,  belching  of  sour  water,    and   belching  sour 

wind,  with  shuddering. 
Acid  stomach. 
Distress  at  stomach,  had  to  unfasten  his  clothes,  which  were 

quite  loose. 
Distress  and  faint  feeling  at  stomach. 
Could  taste  food  ten  hours  after  eating. 
*  Distressing  pain  at  epigastrium,   relieved  by  raising  sour, 
bitter  wind,  with  shuddering. 
Belching  large  quantities  of  wind,  with  a  sensation  as  if  both 

temples  were  in  a  vise. 
Nausea  after  eating. 
Belching  of  wind  and  bitter  mouth  ;  worse  on  sides  and  back 

part  of  tongue. 
Inclined  to  raise  the  wind,  but  cannot. 
Burning  at  epigastrium. 

Dull  pain  in  stomach  and  right  hypochondrium. 
Heavy  feeling  at  stomach,  as  of  undigested  food. 
Stomach  feels  faint  and  distressed  after  eating  a  little. 
Stomach  burns  and  smarts  and  is  sore. 
Stomach  burns  after  eating. 
Belching  of  wind  and  bad  taste  in  the  mouth. 
Belching  of  wind,  with  pain  in  left  knee. 
Trembling,  with  faint  feeling  at  stomach. 
Belching  of  wind  slightly  sour,  accompanied  with  shuddering. 
Faint  feeling  at  epigastrium,  partially  relieved  by  raising 

wind. 
Aching  pain  in  left  hypochondrium. 
Sensation  as  of  a  stone  in  the  stomach. 
Twisting  pain  in  stomach. 
Vomiting  (from  very  large  doses), 
o  Dull,  heavy,  wearing  pain  in  stomach,  worse  after  eating,  re- 
lieved by  copious  eructations  of  air. 
Severe,  cutting,  tearing  pains  in  region  of  stomach  and  gall 

bladder,  sometimes  spasmodic. 
Constant  dull  pain  in  stomach. 

Burning  ciistress  in  stomach,  with  sharp  pricking  pains  in  it, 
and  faintness. 
o  Stomach  painful  on  pressure,  with  faintness. 
o  Pyrosis  in  pregnant  women, 
o  Gastralgia. 
o  Cramps  in  the  .stomach, 
o  Dull,  heavy  pains  in  stomach,  worse  after  eating,  relieved  by 

eructations  of  air. 
o  Constant,  dull,  heavy,  tearing  pain   in  cardiac  portion   of 
stomach,  extending  into  left  side  and  dorsal  region. 


204  DIOSCOREA    VILLOSA. 

ABDOMEN. 

Dull  pain  in  region  of  liver,  aggravated  by  inhalation,  re- 
lieved by  exhalation. 

Heavy,  distressed  feeling  in  region  of  gall  bladder  when 
lying  on  the  right  side. 

Pain  in  bowels,  as  if  a  diarrhoea  would  come  on. 

Pain  in  umbilical  region. 

Griping  pain  in  hypogastric  region,  as  if  a  diarrhoea  would 
come  on,  relieved  by  passing  flatulence. 

Sharp  pain  in  umbilicus. 

Twisting  sensation  in  region  of  liver. 

Griping  pain  at  umbilicus. 

i.harp  pain  in  liver,  extending  to  nipple. 

Wringing,  twisting  pain  at  hypogastrium. 

Griping  pain  at  nav^el. 

Frequent,  cutting,  cramping  in  epigastrium,  extending  to  the 
umbilicus,  with  a  faint,  distressing  sensation,  as  if  a 
diarrhoea  would  come  on. 

Bowels  feel  sore  on  stooping. 

Sound  of  rumbling  in  bowels. 

Dreadfully  troubled  with  incarcerated  flatulence. 

Distress  in  bowels,  with  raising  bitter  wind. 

Squeezing  pain  in  liver. 

Immediately  after  lying  down  a  hard  pain  in  left  hypochon- 
drium,  aggravated  by  lying  on  the  right  side,  not 
changed  by  lying  on  the  left. 

Dull  painMn  left  hypochondrium  when  lying  on  left  side. 

Dull  pain  in  liver  when  lying  on  right  side. 

Digging  pain  in  left  hypochondrium. 

Pain  in  left  inguinal  region  and  inguinal  glands  in  the  even- 
ing ;  left  inguinal  glands  swollen  and  painful. 

Aching  pain  in  left  hypochondrium,  with  a  faint  feeling  at 
stomach,  with  chills  in  the  back. 

Loud  rumbling  in  the  bowels. 

Bowels  feel  bloated. 

Constant  dull  pain  in  epigastric  and  umbilical  region,  with 
frequent  colic-like  pains  of  a  cutting,  tearing  character. 

Sharp,  cutting  pains  around  the  umbilicus,  aggravated  by 
walking. 

Severe  cutting  colic  pains  awaking  him  at  night. 

Uneasy  feeling  in  umbilical  region  with  eructations. 

Rumbling  in  the  bowels,  with  bloating  and  soreness  on 
pressure. 

Abdominal  pains  which  intermit,  aggravated  by  lying  down. 
*  Spasmodic,  very  sharp  pains  in  umbilical  and  right  iliac  re- 
gions,   not    modified    by  pressure,    although    pressure 
caused  a  rumbling 


DIOSCOREA    VILLOSA.  205 

Severe,  griping  abdominal  pain,  followed  by  diarrhoea. 

Continued  pain  in  abdomen,  as  if  the  point  of  a  finger  was 
placed  upon  the  navel  and  pressed  upward  and  back- 
ward, followed  by  soreness  on  pressure. 

Severe  spasmodic  pains  in  abdomen,  preceded  by  fullness  in 
the  head,  and  attended  by  burning  sensation  in  abdo- 
men in  the  intermission  of  the  pains. 

*  Intense,  cutting,  twisting,  agonizing  pains  in  the  abdomen, 

commencing  in  the  umbilical  region,  radiating  all  over 
the  abdomen,  relieved  or  not  by  pressure,  attended  with 
distension,  soreness  and  sensitiveness  of  the  abdomen ; 
vomiting,  cramps,  etc. 
O  Bilious  colic;  flatulent  colic;  spasmodic  colic. 

*  Spasmodic  pains  in  the  abdomen,  with  severe  tenesmus  in 

dysentery. 

*  Violent,   cutting,   lancinating  pain  in   the   bowels,   eliciting 

shrieks. 

*  Intense,  agonizing  pains,  day  and  night,  occurring  in  par- 

oxysms. 

*  Constant  pains,  worse  in  paroxysms,  of  a  violent  twisting 

character,  with  constipation,  thirst,  and  sensitiveness  of 
the  right  side  ot  the  abdomen. 

*  The  pains  are   steady  and   twisting;  aggravated    in    lying 

down,  and  in  the  morning ;  pressure  does  not  usually 
relieve. 

o  Severe  cramping  pains  beginning  just  below  the  umbilicus, 
extending  into  the  back,  thence  flying  to  the  fingers 
and  toes,  where  the  pain  was  intense  (in  a  pregnant 
woman). 

o  A  crampy,  spasmodic  pain,  commencing  near  the  crest  of 
the  ilium  (right  side)  extending  into  the  lumbar  region, 
and  hypogastrium  ;  gradually  increasing  for  days  ;  end- 
ing in  an  attack  of  vomiting  or  headache  ;  aggravated 
by  physical  or  mental  labor,  and  by  lying  on  the  afif- 
fected  side  ;  relieved  by  lying  on  the  back  and  left  side  ; 
always  leaving  suddenly. 

o  Hyperaesthesia  of  the  abdominal  nerves  ;  neuralgia  of  the 
bowels. 

o  Flatulent  colic,  occurring  every  night. 

STOOLS. 
Dark,  costive  stool. 

Diarrhoea,  with  white  slimy  stools  ;  light  colored,  jelly-like 
stools. 

*  Loose  stools,  with  much  straining. 

*  Painful  diarrhoea,  with  much  straining  ;  diarrhoea  early  in  the 

morning,  driving  one  out  of  bed  in  a  hurry. 
Discharge  of  large  quantity  of  very  offensive  flatulence. 


2o6  DIOSCOREA   VI  LI-OS  A. 

Very  offensive  stools  (piles,  curative). 

Flatulence  has  copper  odor. 

Sharp  darting,  hard  aching,  and  pinching  pain  in  rectum. 

Occasional  pulling,  twisting  pain  in  rectum. 

Itching  of  rectum  and  moisture  around  the  anus. 

During  the  morning   several  stools ;    each   one   has    more 

straining  than  the  preceding  one,  and  is  more  slimy. 
Discharge  of  flatulence,  with  great  desire  for  stool. 
Great  desire  for  .stool,  driving  him  out  of  bed  early  in  the 

morning. 
Small,  light  colored  stools,  with  much  straining,  and  pain  in 

the  bowels  ;  desire  for  .stool,  with  a  faint  burning  pain 

in  rectum. 
Stools  passed  with  much  force,  followed  by  straining. 
Frequent  stools,  each  one  more  slimy  and  more  straining, 

with  less  pain  before  and  more  pain  after  stool. 
Stools  like  the  white  of  an  egg,  but  lumpy,  with  unavoidable 

straining  and  burning  in  rectum,  and  a  sensation  as  if 

the  faeces  were  hot. 
During  the  stool,  faintness  ;  came  near  complete  syncope. 
Hurried,  almost  irresistible  desire  for  stool  while  eating. 
Sudden,  great  desire  for  stool  at  8  P.  M.,  two  evenings  in 

succession,  with  small  stools  and  much  flatulence. 
Involuntary,  unconscious  discharge  of  slimy  mucus  from  the 

anus. 
Darting  pain  from  old,  haemorrhoidal  tumor  to  the  liver. 
Old  haemorrhoidal  tumor  quite  sore, 
o  Haemorrhoidal  tumor  of  nearly  four  years'  standing  entirely 

disappeared  during  the  proving,  and  has  not  returned. 
Haemorrhoidal  tumor  larger,  and  more  soreness  on  moving 

than  for  a  long  time. 
Black,  hard,  dry,  lumpy  stool,  last  part  of  it  soft,  white  and 

mushy. 
Dark,  black  stool,  followed  by  prolapsus  of  the  anus. 
Four  haemorrhoidal  tumors  protrude,  as  large  as  cherries ; 

three  are  of  the  color  of  the  normal  mucous  membrane, 

the  other  is  of  a  livid  dark  blue  color. 
Ob.stinate  constipation,  followed  by  bilious  diarrhoea. 
Very  profuse,  deep  yellow,  thin  stools,  followed   by  a  very^ 

weak,  faint  feeling,  and  without  relieving  the  pain  in  the 

bowels ;  this  continued  for  two  days,  in  the  morning, 

and  was  followed   by  constipation  ;  the  haemorrhoidal 

tumors  were  prolapsed    all   the   time,   with    pain   and 

distress, 
o  CJiolcra  morbus ;  cJiolcra  infantum  ;   dysentery  ;  diarrJicea. 
o  All  the  abnormal  alvine  discharges  are  attended  by  the  char- 
acteristic twisting,   writJiing,   severe  pain    around  and 

extending  from  the  region  of  the  umbilicus. 


DIOSCOREA    VILLOSA.  20/ 

O  Very  severe  tenesmus,  with  the  colic  and  dysentery. 
URINARY   ORGANS. 

No  morbid  sensations  observed  by  any  proven 

No  change  in  the  quahty  or  quantity  of  the  urine, 
o  Spasmodic  stricture  of  the  urethra,  with  cutting,  severe,  re- 
mittent cohc  pains  around  the  umbilicus. 
HEPATIC    REGION. 

Sharp,  cutting  pains  in  the  hepatic  region  ;  also  in  the  region 
of  the  gall  bladder. 

Dull,  heavy,  aching  pains  in  the  right  lobe  of  the  liver. 

Stools  first  yellow  (bilious),  afterwards  too  light  colored, 
o  Supposed  to  be  useful  in  neuralgia  and  spasmodic  affections 
of  the  liver  and  gall  ducts  ;  said  to  facilitate  the  passage 
of  gall  stones,  and  relieve  the  pain. 
GENITALS   (male). 

Strong  smelling  perspiration  of  the  genitals. 

Constant   excitement  of  the  genital  organs,  with  frequent 
erections  day  and  night. 

I^rections  all  night,  with  amorous  dreams. 

Emissions  of  semen  during  sleep. 

Genitals  cold,  relaxed,  and  almost  insensible ;  no  erections 
for  many  days. 

Sexual  desire  greatly  diminished,  or  entirely  absent. 

Pain  in  the  lumbar  and   both  inguinal  regions,  extending  to 
the  testicles. 

In  afternoon,  pain  in   left  inguinal  region,  extending  to  the 
testicles  and  penis. 

Nocturnal  emissions,  with  erections  and  amorous  dreams. 
(Ciishing:  Several  cases  cured  with  the  2d  and  yth 
dilutions.) 
o  Nocturnal  emissions,  without  erections,  sensation,  or  dreams, 
but  with  great  weakness  of  the  knees,  depression  of 
spirits.  (Several  cases  cured  by  Dr.  Pease  with  the  2d 
decimal  trituration  of  Dioscorein.) 
o  Nocturnal  Emissions  Treated  by  Dr.  Cushing. — Mr.  L.,  aged 
35,  above  medium  size,  dark  eyes,  black  hair  and  beard, 
married,  father  of  three  children.  When  twenty  years 
of  age,  commenced  having  nocturnal  emissions  of  semen. 
Was  troubled  badly  ;  was  under  treatment  some  two  or 
three  years,  with  no  relief.  Ry  advice  of  physicians  was 
married,  but  no  change  of  symptoms.  Now,  after  1 5 
years,  is  as  follows:  During  15  years,  thinks  he  has 
been  once  three  weeks  without  an  emission.  A  very  few 
times  has  been  two  weeks,  usually  not  over  four  days  at 
the  longest,  considerable  of  the  time  every  other  night, 
at  times  every  night  for  some  time.     At  times  he  feels 


208  DIOSCOREA    VILLOSA. 

SO  badly  in  the  morning  that  he  sits  up  nearly  all  night 
to  avoid  it.  Rich  or  spare  diet,  excessive  labor  or  rest 
make  no  difference.  Has  had  all  kinds  of  treatment, 
the  last  from  a  traveling  physician,  to  whom  he  paid 
fifty  dollars  a  few  months  since  to  have  the  urethra  cau- 
terized the  whole  length,  but  it  gave  him  no  relief  He 
feels  dull  and  bad  ;  backbone  and  knees  weak. 

September  12. — Gave  Dioscorca  20th  decimal,  dose 
every  night. 

September  19. — Has  had  no  emissions;  Dioscorca  2ot]i 
every  other  night. 

October  3. — Has  had  two  emissions  ;  Dioscorca  i^th 
every  night. 
October  10. — No  emissions ;  Dioscorca i^th  every  night. 
October   22. — No    emissions ;    Dioscorca   20tk   every 
other  night. 

November  5. — Has  had  two  emissions  ;  Dioscorca  20th 
every  night. 

November  18. — No  emissions  ;  Dioscorca  20th  every 
third  night. 

December  5. — No  emissions  ;  Dioscorca  20th,  to  take 
an  occasional  dose  at  night.  He  feels  well ;  back  is  not 
lame,  and  considered  cured. 

Female. —  o  Dysmenorrhoea, ;    uterine     colic;     after   pains; 
false  pains  during  pregnancy. 
CHEST. 

Very  sharp  pain  in  right  lung  at  the  right  of  the  nipple,  ar- 
resting breathing  ;  relieved  by  pressure. 

Sharp  pain  in  lower  portion  of  right  lung,  commencing  in 
back  side  and  darting  through  to  the  front. 

Aching  pain  in  right  lung ;  sharp  pain  in  left  lung  at  the 
side  of  the  nipple. 

Sharp  cutting  pain  in  region  of  heart,  arresting  breathing 
and  motion. 

Pain  through  from  back  to  front  of  both  lungs. 

Very  sharp,  cutting  pain  from  left  axilla  to  nipple,  and  down 
on  side  and  deep  into  the  lung. 

Sharp  pain  in  region  of  right  nipple,  with  difficult  respiration. 

Sharp  pain  through  centre  of  right  lung. 

Dull  pain  through  right  scapula  and  lung. 

Sharp  pain  in  region  of  heart ;  had  to  stop  when  walking  on 
the  street. 

Sudden,  sharp,  cramping  pain  in  right   lung  just  below  the 
nipple,  arresting  motion  and  breathing  for  a  few  seconds. 

Sharp  pricking  pain  in  region  of  heart. 

Distress  in  region  of  heart. 

Burning  pain  behind  top  of  sternum. 


DIOSCOREA    VILLOSA.  209 

Violent  attack  of  cough  from  tickling  low  down  in  throat  ; 
can  with  difficulty  get  his  breath,  with  frothy  expectora- 
tion, seeming  to  com.e  from  the  head. 

Profuse  frothy  expectoration  seeming  to  come  from  posterior 
fauces. 

Cough,  with  pain  at  epigastrium  ;  dull  pain  in  both  temples, 
brownish  yellow  tongue,  and  weak  knees. — (Cushing.) 

Pains  through  the  sides  of  the  chest,  with  headache  in  the 
temples. — (CusJiing.) 

BACK   AND    NECK. 
Chills  over  left  scapula. 

Chills  on  back,  commencing  over  left  scapula. 
Dull  pain  in  back  of  neck,  extending  to  head  and  shoulders. 
Violent  itching  over  right  scapula  every  evening,  with  no 

eruption. 
Dull  pain  in  both  lumbar  regions. 

Very  sharp,  sudden  pain  in  back,  left  side,  at  tenth  rib. 
Dull,  lame  pain  in  lumbar  region,  extending  to  legs. 
Sharp  pAin  in  lumbar  region. 

Sharp  pain  in  lumbar  region,  extending  to  the  testicles. 
Sharp  pain  in  sacral  region,  hindering  walking  or  movement. 
Soreness  and  pain  in  right  lumbar  region. 
Pain  in  right  hip. 
Sharp,  deep  pain  in   lower  portion  of  left  scapula,  followed 

by  sharp  pain  through  centre  of  right  lung. 
Sharp  pain  in  lumbar  region  that  pulled  him  over  back  and 

sidewise.  so  sharp  that  it  made  him  groan  out  loud. 
Itching  over  both  hips,  extending  down  the  legs,  aggravated 

by  getting  cold. 
Dull  pain  across  the  back  in  region  of  liver. 
Back  in  region  of  liver  so  lame  it  is  almost  impossible  to 

turn  in  bed  ;  relieved  by  motion. 
Sharp  pain  in  dorsal  region. 
Soreness  of  sacral  region. 

Hyperaesthesia  of  the  spinal  cord  (.'') — (Paine.) 
Reflex  irritation  of  the  spinal  cord. — (Hale.) 
Dull  pain  on  top  of  left  shoulder,  extending  to  neck  and 

head. 

SUPERIOR    EXTREMITIES. 

Numbness  of  left  hand  and  forearm,  as  if  asleep ;  worse  at 

little  finger. 
Hard,  aching  pain  in  lower  third  of  left  forearm,  extending 

to  little  finger. 
Dull,  grinding  pain  in  middle  of  left  forearm;  quite  severe, 

which  returned  at  intervals  during  the  evening. 
Arms  and  hands  numb. 

26 


2IO  DIOSCOREA   VI  LLCS  A. 

Frequent,  sharp,  jerking  pains  in  left  shoulder. 

Sharp  pains  in  left  shoulder  joint. 

Frequent,  sharp  pains  in  right  shoulder. 

Hard,  pulling  pain  all  day  on  top  of  left  shoulder,  extending 

to  neck  and  head. 
Pain  in  left  lung,  extending  to  back  and  down  inside  of  left 

arm. 
Pain  and  soreness  in  right  axilla. 
Pain  and   soreness  in   left   axilla,  extending  down  the  arm. 

aggravated  by  walking. 
Pain  in  both  shoulders  ;  left  elbow  lame  and  stiff. 
Grinding  pain  in  elbow  joints. 
Aching  pain  in  elbow,  alternating  with  pain  in  knees,  same 

kind. 
Left  thumb,  between  first  and  second  joint.s,  quite  painful  for 

two  days,  but  no  swelling,  soreness,  nor  redne.ss. 
Pain  in  right  forearm. 
Hard  pain  in  right  wrist. 
P'requent,  severe,  but  not  very  sharp  pains  between  the  third 

and  fourth  metacarpal  bones  of  left  hand. 
Hard,  aching  pain  in  left  forefinger. 
Hard,  aching  pain  in  right  hand. 
Dull  pain  in  left  thumb. 
Hard  pain  in  right  wrist. 
Wrists  itch. 

Severe  itching  of  palm  of  right  hand. 
Nails  on  toes  and  fingers  very  brittle, 
o  Severe  pains,  with  cramp  in  the  flexor  tendons  of  the  fingers, 

and  toes  in  a  pregnant  woman,  alternating  with  false 

labor  pains. — (Hale.) 

INFERIOR    EXTREMITIES. 
Dull,  drawing  pain  from  hip  to  knee  in  right  leg. 
Pain  in  back  side  of  right  leg  as  if  glutei  muscles  were  too 

short. 
Cramping  pain  in  back  side  of  legs ;  dull  pain  whole  length 

of  right  leg  on  back  side,  worse  at  buttock  and  heel. 
Sharp  pain  in  right  hip  joint,  also  dull  pain. 
A  sharp  pain  went  from  left  hip  to  head   like  an  electric 

shock  while  lying  down. 
Dull  pain  in  left  hip. 

Pain  in  front  side  of  right  hip  down  to  the  knee.' 
Pain  in  left  thigh. 
Pain  in  right  hip. 

Sudden,  stinging  itching  over  right  hip. 
Dull,  cramping  pain  in  back  side  of  both  leg.s,  worse  above 

the  knees. 
Dull,  tearing  pain  in  right  hip,  hindering  walking. 


DIOSCOREA    VII.I.OSA.  2  11 

Left  leg  feels  numb  and  heavy,  and  goes  to  sleep  easily. 
Right  hip  lame,  as  if  the  gluteus  muscles  were  too  short, 

aggravated  by  walking. 
Cramping  pain  all  day  in  back  side  of  right  thigh,  as  if  the 

muscles  were  too  short. 
Dull   pain  in  right   groin,   extending  down   inside  of  leg, 

causing  lameness. 
Pain  in  left  popliteal  space. 
Sharp  pain  in  right  popliteal  space. 
Pulling  pain  in  right  popliteal  space. 
Pain  in  left  popliteal  space,  hindering  walking. 
Pain  in  left  popliteal  space,  then   right   knee,   then    right 

popliteal  space. 
Both  knees  very  weak,  lame  and  painful,   aggravated  by 

walking  ;  continued  walking  cured  it. 
Pain  in  right  knee  at  head  of  tibia,  relieved  by  motion. 
Hard  aching  pain  at  head  of  right  tibia. 
Pulling  pain  in  right  keee,  also  lame  and  weak. 
Pain  in  right  knee  and  ankle;  pain  in  right  leg,  back  .side, 

near  the  knee. 
Hard  pain  at  head  of  right   tibia,  extending  into  the  knee 

joint. 
Belching  of  wind,  with  pain  in  left  knee. 
Hard  aching  pain  in  right  lung  and  right  knee. 
Pain  in  left  knee,  as  if  out  of  joint,  and  could  not  be  moved, 

but  relieved  by  motions. 
Sharp,  tearing  pain  in  left  knee,  which  is  weak  and  painful. 
Right  knee  very  lame  and  stiff;  knees  weak  and  trembling. 
Right  tibia  seemed  sore,  with  pain  extending  to  left  side  of 

knee  at  edge  of  patella,  producing  lameness ;  then  the 

pain  moved  to  lower  portion  of  fibula,  same  leg. 
Sharp  pain  in  right  fibula. 

Both  knees  lame,  as  if  they  could  not  be  moved. 
Pain  alternates  from  one  knee  to  the  other  ;  right  leg  from 

knee  to  foot  feels  weak. 
Cramping  and  grinding  pain  in  both  knees. 
Right  tibia  quite  sore  and  painful  when  walking,  but  not  to 

the  touch  ;  is  better  by  contact. 
Pain  in  bones  of  legs,  and  is  chilly. 
When  walking,  severe  cramping  pain  at  head  of  left  fibula, 

making  walking  painful. 
Dull  pain  in  both  sides  of  right  leg  below  the  knee. 
Pain  in  bones  of  leg  below  the  knee. 
Sharp  pain  in  left  tibia,  near  the  ankle,  that  made  him  limp  ; 

then  pain  at  right  tibia ;  then  right  hand. 
Frequent  hard,  dull  pain  in  left  tendo  achillis. 
Sharp  pain  at  middle  of  left  fibula. 
Violent  itching  on  front  side  of  left  ankle  when  walking. 


212  DIOSCOREA   VILLOSA. 

Violent  itching  of  right  ankle,  extending  above  the  joint, 

■while  walking. 
Pain  in  calf  of  right  leg. 
Sharp  pain  in  right  tendo  achillis. 
Hard  pain  at  middle  of  right  tibia. 
Hard,  sharp  pain  in  left  ankle. 
Feet  and  legs  to  knees  feel  numb  and  strange. 
Sharp  pain  in  left  tendo  achillis  that  makes  him  hold  his 

breath. 
Sensation  as  of  a  bee  sting  on  outside  of  left  ankle. 
Burning,  aching  pain  in  right  little  toe. 
Very  sharp,   severe   pain    in    right    little    toe,    relieved    by 

pressure. 
Pain  in  left  great  toe. 

Corns  on  second  toe  of  each  foot  very  painful  and  sore. 
Jumping,  darting  pain  in  old  corns  on  second  toe  of  each 

foot ;  they  become  very  painful  and  sore. 
Sharp  pain  underneath  right  great  toe,  as  if  a  pin   were 

driven  in. 
Sharp  paiii  in  bottom  of  feet  and  toes. 
Constant  dull  pain  in  ankles,  feet  and  toes. 
Toes  are  very  stiff,  especially  in  the  morning, 
o  Great  weakness  of  the  knees  (in  several  diseases). — (Cushing.) 
o  Pain  and  soreness  in  fourth  toe  of  right  ioot.^^Ib.) 

GENERAL   SYMPTOMS. 

Faintness  ;  came  near  syncope. 

Itching  of  various  parts  of  the  body  and  limbs. 

Sudden  stinging  in  various  parts  like  a  bee  sting. 

Violent  itching  over  right  scapula  (every  evening),  and  over 

various  parts  of  the  body,  without  eruption. 
Headache,  worse  in  temples. 
Cramping,  cutting  pains  in  stomach  and  bowels. 
Sharp  darting  pains  in  lungs,  worse  in  region  of  heart. 
Restless  sleep,  with  bitter,  sticky  mouth  in  the  morning. 
Back  lame,  with  soreness  in   inguinal  regions,  and  pain  in 

hips  ;  knees  weak,  lame  and  painful. 
Sexual  desire  increased,  or  nearly  all  gone. 

SLEEP. 
Falls  asleep  late  at  night  ;  restless,  cannot  sleep. 
Restless,  dreamy  sleep. 
Went  to  sleep  in  his  room  in  the  afternoon,  very  uncommon, 

awoke  with  bitter  mouth  and  pain  in  bowels. 
Roused  suddenly  from  sleep  with  slow  but  hard  beating  of 

the  heart. 
Sleep  full  of  lascivious  dreams. 
Emissions  of  semen  during  sleep. 


DIOSCOREA    VILLOSA.  213 

Roused  from  sleep  early  in  the  morning  by  great  desire  for 
stool. 

FEVER. 

Feels  as  if  he  had  a  cold  ;  chilly,  bones  and  back  ache. 

Chilly,  yet  perspires  easily. 

Several  severe  chills  during  the  evening. 

Chilly,  then  perspiration,  no  fever,  no  thirst. 

Pain  in  bones  of  legs,  and  is  chilly. 

CHARACTERISTICS. 

Pains  all  relieved  by  motion ;  symptoms  worse  about  eight 
A.  M.  and  ten  P,  M.  ;  pain  in  stomach  and  bowels,  re- 
lieved by  standing  erect ;  chilly  in  a  warm  room  ;  fre- 
quent sharp  pains  darting  from  one  part  of  the  body  to 
another ;  sudden  stinging  in  various  parts  of  the  body. 

SPECIAL   INDICATIONS. 

Pain  in  either  temple,  worse  in  right  ;  also  in  back  or  front 

of  head  ;  one  or  both  eyes  sore. 
Mouth  dry,  bitter  or  sore,  worse  in  the  morning. 
Sharp  pain  in  either  lung,  worse  in  region  of  the  nipple,  ar- 
resting mol  ion  or  breathing. 
Pain  in  the  stomach  either  sharp,  dull,  cramping  or  twisting, 

worse  by  stooping,  relieved  by  standing  erect. 
Severe  pain  in   either  hypochondrium,  either   sharp,   dull, 

cramping  or  twisting. 
Bowels  sore  and  distressed  ;  sharp,  cutting,  cramping  pain 

in  bowels. 
Back    in   dorsal    or   lumbar   region    lame ;    aggravated    by 

stooping. 
Sexual  desire  increased,  or  greatly  diminished. 
Genitals  cold  and  relaxed. 
Emissions  of  semen  during  sleep,  or  no  erections  for  many 

days. 
Knees  quite  lame,  weak  or  painful. 
Cramping  pain  in  legs,  whole  length. 
Itching  of  ankles. 
Ankles  painful. 
Rheumatic   symptoms,   worse   at    night    and    early   in    the 

morning. 
At  first  the  pains  are  aggravated   by  motion,   afterwards 

motion  relieves. 
Morning  diarrhcea. 


214  NEW    REMEDIES. 


DORYPPiORA    TEN-LINEA. 

{Colorado  Poiixto  Bug.) 


Analogues: — Agaricus,  Apis,  Belladonna,  ^^Ht/insa,Crotalns, 
Lachesis,  Stramoniian. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  or  trituration  of  the 
whole  bug. 

MENTAL. 

Delirium,    with    red,    bloated    face,    protruded    eyes,    and 
pulse  124. 

Irritable  temper. 

Delirious  ;  talking  and  muttering  about  business  matters. 

HEAD. 

Congestion  of  blood  to  the  head. 

Meningitis  (}). 

Congested  brain  (post  mortem). 

FACE  AND   EYES. 

P'ace  bloated,  giving  the  prover  the  appearance  of  a  con- 
firmed drunkard. 

Bloated  face,  mottled,  with  red,  staring  eyes,  and  high  fever, 
with  delirium,  vomiting  and  stupor. 

Inflammation  of  the  eyes. 

Eyes  red,  congested,  and  protruded. 

Pupils  dilated. 

Sight  much  impaired  ;  a  sensation  of  dimness  and  blackness 
before  the  eyes. 

Erysipelas  of  the  head  and  face. 

MOUTH,   THROAT   AND   CESOPHAGUS. 

Burning  in  the  throat  down  the  oesophagus,  wath  pain  in  the 
stomach. 

Dark  brown  coating  on  the  tongue. 

GASTRIC  SYMPTOMS. 

Vomiting  of  dark,  grumous  and  acrid  matters. 

Vomiting  attending  the  stupor  and  delirium. 

Vomiting  of  dirty  brown  fluid,  and  diarrhoea. 

Pain  in  the  stomach. 

No  appetite,  but  great  thirst ;  craving  for  sour  things. 

ABDOMEN      AND    STOOL. 
Pain  in  the  bowels,  chiefly  in  hypogastric  region. 
Discharges  of  bloody  and  slimy  matters,  with  inten.se  pain 

in  the  rectum. 
Loud  rumbling  in  abdomen,  with  stupor. 


DORYPHORA   TEN-LINEA.  215 

Violent  pain  in  bowels,  in  right  side,  passing  downward  to 
the  rectum. 

Continued  bloody,  slimy  diarrhoea. 

The  pain  in  bowels  increased  by  eating  or  drinking. 

Dysentery,  with  intense  pain  in  rectum. 
URINARY    ORGANS 

Retention  of  urine  from  morning  till  night. 

Difficult  urination. 

Voided  a  large  quantity  of  urine  of  a  dark  red  color,  dirty 
sediment,  and  much  pain. 

Dysttria,  with  burning,  stinging  pain. 

Gleet  and  gonorrhoea. 

EXTREMITIES 

Swelling  of  the  whole  arm,  very  painful  ;  the  abraded  spot 
on  the  wrist  developed  into  a  deep  ulcer,  angry,  red, 
with  sticking,  stinging  pains  through  the  arm  ;  the 
ulcer  assumed  a  malignant  character,  eating  until  it 
exposed  the  bones  of  the  wrist  (from  the  local  effects, 
through  an  abraded  surface). 

Great  trembling  in  the  extremities. 

Could  not  guide  his  pen  when  endeavoring  to  write. 

Trembling  in  right  arm  and  leg  as  if  from  a  galvanic  (in- 
duced) current. 

Swelling  of  the  feet,  with  burning  and  stinging,  and  sen- 
sation as  if  full  of  pins. 

Icy  coldness  of  the  hands  and  feet. 
GENERALITIES. 

Great  xveariness,  increased  by  talking. 

Fatigued  by  the  slightest  exercise. 

Fainting  sensation  when  walking. 

Sensation  as  if  he  would  fall  at  every  step,  with  dimness  of 
sight. 

Enormous  sivelling  of  the  zuhole  body,  with  the  mental  and 
cerebral  symptoms  above  named. 

The  general  swelling  of  the  whole  body  was  elastic,  would 
not  "  pit." 

Pain  all  over  the  body,  especially  in  the  region  of  the  spleen. 

Nervous  restlessness  ;  twitching  and  spasms. 

(jreat,  general  prostration,  ending  in  collapse. 

FEVER. 

Violent  fever,  with  cerebral  congestion,  vomiting,  and   de- 
lirium ;  pulse  1 20  to  140. 
,  Fever  ;    skin   alternately  cold    and   clammy   then   hcjt   and 
burning. 

Violent  fever  from  8  A.  M.  to  2.  v.  .vi. 

Fever  of  a  typhoid  character. 


2l6  EPIG^A   REPENS. 

Pulse  very  weak,  with  coldness  and  collapse. 

SLEEP. 

Great  sleeplessness  till  12  at  night,  then  restless  sleep,  with 
terrifying  dreams. 

Comatose  slumber  ;   while  sleeping  has  wild   dreams,  and 
screams  as  if  in  great  distress. 

Stupor,  with  muttering  and  loud  rumbling  in  the  bowels. 

All  the  symptoms  worse  after  smoking. 

The  blood  will  not  coagulate ;  the  blood  globules  are  dis- 
organized as  after  serpent  poisoning. 


EPIGiCA    REPENS." 

{  Trailing   A  r but  us. ) 


Analogues: — Uva  Ursi,  Eupatorium purp.,  etc. 

Officinal   Preparations  : — Tincture  of   the    root  and 
leaves. 

Burning  in  neck  of  bladder  when  urinating. 

Tenesmus  of  the  bladder ;  after  urinating. 

Increased  flow  of  pale,  limpid  urine, 
o  Urine  with  bloody  sediment, 
o  Urine  containing  mucus  and  pus. 

*  Discharge  of  small  brown  particles  re;embling  fine  sand, 
o  Dysiiria,  from  various  causes. 


ERECTHITES    HIERACIFOLIUS. 

{Fire    Weed.) 


Analogues  : — Asarum,  Cubeba,  Copaiva,  Erigeron,  Sabina, 
Trillium,  Terebinthina. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  plant ;  dilu- 
tions.   The  oil  and  dilutions  of  it. 

HEAD. 
Vertigo,  everything  goes  up,  down  and  sidewise. 
Dull  frontal  headache. 

Headache,  with  throbbing  in  the  temporal  arteries,  with 
flashes  of  heat  running  across  the  back  from  one  shoul- 
der to  the  other  ;  the  sensation  of  heat  suddenly  gives 
way  to  coldness,  which  darts  across  the  face  and  back  in 
a  similar  manner,  accompanied  with  nausea. 


ERECTIIITES    IIIERACIFOLIUS.  21  7 

NOSE. 

*  Epistaxis  of  bright  red  blood. 

MOUTH. 

*  Bleeding  fro:ii  the  gurns  and  looseness  of  the  teeth. 

STOMACH. 
Eructations,  with  burning  in  the  stomach,  cramps  in    the 

bowels. 
Uneasiness  of  the  stomach  as  if  nausea  was  about  to  set  in. 
Vomiting,    with    burning    in    stomach,    afterwards    empty 

retching. 
Feeling  in  the  stomach  as  if  it  would  be  dissolved  ;    after 

drinking  cold  water. 
Nausea,  with  giddiness  and  headache. 
Extravagant  appetite. 

Vomiting  of  bloody  mucus  ;  o  even  pure  blood, 
o  Eructations   and    heartburn    after    eating   warm    bread    or 

coffee. 

ABDOMEN   AND   STOOL. 

Cramps   in    the    region    of  umbilicus,    recurring   every    15 

minutes. 
Constipation,  followed  by  copious  diarrhoea. 
Copious  diarrhcea  of  yellow  foecal  matter,  of  a  mushy  con- 
sistence, preceded  by  griping  in  the  morning,  followed 
by  two  or  three  days'  constipation, 
o  Haemorrhage  from  the  bowels  (in  typhus), 
o  Excessive  haemorrhage  from  hemorrhoidal  veins, 
o  Dysenteric  discharges  of  almost  pure  blood. 

Small  mucus  stools,  streaked  with  blood,  with  tenesmus. 

GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 
Female. — Profuse  menorrhagia  and  metrorrhagia  of  bright 

red  blood. 
Premature  and  profuse  menses. 
Male. — Stimulation  of  the  genital  organs,  with  erection  and 

dreams  of  nudity  and  shame. 
Erection,  with  dreams  and  emissions  towards  morning. 
Slight    burning    pains   in    meatus   urinarius,    with    profuse 

urination. 
Swelling  of  the  right  testicle,  with  painful,  continuous  aching, 

tenderness  to  the  touch. 

URINARY    ORGANS. 

*  Urine  very  scanty,  painful,  scalding  and  bloody  ;  blood  oozed 
from  the  urethra  after  urinating. 

Urine  dark,  scanty,  and  mixed  with  blood. 

*  Hemorrhage  from  the  kidneys  and  bladder. 

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2l8  ERIGERON   CANADENSE. 

Urine  contained  a  lars^e  amount  of  mucus  floating  about  in 

minute  particles. 
Specific  gravity  10.24;  ^^-cid  reaction  ;  40  ounces  per  day. 
The  urine,  after  standing,  has  a  milky  appearance. 
Urine  decreased  from  42  ounces  to  33  ounces. 

BRONCHIA. 
Cough,  with  muco-purulent  expectoration  (almost  bloody). 

BACK   AND   EXTREMITIES. 
Aching  in  the  small  of  the  back. 
Pains  in  the  lower  extremities. 

GENERALITIES. 
*  Active  arterial  haimorrhages,  with  general  excitement  of  the 
circulation. 


ERIGERON    CANADENSE. 

Flea   Bane.) 


Analogues  : — Cantharis,  Cubebs,  Copaiva,  Balsaniiini  Pc- 
ruviamim,  Tcrebinthina,  Sabina. 

Officinal  Preparations:— Tincture  of  the  plant;  tritura- 
tions or  dilutions  from  the  oil. 

MENTAL    SPHERE. 

Lowness  of  spirits,  with  a  feeling  of  great  languor. 

HEAD. 

Dull  frontal  headache  on  awaking  in  the  morning. 
Dull  headache,  with  ringing  in  the  right  ear. 
Headache,  with  pain  in  forehead  and  right  eye  ;  unth  pain  in 
the  large  joints. 

EVES. 

Smarting  of  the  eyes  all  day. 

Redness,  swelling,  inflammation,  with  profuse  muco-purulent 
discharges, 
o  Ecchymoses  upon  the  eyeballs  or  around  the  eye  from  a 
blow. 

NOSE. 

Increased  secretion  of  mucus  in  the  nostrils  all  the  forenoon, 
o  Epistaxis  of  bright  red  blood. 

MOUTH. 

o  Bleeding  from  the  gums ;    profuse  bleeding  from  the  cavity 
of  a  tooth. 


ERir.p:RoN  caNadensE.  219 

THROAT. 
Dryness  of  the  pharynx  ;  roughness,  with  a  sensation  as  if 
something  had   lodged  in  the  upper  part  of  the  ceso- 
phagus. 
Sore  throat  all  night,  with  frequent  inclination  to  swallow, 
o  Inflammation  and  ulceration  of  the  throat. 
O  Tonsillitis  (applied  externally)  or  used  as  a  gargle. 

STOMACH. 
Nausea,  with  frequent  eructations. 
Sharp  cutting  pains  in  the  region  of  the  stomach  every  few 

minutes. 
Violent  retching  and  vomiting,  with  burning  sensation  of 
long  duration  in  the  stomach, 
o  Haematemesis,  from  ulceration,  and  rupture  of  blood-vessels. 

ABDOMEN. 
Rheumatic  (.-')  pains  in  the  abdomen. 
Sharp  pains  in  the  umbilicus. 
Frequent,  dull  pains  in  the  bowels. 

Sudden,    severe    pains    in    the    hypogastrium,    followed    by 
mushy  stool. 
o  Flatulent  colic. 

O  Tympanitis  in  typhoid  fever  or  dysentery. 

STOOL. 
Hard,  lumpy  stool ;  mushy  stools. 
Sudden   pains  in  the  hypogastrium,  followed  by  papescent 

stools. 
Natural  stool,  followed  by  severe  neuralgic  pain  in  the  anus, 

with  tenesmus. 
Catharsis,  with  burning  sensation  throughout  the  alimentary 

canal. 
Thin  papescent  stool,  with  burning  in  the  bowels  and  rectum. 
Undigested  stools. 

Inflammation  of  the  mucous  coats  of  the  colon  and  rectum, 
o  Diarrhoea  and  dysentery,  bloody  and  mucus, 
o  Scybala,  with  dysentery. 

O  Hemorrhage  from  the  bowels  or  from  h.xmorrhoids, 

LIVER. 
Dull  pains  in  both  hypochondriac. 
Aching  distress  in  the  hypochondri.nc. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 
Sharp,  stinging  pains  in  the  region  of  the  left  kidney. 
Pain  in  right  lumbar  region,  passing  down  to  the  right  testicle. 
Urine  dark  color,  afterwards  pale,  double  quantity. 
Inclination  to  urinate  about  every  hour,  with  aching  di.stress 
in  bladder. 


220  ERIGERON  CANADENSE. 

O  Dysiiria  in  teething  children  ;   frequent  desire  and   crying 
when  urinating ;  urine  very  profuse  and  of  very  strong 
odor ;  the  external  parts  much  inflamed  and  swollen. — 
(Dr.  Ring.) 
o  Vesical  irritation  from  catarrh  of  the  bladder. 

Complete  suppression  of  the  urine,  with  pain  in  the  region 

of  the  kidneys  (primary). 
Urging  to  urinate,  with  emissions  of  only  a  few  burning 

drops  at  a  time  (primary). 
Copious  discharges  of  pale  urine  (secondary). 

■  GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 
Female. —  o  Uterine  hemorrhage,  with  violent  irritation  of  the 
rectum  and  h\diddtr.—( Hale.) 
o  Hemorrhage  from  the  uterus  and  bladder, 
o  Abortion,  with  profuse  hemorrhage,  diarrhoea  and  dysuria. 

Scanty  menses, 
o  Post-partem  hemorrhage. 
O  Dysmenorrhoea,  with  menorrhagia. 
o  Profuse  lochial  discharges. 
o  Menorrhagia,  with  spasmodic  pains. 
O  Chronic  uterine  leucorrhoea. 
Male. —  o  Gonorrhoea  and  gleet. 

BRONCHIA,    LUNGS,    ETC. 
Chronic  bronchial  affections, 
o  Incipient  stages  of  phthisis,  with  bloody  expectoration. 

BACK. 
Severe,  drawing  pains  in  the  right  lumbar  region. 
Dull,  aching  distress  in  the  whole  dorsal  region. 

SUPERIOR   EXTREMITIES. 
Rheumatic  pains  in  the  right  thumb  all  the  evening. 
Great  aching  distress  in  the  elbows  and  wrists  during  rainy 
weather. 

LOWER   EXTREMITIES. 
Severe,  drawing  pains  in  the  left  ankle  joint,  aggravated  by 

walking. 
Dull  pains  in  the  knees. 

GENERALITIES. 
Symptoms  all  aggravated  during  rainy  weather. 
The  lower  dorsal  region  is  the  location  of  the  greatest  suf- 
fering. 

SKIN. 
Slightly  elevated,  sharply  defined  vesicles  on  the  skin. 


NEW    REMEDIES.  221 

EUCALYPTUS    GLOBULUS. 

{Blue   Gum-tref.) 


Analogues  : — China  (?),  Cedron  (f),  Cauchalagua  (?). 
Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the   leaves  and 
flowers  ;  dilutions. 
[A  gigantic  tree  growing  in  the  Australian  and  Tasmanian  forests.] 
{No  firovings.) 
o  Intennitttiit  fevers — type  and  symptoms  not  given.     (It  is 

considered  quite  a  specific, 
o  Those  cases  cases  of  ague  most  rebellious  to  quinine. 
\^Interviittciit  fevers  do  not  abound  cohere  if  gro7vs.~\ 
Large  doses  sometimes  cause  congestive  headache,  and  a 

desire  to  keep  moving,  follozvcd  by  real  feve?-. 
The   respiratory   movements  are  quickened — the   thirst    is 

increased — there  is  uneasiness  and  loss  of  sleep.      , 
In  ancBinic  subjects  the  contrary  occurs,  and  the  drug  sends 

them  to  sleep. — (Dr.  Carlotte.) 
All  these  symptoms  last  but  a  few  hours. 
O  "  I  have  seen  patients  who  had  suffered  for  years  from  inter- 
mittent fever,  and  in  whom  a  fatal  result  seemed  immi- 
nent, recover  every  appearance  of  health  and  strength." 
— (Dr.  Maliiigre.) 
o  An  infusion  of  the  leaves  produces  marvellous  effects  in  the 

worst  forms  of  intermittent  fever. — (Dr.  Abermada.) 
o  Pernicious  fevers — of  the  tropics  and  swamps. 
STOMACH,  ETC. 
Sense  of  weight  in  the  stomach  and  slow  digestion. 
Burning  in  the  mouth,  cesophagus  and  stomach. 

[Travelers  drink  the  water  of  stagnant  pools  in  which  the  leaves  have 
fallen,  with  impunity,  whereas  other  waters  in  a  near  locality  cause  serious 
diseases.] 

[The  essential  oil  has  a  singular  effect  in  preventing  the  development  of 
cryptogamous  plants.     In  this  respect  it  resembles  carbolic  acid,  etc.] 

o  Leucorrhoea,     o  Vesical  catarrh,     o  Suppressed  urine. 

CHEST. 

O  Aneurisms  involving ptessure  on  the  vagus  and  its  branches — 
No  remedy  is  so  efficacious  in  allaying  pain,  relieving 
dyspnoea,  calming  irritation,  and  procuring  sleep  in  pa- 
tients suffering  from  the  above  conditions.  —  Dr. 
McLean.) 

O  Cardiac  asthma — It  allays  the  terrible  dyspnoea  of  this  affec- 
tion—("/^^.j 

[Dr.  M.  is  of  the  opinion  that  this  medicine  acts  on  the  nervous  system? 
particularly  the  vagus.  In  his  cases  the  leaves  were  smoked  in  a  cigar  or 
pipe,  or  portions  of  the  leaf  burned  on  a  plate  near  the  patient,  as  Nitre- 
paper  is  familiarly  used.] 


222  EUPATORIUM   AROMATICUM. 

EUONYMUS    ATROPURPUREUS. 

(  Wahoo.) 


Analogues  : — (?) 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  bark. 

BRAIN. 
A  sick,  weakening  sensation  all  through  the  nervous  system. 
She  seemed  so  drawn  up  from  the  floor  that  it  seemed  diffi- 
cult to  place  her  foot  down  when  walking,  with  sufficient 
firmness  to  stand. 
A  tipping-over  sensation  when  sitting  and  walking. 
A  dull,  heavy  pain  through  the  front  upper  portion  of  the 

head. 
An  enlarged,  blurred  feeling  in  the  head. 
STOMACH   AND    BOWELS. 
A  deathly  sickness  at  the  stomach,  with  perspiration  and 
heat  in  the  face  in  alternation  with  chills  on  the  back 
and   back  part   of  the  arms  ;  (vinegar  removed  these 
symptoms). 
A  drastic  cathartic,  its  operation  being  attended  with  death- 
like nausea,   excessive  tormina,   prostration,   and   cold 
sweats. 
The  evacuations  are  profuse,  violent,  and  accompanied  with 
much  flatus. 
o  Cholera,  morbus  et  infantum.  {}) 
o  Diarrhoea,  with  severe  colic.  (.'') 

FEVER, 
o  Intermittent  fevers.  (.?)     A  favorite  domestic  remedy. 


EUPATORIUM    AROMATICUM. 

(W/iife  Snake  Roof.) 


Analogues  : — (?) 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  plant. 
o  Restlessness  and  morbid  watchfulness, 
o  Calms  the  irritability  of  the  nervous  system. 
o  Debility  and  irritability  of  the  nervous  system. 
o  Relieves  tremors,  jactitations,  chorea,  and  hysteria, 
o  Apthous  stomatitis  in  females  and  children. — (Hill.) 
o  Burning  at  the  stomach  in  females  a  few  weeks  before  con- 
finement, 
o  Nursing  sore  mouth,  with  great  nervousness. 
o  Nervous  cough. 


NEW   REMEDIES. 

p:upatorium  perfoliatum. 

(Boneset.) 


Analogues: — Arnica,Baptisia,  Bryonia,  Ciinicifnga,  C'lam- 
ofnilla,  Gels  emit  mm,  Ipecacuanha,  Mercuruis,  Nux  vomica,  Podo- 
pliyllnm. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  plant;  dilu- 
tions. 

HEAD. 

*  Headache,  with  a  sensation  of  soreness  internally,  better  in 

the  house,  aggravated  when  first  going  into  the  open 

air ;  relieved  by  conversation. 
Pain  extending  from  the  forehead  to  the  occiput. 
Throbbing  headache  ;  beating  pain  in  forehead  and  occiput, 

better  after  rising. 
Darting  pains  through  the  temples,  with  sensation  of  blood 

rushing  across  the  head. 
Distress  on  the  top  and  in  the  back  part  of  the  head. 
Shooting  pains  from  left  to  right  side  of  the  head. 
o  Headache,  with   nausea,   every  other   morning   when    first 

awaking,  continuing  all  day  ;  loss  of  appetite  during  the 

day,  but  good  appetite  during  the  intervening  day. 
o  Pain  in  the  occiput  after  lying,  with  sensation  of  great  weight 

in  that  part,  requiring  the  hands  to  lift  it. 
EYES. 

*  Soreness  of  the  eyeballs,  with  intolerance  of  light. 
Redness  of  the  margin  of  the  lids,  with  profuse  secretion. 
Increased  lachrymation. 

FACE. 
Sickly,  sallow   countenance;  flushed   face;    redness   of  the 
cheeks. 

MOUTH. 
Increased  appetite ;  causes  hunger  (primary). 
Loss  of  appetite,  with  disgust  for  food  (secondary). 
Paleness  of  the  mucous  membrane  of  the  mouth. 
Tongue  coated  yellow,  or  whife-coated  tongue. 
Sores  in  the  corners  of  the  mouth. 
Insipid  taste  in  the  mouth ;  want  of  appetite ;  distaste  of 

food. 
Nocturnal  thirst  for  something  cold. 
O  The  hunger  which  attends  or  precedes  ague. 

STOMACH. 

*  Belching  of  tasteless  wind,  with  a  feeling  of  obstruction  at 

the  pit  of  stomach. 


224  EUl'ATORIUM     PERFOLIATUM. 

Sensation   of    something   in    the    stomach    that   ought   to 

come  up. 
General  shuddering  proceeding  from  the  stomach. 
Beating  in  the  epigastrium  at  night. 
Sensation  of  fullness  at  stomach, 
o  Nausea,  and  vomiting  of  food. 

*  Vomiting  of  mucus  and  bile,  with  trembling  and  pain  in  the 

stomach,  and  weakness  even  to  fainting. 
Distressing  disposition  to  vomiting. 

LIVER. 

*  Soreness  around  the  waist — tight  clothing  is  oppressive. 

*  Soreness  and  fullness  in  the  region  of  the  liver. 

STOOL. 

*  Purging  stools,  with  smarting  and  heat  in  the  anus. 
Frequent  watery  stools,  or  bilious  stools. 
Tenesmus,  with  small  discharge  of  loose  stool. 
Morning  diarrhcea  (primary) ;  constipation  (secondary). 

URINARY  ORGANS. 
Urine  scanty  and  high  colored. 

Dark  brown,  scanty  urine,  depositing  whitish,  clay-like  sedi- 
ment, voided  only  once  in  24  hours, 
o  Dark  urine  in  bilious  disorders, 
o  Watery  urine  during  intermittents. 
o  Herpes  on  the  scrotum  and  thighs,  even  to  the  anus. 
CATARRHAL     SYMPTOMS. 

*  Flowing  coryza  ;  sneezing  ;  hoarseness. 

*  Hacking  cough  in  the  evening. 

*  Cough,  with  soreness  and  heat  in  the  bronchia, 
o  Cough  aggravated  in  the  evening. 

o  Hectic  cough  from  suppressed  intermittent  fever, 
o  Violent  cough,  with  soreness  in  the  chest, 
o  Epidemic  influenza. 

o  Cough,  with  flushed  face  and  tearful  eyes ;  he  has  to  sup- 
port the  chest  with  his  hands. 
CHEST. 
Difficulty  of  breathing,  with  anxious  countenance,  perspira- 
tion and  sleeplessness. 
Painful  irritation  of  the  pulmonary  organs,  with  heat  in  chest. 
Aching  pain   under  the  left  breast,  and  inability  to  lie  on 

left  side. 
Grating  sensation  in  the  chest  at  every  deep  inspiration, 
o  Asthma  and  bronchitis,  when  the  dyspnoea  is  great,  obliging 
the  patient  to  He  with  head  and  shoulders  high. 
BACK. 
Weakness  in  the  small  of  the  back. 
Pain  in  the  back  as  from  a  bruise. 


EUPATORIUM     PERFOLIATUM.  225 

Pain  in  the  back  and  lower  extremities. 

Deep-seated  pains  in  the  loins,  with  soreness  from  motion. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 
Soreness  and  aching  soreness  in  the  arms  and  wrists. 
::>tififness  of  the  fingers,  with  obtuseness  of  the  sense  of  touch. 
Heat  in  tlie  palms  of  the  hands. 

LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 
Pain,  with  extreme  sensitiveness  in  left  glutei  muscles, 
o  Stiffness  and  general  soreness  of  the  lower  extremities  when 
rising  to  walk. 
Calves  of  the  legs  feel  as  though  they  had  been  beaten. 
Pains  in  all  the  joints  of  the  lower  extremities. 
Lameness  in  the  right  hip  and  lower  extremity, 
o  Soreness  and  aching  of  the  lower  limbs  when  rising  to  walk, 
o  Rheumatic  pains  on  the  inside  of  the  left  knee, 
o  Dropsical  swelling  of  feet  and  ankles. 
o  Gouty  inflammation  of  left  knee  and  right  elbow. 

FEVER. 
*  Chilliness  through  the  night  and  in  the  morning,  with  nausea 
from  the  least  motion  ;  aching  pain  and  soreness,  as  if 
from  having  been  beaten  in  the  calves  of  the  legs,  small 
of  the  back,  and  in  the  arms,  above  and  below  the  el- 
bows ;  nausea  as  the  chills  go  off;  aching  in  the  bones 
of  the  extremities,  with  soreness  of  the  flesh  ;  chilli- 
ness, with  excessive  trembling  and  nausea  ;  chilliness  in 
the  morning,  heat  through  the  rest  of  the  day,  but  no 
perspiration  ;  the  patient  feels  worse  in  the  morning  of 
one  day,  and  in  the  afternoon  of  the  next  day. 
o  Ague  and  fever,  with  nocturnal  sweat  with  chilliness  from 

motion  or  removal  of  the  covering, 
o  Belching  and  vomiting  of  bile,  and  trembling  in   the  back 

during  fever. 
o  Thirst  several  hours  before  the  chill. 
o  The  shiverings  are  severer  than  the  cold  would  warrant, 
o  Intermittent  fever,  when  the  paroxysm  commences  in  the 
morning,  Avith  thirst  several  hours  before  the  chill,  which 
thirst  continues  during  the  chill  and  heat,  and  vomiting 
at  the  conclusion  of  the  chill  ;  fever  attended  with  great 
painfulness,  weakness  and  soreness  all  over  ;  little  or  no 
perspiration   after   the   heat. — ( Williamson,   Neidhard, 
Gray  and  Hale.) 
o  Cerebrospinal  meningitis,  with   intense  soreness  and  aching 
all  over,  vomiting,  pain  in  back  of  head  and  neck,  etc. — 
(Pratt,  Small,  etc.) 
o  Remittent  fever,  bilious  and  malarial,  with  severe  gastric  and 
intestinal  irritation. 

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226  KUPATORIUM     PURI'UREUM. 

CilvVERALlTIKS. 
Great  soreness  and  painfulness  of  the  wliolc  body  and  ex- 
tremities, as  if  he  had  been  bruised  or  beaten. 


EUPATORIUM    rORPURKUM. 

(Oi/cc/i  of  lite   Miiu/mi'.) 


AXALO(;UES:— J/r^Ov//////  cannabinitm,  Asclfpias  syrinca, 
Cannabis  sativa,  Chinuiphila,  Galium,  Uva  nrsi,  Senccio. 

Officinal  PrePAKATIOXS: — Tincture  of  the  root;  dilu- 
tions ;   infusions. 

MIX  J). 

The  mind  is  possessed  by  various  dekisions. 

Talkative;   exclamations  ;  feels  extremeK'  depressed. 

Hysterical  mood,  weepinj^s  sighinj^,  and  a  feelinj^  like  home- 
sickness, with  flutterin*^  of  the  heart  u[)  into  the  throat. 

Illusions  of  siy;ht,  hcarin<^,  and  x'ertii^o.  . 

HEAD. 

Sensation  as  if  falling  tin<.'ard  the  left  sidi\  ivitli  dir^zincss. 

Lightness  of  the   head  ;  dizzy,  as  though  flying  round  and 
round. 

Sensation  as  if  her  head  were  moving  in  all  directions. 

Vertigo,  as  if  flying  round  and  round. 

Hard,  thumping  pain  in  left  occipital  bones. 

Sorene.ss,  tenderness,  and  itching  of  the  scalp. 

EYES. 

Copious  flow  of  tears,  fllling  the  lids  w  ith  tears,  making  con- 
stant wiping  neces.sary. 

Eyes  fastened  with  an  earnest  look  upon  some  object. 

Wild  staring  look  of  the  eyes,  with  wakefulness. 

She  cannot  see  as  far  as  usual. 

EARS. 

P2ars  feel  as  if  they  were  full ;  crackling  in  the  ears. 

Crackling  sound  in  the  ears  when  swallowing. 

NOSE. 

Abundant  discharge  of  a  thin,  watery  fluid,  making  the  nose 
sore  and  irritable. 

FACE. 

Congestion   to   the  face,  with  burnitig   heat,  dry  and  hot  to 
the  touch. 

Shining  appearance  of  the  face. 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 

Increased  action  of  all  the  glands  of  the  mouth. 


KUPA'^()RIu^f  PUR  I'll  Rr^u^r. 


■^-:/ 


Pricking  and  stickin*^  in  the  end  of  the  toni^uc. 
Gums  red  and  hot. 

Choking  fullness  of  the  throat ;  soreness  of  the  throat. 
Smarting  and  burni)ig  in  the  posterior  part  of  the  throat. 
Sensation  of  fnllness  in   the  throat,  with   feelings  of  home- 
sickness. 
She  feels  h'kc  crying. 

S  TOM  AC  If. 
Eructations  almo.st  constant  from  wind  in  the  stomach. 
Crampy  pains  in  pit  of  stomach,  with  weak,  sick  feeHng. 
Great  nausea,  swelHng  and  fuUness,  mostly  on  the  left  side. 

ABDOMEN. 

Fullness  and  pain  in  the  bowels. 

Rumbling,  rolling,  twisting  pain  in  the  bowels. 

Pain  and  soreness,  worse  on  the  left  side. 

Bowels  are  hard,  tyiipanitic. 

Tense  cutting  pain  just  above  the  left  o\'ar}', 

STOOL, 
t'celing  as  though  the  bowels  must  be  moved  immediately  ; 

unable  to  do  so. 
Pressure  and  heaviness  upon  the  rectum. 
Pain  and  .suffering  as  from  diarrhoea,  although  the  passages 
were  natural. 

URINARY   ORGAN.S 
Dap,  dull  pain  in  the  kidneys ;  also  cutting  pain. 
Strong  desire  to  pass  water  ten  minutes  after  having  urinated. 
Constant  urging  to  urinate  all  day,  ivith  cutting,  aching  pain 

in  the  bladder, 
(ircatly  increased  quantity  of  urine,  with   large   discharges 
every  half  hour,   but   the   bladder   fills   up   soon,    with 
cutting,  aching  pain  in  bladder. 
*   Smarting  and  burning  very  intense  in  the  bladder  and  urethra. 
Sensation  as  if  she  had  been  a  long  time  without  urinating. 
O  J^iabetes  insipidus  and  perhaps  mellitus. 

The  stream  of  urine  is  smaller  than  natural. 
O  Dropsy,  when  due  to  renal  disorder;  (low  dil.  or  infusion), 
o  Dysuria,  with  profuse  and  watery  urine,  (high  diluticns.) 
o  Strangury  from  uterine  displacement,  or  during  pregnancy, 
o  Mucus  sediment  in  urine  in  excess,  indicating  inflammation, 
o  Inflammation  of  the  mucous  membrane  of  urinary  passages, 
o  Suppression  of  urine  in  infants. 

o  Chronic  inflammation  of  the  bladder. — (Dr.  Dresser.) 
o  Renal  and  vesical  calculi. 

GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 

Female. — Inflammation  of  meatus  urinarius. 


228  EUPATORIUM    PURPUREUM. 

The  external  genitals  feel  as  though  well,  although  they 

were  not. 
LeucorrhcEa  quite  profuse. 
*  Threatened  abortions, 
o  Sterility,  from  atony  of  the  ovaries, 
o  Amenorrhoea,  dysmenorrhcea  (atonic). 
o  Habitual  abortion  at  the  third  or  fourth  month. 
A  quick,  jerking  motion  in  region  of  left  ovary. 
Tense,  cutting  pain  in  region  of  left  ovary, 
o  It  is  a  genuine  tonic  to  the  female  organs  of  generation, 
o  Inefficient  labor  pains. 

Male. —  o  Impotency,  from  exhaustion  or  abuse  of  the  gen- 
erative functions. 

CHEST. 
Palpitation  of  the  heart ;  fluttering  of  the  heart  up  into  the 

throat. 
Strong  desire  to  inflate  the  lungs,  of  which   she  was  not 

cognizant. 
Pulse  80  to  100,  full  and  bounding. 

BACK    AND   NECK. 
Neuralgic-like  pains  from  below  upwards,  mostly  on  the  left 

side  of  the  back  and  hip. 
Sore  pain  directly  within  the  spine,  its  whole  extent,  from 

below  upwards. 
Dull,  aching  pain  in   the  sacrum,  running  upward  into  the 

kidneys. 
Stiff,  wry  neck,  with  lame,  weak  feeling  in  nape  of  neck. 
Cutting   pain   in   the  neck,  running  from   left  shoulder  to 
occiput. 

UPPER   AND    LOWER   EXTREMITIES. 
Tired,  weak,  uneasiness  in  the  limbs,  with  numbness  and 

gnawing  pain. 
A  con.stant  sensation  as  if  her  heels  were  crowding  through 

her  boots  upward. 
Rheumatic  pain,  changing  from  place  to  place,  always  from 

below. 
Gnawing  in  the  hip  bone ;  legs  feel  weak,  tired,   left   leg 

worse. 
All  .symptoms  worse  on  the  left  side  of  the  body. 

SLEEP. 
Sleeplessness,  with  wild,  staring  eyes. 

FEVER. 
Intermittent  fevers,  with  chills  in  the  back  and  aching. 
O  Intermittent  fever ;  miasmatic  paroxysms  at  various  times  of 
the   day ;  chills   beginning  in   the  small  of   the  back, 
spreading  up  and  down  the  trunk  and  extremities  ;  lips 


KUIMIORIMA    COkOLI.ATA.  229 

and  nails  blue  ;  violent  shaking  xcith  compai'ative  little 
coldness  ;  fever,  with  nausea  and  vomiting,  followed  by 
moisture,  not  amounting  to  sweat,  principally  about  the 
head  and  forehead  ;  any  attempt  to  change  position, 
ever  so  little,  during  the  sweat,  a  chilliness  would  pass 
through  the  body. — ( Van  Tagen,  Martin,  Hoivard, 
Gardiner.) 

[This  remedy  seems  specific  in  ague  with  the  above  symptoms  ;  bnt 
they  have  a  remarkable  resemblance  to  those  of  Eupat. /^/y". — Hale.\ 

o  Hectic  fe"i.>cr,  with  night  sweats  ;  pulse  feeble  but  regular. 
GENERALITIES. 
Faint,  dizzy  feeling  pervading  the  whole  body. 
All  the  symptoms  are  worse  on  left  side  of  the  body. 
A  feeling  as  if  falling  to  the  left  \    (compare  Anac,  Aur., 
Bell.,  Dros.,  Euphorb.,  Mez.,  Natr.,  Nux   mosch.,  Spig., 
Spong.,  Z'mc.)-—(Hering.) 


EUPHORBIA    COROLLATA. 

(Spurge — Wandering-  Milk   Wi'ed.) 


Analogues: — Croton  tiglinm,  Euphorbium  officinalis,  Ela- 
terinm,  Jalapa,  Lobelia,  Helleborus  niger,  Veratrum  album. 

Officinal    Preparations  : — Tincture  of   the  root ;    di- 
lutions. . 

head. 

Vertigo ;  swimming  in  the  head,  with  faintness. 

Excessive  vertigo,  with  ringing  in  the  ears. 

Death-like  sensation,  vvith  anxiety  of  mind. 

STOMACH   AND   ABDOMEN,   ETC. 
Burning  in  the  mouth  and  on  the  tongue,  with  nausea. 
♦"Sudden  nausea,  followed  by  sudden  and  forcible  vomiting 
and  diarrhoea  of  rice-water  fluid,  with^sinking,  anxious 
feeling  at  the  stomach. 

*  Profuse  colliquative  discharges  from  the  bowels,  with  painful 

spasms  of  the  intestines. 
Cold  sweat  on  the  body  and  extremities  with  the  diarrhcia. 
o  Spasms  of  the  legs  and  feet,  with  vomiting  and  diarrha^a. 
o  Sea  sickness  ;  vomiting  of  pregnancy, 
o  Acute  enteritis  and  gastritis, 
o  Chronic  diarrhoea  from  malaria. 

*  Diarrhoea  which  is  very  obstinate, 
o  Dysenteric  diarrhrea. 

o  Cholera  morbus. 


Xi:VV    RFiMIiDTES. 


ERYNGIUM    AOUATICUM. 

(Biff foil  Snake   Root.) 

Anai.0GUP:s: — Asclepias  tnbcrosa,  Copaiva,  Gelseiniintin, 
Ifepar  sulphur ^  Kali  bichromicwn,  LacJiesis,  Senega,  Spongia, 
Senecio,  Sepia. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  root ;  dilutions. 

MENTAL    SPHERE. 
Unable  to  concentrate  his  thoughts. 
Depressed  in  spirits. 

HEAT). 
Vertigo,  after  dinner. 
Dull,  heavy  pains  in  the  temporal  bones. 
Dull,  dragging  pain  in  the  occiput. 
Shooting  pains  in  coronary  region. 
Frontal  headache  of  a  dull,  aching  character, 
hvxpanding  sensation  in  frontal  region,  over  the  eyes,  with 

dimness  of  sight. 
Pain   in   the  occiput,  extending  into  the  eyes,  and  into  the 

neck,  and  down  between  the  shoulders. 
Scalp  sore  on  pressure,  and  pains  on  combing  the  hair. 

EYES. 
Irritated  by  strong  light,  producing  a  smarting,  burning  sen- 
sation. 
Eyes  congested,  with  heavy  aching,  and  dull  expression. 
Severe  pains  over  left  eye,  of  a  tearing,  burning  character, 
o  Violent  ophthalmia  in  a  scrofulous  patient. 

EARS. 
Burning,  tearing   pain,  as   if  they  were  being  torn  from  the 
head. 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 
Tongue  and   fauces  very  dry,  with  insipid   taste,  thick,  te- 
nacious, yellowish-colored  mucus  in  the  morning. 
Smarting,  burning  pain  ;  raw,  smarting  pain  on  left  side. 
Sensation  as  if  a  lump  was  in  the  throat. 
Can  not  bear  the  clothing  close  around  the  throat. 
O  Chronic  laryngitis. 

STOMACH. 
Slight  nausea,  with  drawing,  cramping  pains. 
Hot,  burning  pains  extending  up  the  oesophagus. 
Heavy,  dragging  pain,  with  a  feeling  of  emptiness. 
Nausea  and  retching,  with  inclination  to  stool. 


ERVGIUM   AQUATICUM.  23 1 

O  Spitting  up  of  bright  arterial  blood,  mixed  with  black  clots, 
with  burning  in  the  epigastrium,  after  a  blow  on  the 
stomach. — (Dr.  CusJiing.) 

ABDOMEN. 

Severe  pain  in  the  left  groin,  passing  down  into  the  left 
testicle. 

Severe  colic-like  pains  in  small  intestines. 

Sharp,  piercing  pains  in  the  bowels,  in  the  monn'ng,  with 
bloated  sensation  and  heaviness  in  abdomen,  and  sore- 
ness on  pressure. 

STOOL. 

Dark  leaden  color,  dry  and  very  hard. 
Tenesmus  at  stool,  with  a  sen.sation  of  cutting. 
O  Mucus  diarrhcea  of  children. 

URINE. 

I'requent  desire  to  urinate,  after  evacuation  of^  the  bladder, 
which  continued  dripping  for  a  few  moments  after 
urinating. 

Urine  decreased  in  quantity  and  darker  at  night. 

Urine  deposits  a  white  flocculent  matter,  s.  g.  1016. 

GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 

Stinging,  burning  sensation  in  the  urethra,  behind  the  glans 

penis,  during  urination. 
Severe  pain  in  left  testicle,  worse  on  exercise. 
o  Gonorrhoea,  with  painful  erections. 

O  Emissions  at  night,  with  erection.s,  with   great  lassitude  and 
depression. 
Depression  of  the  virile  force. 

TARYNX. 

Smarting  in  larynx  and  bronchia  ;  slight  dyspncea. 

Respirations  rather  shorter  than  normal, 
o  Cough,  with  sensation  of  constriction  in  the  throat. 
o  Laryngeal  irritations  ;  short,  hacking  cough. 

NECK. 
Rheumatic  pains  in  posterior  portions. 

BACK   AND    SHOULDER.S. 
Dull,  dragging  pains  in  the  lumbar  region. 
Rheumatic  pains  in  the  left  shoulder. 


2-^2  FORMICA. 


EOUISETUM    HYEMALE. 

(Scouring   Rush.) 


AXALOGUES  : — Cannabis,  Galium,  Epigcsa,  J  uncus. 
Officinal  Prfparations  : — Tincture  ;  infusion. 

(No   provings.) 

o  Dysuria   of  women  :     symptoms  —  extreme    and    frequent 
urging  to  urinate,  with  severe  pain,  especially  imme- 
diately after  the  urine  is  voided.—fZ^r.  J.  S.  Marsden.) 
o  Painful  urination,  with  albuminous  urine. — (lb.) 
o  Dysuria  after  confinement  and  during  pregnancy. — (lb.) 

[Dr.  M.  says  it  is  one  of  the  most  reliable  remedies  he  has  tried,  in  such 
cases  as  the  above.  He  uses  it  in  infusion,  pouring  hot  water  on  the 
stalks,     A  tablespoonful  every  two  or  three  hours.] 

Diuretic  and  astringent. — (King.) 

An  infusion  has  been  found  useful  in  dropsy,  suppression  of 

urine,  gravel,  haematuria,   and  hepatic  affections ;  also 

gonorrhoea  and  gleet. — (lb.) 


FORMICA. 

(Fort/tic  Acid — The  Poison  of  Ants.) 


ANALOCiUES: — Apis,  Rhus,  Urtica,  Croton. 

Officixal  Preparations: — Triturations;  tincture;  dilu- 
tions. 

MENTAL   SPHERE. 

Indisposed,  forgetful,  morose,  fearful  and  apprehensive. 

Exhilarated  condition  after  the  pain  in  the  vertex  had 
abated. 

Giddy  on  attempting  to  rise. 

Dull,  sleepy  feeling,  with  heaviness  of  the  eyelids,  and  ina- 
bility to  study. 

HEAD. 

Dullness  and  pressure  on  both  sides  between  temples  and 
ears. 

Severe  pain  in.  the  vertex,  like  a  stitch  from  a  dull  instru- 
ment. 

Headache  in  the  posterior  upper  and  inner  part  of  the  head, 
increased  by  drinking  coffee,  and  aggravated  during 
washing  with  cold  water. 


.      FORMICA.  233 

When  waking  in  the  morning  headache,  with  vomiting, 
stitches  in  the  chest. 

EYES. 
Spasmodic  twitching  of  upper  hd  of  right  eye. 

FACE. 
Entire  left  side  of  the  face  and  cheek  feels  as  if  paralyzed. 

NOSE. 
Sneezing  and  fluent  coryza. 

EARS. 
Stitches  in  the  left  ear  (frequent),  followed  by  a  small  ab- 
scess in  the  external  portion  of  the  meatus  auditorius. 
Pressive  pain  in  both  ears  (with  heat). 
Pains  in  the  eyes  mornings  when  awaking,  better  on  washing. 

STOMACH. 
Constatit pressure  at  the  cirdiac  end  of  the  stomacJi ;  burning 

pain. 
Nausea,   zvitJi  headache,   and  vomiting  of  yellozvish,   bitter 

mucus. 
Burning  pain  in  the  stomach,  with  oppression  and  weight. 

ABDOMEN   AND   STOOL. 
In  the  morning  difficult  passages  of   small    quantities  of 

flatus  ;  afterwards  diarrJioea-like  urging  in  the  reetujn. 
Diarrhcca,  with  tenesmus  ;  tain  in  bowels  before  stool. 
Dull  pain  in  the  region  of  the  spleen. 
Severe  pain  in  the  bowels,  with  shuddering  chilliness. 
Sensation  of  constriction  in  the  anus. 
Pressure  in  the  rectum,  worse  in  the  evening  and  in  bed. 
Loose  diarrhoeic  stool,  which  left  a  desire  for  another  stool. 
Painful  desire  in  the  anus  and  rectum  for  stool,  which,  how- 
ever, will  not  pass. 
Constipation,  with  sensation  of  constriction  of  sphincter  ani. 

GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 

Male. — Itching  on  the  scrotum ;  during  coition  insufficient 
erection  ;  jerking  pain  in  the  left  half  of  the  penis. 

Long  lasting  erections  in  the  morning  in  bed  on  returning 
from  urination. 

Female. — Menses  scanty  and  pale,  with  bearing  down  in  the 
back. 

Menses  appear  eight  days  too  soon. 

CHEST. 

Violent  prickling,  pressing  stitches  in  region  of  Lft  nipple ; 
later  on  the  left  side  of  the  back,  but  more  violent ;  still 
later,  the  same  sensation  on  other  parts  of  the  body. 

Violent  penetrating  itching  at  the  right  nipple. 

Palpitation  of  the  heart ;  fluttering  of  the  heart. 


234  FORMICA. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES 

Severe  pain  above  the  right  clbrw. 

ItcJiingin  the  armpits  in  the  morning. 
Violent  itcliing  oti  the  left  shonlder-blade. 

Rheumatic  pain  in  the  right  elbow  joint,  and  along  the 
course  of  the  uhia. 

Violent  pain  in  left  side  of  the  nape  of  the  neck,  extending 
down  the  left  arm. 

Pain  leaves  the  left  arm  and  goes  to  the  right. 

Neck  is  very  stiff  and  painful,  worse  from  motion. 

Burning  stitches  in  the  finger  ends. 

LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 

Pains  in  the  hips  (bruised)  at  night  in  bed. 

Pains  in  the  knee  joints  (rheumatic)  increased  by  walking. 

Lancinating  pain  in  the  left  knee  joint. 

General  weakness  of  the  whole  muscular  system. 

Severe  pain  across  the  sacrum  and  dorsum  of  each  ham, 
worse  on  motion. 

Sensation  as  if  the  muscles  were  strained  and  being  torn 
from  attachment. 

Cramp  in  both  feet,  especially  in  the  soles  near  the  toes. 
GENERALITIES. 

Dr.  Hering  ( Hahnemanniafi  Monthly,  Jan.,  iSji ),  gives  the 
following  indications  for  the  use  of  Formica : 

*^  Affections  of  the  spinal  cord,  paralysis,  spasms. 

'' Rlieumatism  appearing  suddenly,  mostly  in  the  joints,  with 
the  character  of  restlessness ;  the  patients  desire  mo- 
tion, although  it  makes  pain  more  acute. 

"  Pressure  relieves  the  pains. 

"  Sweat  without  amelioration. 

^* Eye  diseases,  especially  the  so-called  rheumatic  inflamma- 
tions of  the  eye,  with  their  sequelae ;  but  still  more  in 
difficulties  of  hearing  and  many  diseases  of  the  ear. 

"  Lack  of  milk  in  nursing  women. 

•'  Seminal  emissions. 

"  The  predominant  time  of  day  is  from  2  to  4  A.  M. 

"  The  burning  pains  are  removed  by  washing  in  cold  water. 

"  Consequences  of  cold  and  wet,  cold  bath,  or  damp  weather. 

"  It  often  helped  when  Chamomilla  only  ameliorated,  and 
when  Belladonna  did  not  agree.  Formica,  therefore, 
like  Apis,  belongs  to  the  class  of  acids  with  ethereal 
oils,  to  which  the  aromatics  are  complementary. 
Formica  seems  to  be  as  great  an  enemy  to  the  narcotics 
as  Apis  is  to  the  acids  (Rhus). 


GELSEMINUM    SEMPER    VIRENS. 
(Yellow  yessamine.) 


NEW   REMEDIES.  ^35 

GALIUM    APARINE. 

(Cleavers.) 


Analogues  : — Cannabis,  Chimaphila,  Enpatorcnvi  pnrpn- 
rann,  Althcea  officinalis,  Uva  nrsi. 

Officinal  Preparations  :  —  Tincture,  infusion  of  the 
plant, 

MOUTH   AND   TONGUE, 
o  Apthae,  with  urinary  disorders,  in  children, 
o  Cancerous  tumor  on  the  tongue. 

URINARY    ORGANS. 
Increases  the  flow  of  urine  and  removes  its  acridity, 
o  Scalding  and  burning  during  micturition  in  fevers, 
o  Dysuria  and  suppression  of  urine  in  young  children, 
o  Strangury  of  women,  from  idiopathic  or  reflex  irritation  of 

the  urinary  apparatus, 
o  Dysuria,  with  frequent  ineffectual   urging  and  scanty  dis- 
charge, 
o  Gravel  and  the  various  attendant  sufferings. 
GENERALITIES. 
Its  use  causes  so  much  "  constant  chilliness "  thai  patients 

complain  of  it. 
Is  said  to  be  contra-indicated  in  atonic  or  torpid  urinary 
disorders, 
o  Scurvy  ;  aphthae,  and  inveterate  cutaneous  affections, 
o  Hard  nodulated  tumor  of  the  tongue,  of  a  cancerous  nature. 

(See  case  detailed  in  New  Remedies,  second  edition.) 
o  It  favors  the   production   of  healthy  granulations    on  the 
ulcerated  surface  of  cancer. 


GELSEMINUM    SEMPERVIRENS.* 

{  Yellow  Jessamine. ) 


Analogues:  —  Aconite,  Agaricns,  Belladonna,  Conium, 
Cimicifuga.  Hyoscyamus.  Chloral,  Ibcris,  Lachnanthes,  Opium, 
Rhus,  Stramonium,  Solanuni. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  root;  dilutions. 

MENTAL    sphere. 
*  Dullness  of  all  the  mental  faculties  (primary). 


*  The  correct  botanical  name  of  this  plant  is  probably  Gelsemium 
iiitidans,  but  I  have  retained  the  name  by  which  it  was  first  known  to  the 
profession. — Hale. 


236  GELSEMINUM    SEMPERVIRENS. 

*  Anxiety  ;  incoherency  of  thought,  aversion  to  study. 
Melancholy  and  desponding  mood. 

*  Excessive  irritability  of  body  and  mind  (secondary), 
o  Nervous  excitement  of  hysteric  patients. 

o  Stupid,  comatose  conditions  attending  typhoid  fever. 

o  Hysterical  conditions  in  plethoric  subjects. 

HEAD. 
Pain  in  the  head  across  the  forehead. 
Excruciating  headache,  accompanied  by  slight  nausea  ;  pain 

slightly  mitigated  by  shaking  the  head. 
Pain  most  frequently  in  the  forehead  and  temples. 

O  Band-like  pain  surrounds  the  head,  with  shooting  pains  in 
each  jaw. 
Pain  in  the  head  constant,  dull,  stupefying  and  pressive. 
Head  feels  light  and  large,  with  vertigo. 

o  Dull,  dragging  headache,  mainly  in  the  occiput,  mastoid, 
and  upper  cervical  region,  extending  to  the  shoulders  ; 
relieved  when  sitting  by  reclining  head  and  shoulders 
on  a  high  pillow. 

o  Congestion  in  children  durihg  dentition. 

o  Nervous  headaches,  from  emotional  excitement,  etc. 

o  Hemicrania,  with  dimness  of  sight  and  double  vision. 
Giddiness,  a  consta?it  symptom. 

o  Headache,  extending  from  the  occiput  to  the  os  frontis. 

o  In  the  morning  on  rising  a  dull  pain  in  the  head  and  a  slight 
tendency  to  throbbing  in  right  side  of  head. 

o  A  settled,  dull,  dragging  headache,  mainly  in  the  oceiput, 
mastoid,  and  upper  cervieal  region,  extending  to  the 
shoulder's,  relieved  when  sitting  by  reclining  the  head 
and  shoulders  on  a  high  pillow. 

O  Headache,  coming  on  suddenly,  with  dimness  of  sight  or 
double  vision,  with  dizziness  followed  by  great  heaviness 
of  the  head,  semi-stupor,  dull,  heavy  expression  of  the 
face,  great  vascular  reaction,  full  pulse,  etc. 

O  Cramp-like  pains  of  drawing  or  tearing  character,  aggravated 
by  study  or  exertion,  following  fever  and  ague. 

O  Headache  (neuralgic)  after  cerebro-spinal  meningitis ;  "  a 
terrible  neuralgia,  commencing  in  the  upper  portion  of 
the  spinal  cord,  proceeding  thence  gradually  through 
the  upper  portion  of  the  cerebrum,  and  terminating  in  a 
bursting  pain  in  the  forehead  and  eyeballs,  with  aggra- 
vation about  10  A.  M.,  worse  when  lying  down,  with 
nausea,  vomiting,  cold  sweat  on  forehead,  and  cold  feet ; 
vertigo  and  obscuration  of  sight  on  stooping  ;  a  sensa- 
tion as  of  a  band  drazvji  tightly  around  the  head  above 
the  ears,  and  soreness  in  scalp  and  brain  ;  the  vertebrae 
prominens  and  cervical  vertebrae  sensitive  to  pressure. 


GELSEMINUM    SEMPERVIRENS.  237 

(Cured  by  Gelseminum  200th,  three  times  a  day.)" — 
(Dr.  C.  C.  Smith.) 

o  A  relapse  of  the  same  patient,  with  the  additional  symp- 
toms, viz. :  lameness  and  stiffness  of  neck  ;  on  waking 
at  night  retraction  of  head  backzvard,  relieved  by  bend- 
ing head  forivard ;  frequent  urging  to  urinate,  with 
partial  loss  of  power  in  the  sphincter  vesicae  ;  heat  in 
palm  of  hands  and  itching  all  over  the  body,  preventing 
sleep ;  after  scratching,  a  raw  sore,  surrounded  with 
blisters,  would  appear.  (These  symptoms  were  also 
cured  by  Gelseminum  200.) 

o  Periodical  hemicrania  (over  one  eye). 

EYES. 

*  Great  heaviness  of  the  lids  ;  difficulty  of  opening  or  keeping 
them  open. 

Fullness  and  congestion  of  the  lids. 
Diplopia  when  inclining  the  head  towards  the  shoulder. 
Misty  or  glimmering  appearance  before  the  eyes. 
Distant  objects  seemed  indistinct  as  I  rode  or  walked. 
Dilatation  of  the  pupils  ;    amaurosis  ;  diplopia  ;  blindness  ; 

dimness  of  sight. 
Sense  of  sight  tardy  in  following  the  movements  of  objects. 

*  Pain  in  both  eyes,  particularly  the  left,  with  dimness  of  sight, 
o  Inflammation,  with  great  flow  of  tears  at  intervals. 

Total  blindness,  with  violent  dizziness, 
o  Asthenopia ;  amaurosis. 

Disturbance  of  the  power  of  accommodation,  similar  to  Cala- 
bar,  Chloral,  and  analagous  drugs. 

EARS. 

*  Rushing  and  roaring  in  the  ears. 

*  Sudden  and  temporary  loss  of  hearing. 
Digging  in  the  right  ear;  stitches. 

o  Neuralgic  otalgia. 

o  Earache  from  a  cold;  (internally,  also  a  drop  or  two  on 
cotton  put  in  the  ear). 

NOSE. 

*  Watery  discharge  from  the  nose. 

*  Tingling  in  the  nose  ;  bloody,  mucus  discharge. 

o  Colds  in  the  head,  with  fluent  coryza  from  the  nose,  hoarse- 
ness, cough,  soreness  of  the  throat  and  chest. 
O  Epistaxis,Vith  suppressed  menses. 
O  Acute  coryza,  with  dull  headache  and  fever. 

FACE. 

*  Erythema  of  the  face  and  neck. 

*  Sensation  of  stiffness  in  the  muscles  of  the  jaws. 


238  GELSEMINUM    SEMPERVIRENS, 

o  Facial  neuralgia,  with  or  without  contractions  and  twitchings 

of  the  muscles, 
o  Orbital  neuralgia,  periodic,  every  day  at  the  same  hour. 

Papulous  eruptions  of  the  face, 
o  Trismus. 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 

*  Stiffness  of  the  jaws  ;  difficulty  of  opening  the  mouth, 
o  Pains  of  a  shooting  character  in  the  jaws. 

Dryness  of  the  mouth  ;  thickly  coated  tongue. 

*  Tongue  red,  raw,  and  painful. 

*  Partial  paralysis  of  the  glottis  and  tongue. 
Irritation  and  soreness  of  the  fauces. 

*  Paralytic  dysphagia. 

*  Painful  sensation  of  something  having  lodged  in  oesophagus, 
o  Spasmodic  sensation  and  cramp-like  pains  in  oesophagus. 

o  CEsophagitis  (catarrhal),  a  7tot  rare  affection. — (Hale.) 

o  Tonsillitis,  from  acute  catarrh, 

o  Spasmodic  affections  of  the  throat. 

o  Spasmodic  croup  (catarrhal),  with  high  fever. 

Thirst  during  the  sweat,  clammy,  feverish  taste. 

Great  hunger  ;  eructation  ;  nausea. 

Yellowish-white  coating  of  the  tongue,  with  foetid  breath. 
STOMACH. 

*  Feeling  of  emptiness   and  weakness   in   the  stomach   and 

bowels. 

Distension,  with  pain  and  nausea. 

Rumbling  and  dull  pain  in  the  epigastrium,  relieved  by  ex- 
pulsion of  flatus, 
o  Sensation  of  weight  in  the  stomach,  with  dull  pain, 

ABDOMEN  AND   STOOL. 
Rumbling  and  roaring  in  the  abdomen,  with  emissions  of 

flatus  above  and  below. 
Periodical  pains  in  the  abdomen,  with  yellow  diarrhoea  in 

the  evening. 
Bowels  loose,  but  great  difficulty  to  discharge  anything. 
Severe  griping  in  the  lower  abdomen,  no  relief  till  discharge 
of  large,  deeply  bilious  discharges, 
o  Slow  stool,  leaving  a  sensation  of  more  remaining  to  be 

passed,  and  of  abdominal  repletion, 
o  Spasmodic  and  flatulent  colic, 
o  Acute  enteritis  (catarrhal),  during  cold,  damp,  or  hot,  damp 

weather, 
o  Neuralgia  of  the  intestines,  periodic,  malarial, 
o  Diarrhoea,  from  exciting  emotio7ts  ;  sometimes  involuntary, 
o  Diarrhoea  of  soldiers  from  mental  and  moral  excitement, 
o  Dysentery  (epidemic),  malarial  or  catarrhal. 


GELSEMINUM    SEMPERVIRENS.  239 

O  Paralysis  of  the  sphincter  ani,  with  involuntary  diarrhcjea,  the 
result  of  nervous  excitement  or  previous  inflammation. 
LIVER. 
Bilious  diarrhoea,  of  the  color  of  green  tea  (primary). 
Jaundice,  with  prostration,  clay-colored  stool,  etc.  (secondary). 
Deficient  secretion  of  bile  (secondary), 
o  Passive  congestion  of  the  liver,  with  dimness  of  sight,  vertigo, 
and  fullness  of  the  head. 

URINARY  ORGANS. 
Urine  much  increased  in  quantity. 

*  Frequent  urging,  with  scanty  emission,  and  tenesmus  of  the 

bladder, 

*  linuresis,  from  paralysis  of  thesphincter,in  children  at  night, 
o  Spasm  of  the  bladder,  with  alternate  dysuria  and  enuresis. 

o  Constant,  involuntary  discharge  of  urine  every  15  minutes, 
o  Paralytic  conditions  of  the  sphincter  muscles  of  the  bladder, 
o  Acute  catarrhal  conditions  of  the  bladder  and  uterus. 

GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 
Female. — •    *    DysmcnorrJicea   of  a   neuralgic   or   spasmodic 
character. 

*  Cramps  in  the  abdomen  and  legs  during  pregnancy. 

O  Convulsions  during  pregnancy,  with  complete  unconscious- 
ness. 

o  Convulsions  (apoplectiform)  during  labor. 

o  False  pains  before  parturition. 

o  Rigid  OS  uteri  during  confinement. 

o  Menorrhagia  (.'')  (from  lack  of  contractility). 

o  Inefficient  labor-pains  from  uterine  inertia. 

Sensation  of  heaviness  in  the  uterine  region,  with  increased 

leucorrhceal  discharge. 
Male. — *  Involuntary  emission  of  semen  without  an  erection. 

o  Seminal  weakness  from  irritability  of  the  seminal  vesicles. 

o  Spermatorrhoea  from  relaxation  and  debility. 

o  Gonorrlioea,  in  the  acute  stage,  with  great  pain,  inflammation, 
and  scanty  discharge ;  (one  of  the  best  remedies). — 
(Hale.) 

o  vSuppressed  gonorrhoea,  with  fever,  rheumatism,  orchitis,  etc.; 
(it  will  restore  the  discharge  very  soon,  with  abatement 
of  all  the  other  symptoms). — {lb.) 

*  Sweat  of  the  scrotum,  warm. — {Hoyne) 

LARYNX   AND   TRACHEA. 

Paroxysms  of  hoarseness,  with  dryness  of  the  throat. 

Cough  from  tickling  and  dry  roughness  of  the  fauces, 
o  Soreness  in  the  chest  when  coughing, 
o  Acute  catarrhal  bronchitis. 


240  GELSEMINUM    SEMPERVIRENS. 

o  Severe  cough  ;  pain  in  the  chest ;  tenderness  in  the  epigas- 
trium, with  vomiting  in  the  paroxysms, 

o  Spasmodic  croup,  (laryngismus  stridulus). 

o  Periodic  apJionia ;  loss  of  voice  only  during  the  menses; 
(cured  with  the  3d  dil.) — {M ey/ioffer  Diseases  of  Organs 
of  Respiration,  Vol.  I.) 

CHEST. 

*  Constrictive  pain  around  the  lower  part  of  the  chest. 
Paroxysmal  pain  in  the   upper  part   of  right   lung,    when 

taking  a  long  breath, 
o  Periodical  pains  in  the  pectoral  muscles. 

Heavy  and  labored  respirations ;  expirations  sudden   and 
forcible, 
o  Forming  stage  in  pneumonia  ( Veratnnn  v.) 
o  Convulsive,  spasmodic  cough, 
o  Slow  breathing  and  slow  pulse. 

HEART. 

*  Stitching  sensation  in  the  region  of  the  heart. 

*  Feeling  as  if  the  heart  zvoidd  stop  beating  if  she  did  not  move 

about. 

*  Pulse  frequent,  soft,  weak,  almost  imperceptible. 
Fluttering  pulse;  pulse  full,    120;  pulse  slow  and   full,  or 

slow  and  soft. 

Sensation  as  though  the  blood   had  ceased  to  circulate  ; 
pulse  reduced  from  112  to  56  in  12  hours. 

Heart's  action  slow  and  feeble  ;  the  beats  of  the  heart  cannot 
be  felt. 

The  action  of  the  heart  and  arteries  'much  depressed,  with 
cold  hands  and  feet ;  chills  and  pains  in  the  head. 

A  sensible  motion  of  the  heart  as  though  it  had  attempted 
its  beat,  which  it  failed  fully  to  accomplish,  and  the 
pulse  then  each  time  intermitted,  worse  when  lying 
down  in  bed,  especially  when  lying  on  the  left  side. — 
(  Wells) 
o  Excessive  action  of  the  heart  from  plethora,  congestion,  neu- 
ralgic or  rheumatic  irritation,  or   hysterical  palpitation. 

BACK   AND   NECK. 

Dull,  aching  pain  in  back,  extending  up  to  the  occiput. 

Pains  in  the  fieck,  like  those  of  cerebrospinal  congestion. 
o  Chilliness  and  chills  running  up  the  back. 
o  Myalgia  of  the  cervical  muscles. 
o  Congestion  of  the  spinal  cord  and  cerebellum. 

UPPER   EXTREMITHiS. 

*  Severe  pain  in  both  extremities,  deep-seated  in  the  muscles. 
Severe  aching  pain  in  left  elbow. 


GELSEMINUM    SEMPERVIRENS.  24 1 

o  Rheumatic  pains  in  extremities. 

Arms  become  powerless  ;  loss  of  voluntary  motion. 
Coldness  of  the  wrists  and  hands. 


♦ 


LOWER   EXTREMITIES. 
Deep-seated,  aching  pains  in  bones  and  joints  of  extremities. 
Paroxysmal  pain  in  the  lower  extremities. 
Pains  in  left  foot  and  ankle,  with  spasmodic  contraction  of 

the  toes. 
Crampy  pains  in  the  lower  limbs,  worse  on  motion. 
Excessive  drawing  and  contracting  pains  in  gastroc-nemius 

muscle  of  the  left  leg. 
Coldness  of  the  extremities,  especially  the  feet,  often  severe. 
Rheumatic  pain  in  the  right  knee,  and  left  side  of  the  neck. 
Paralytic  symptoms  throughout  the  entire  muscular  system. 

SKIN. 
Papulous  eruption,  resembling  measles. 
Pimples  on  the  forehead  and  neck. 
o  Measles  (one  of  the  best  remedies,  especially  for  the  catarrhal 

symptoms, 
o  Erysipelas,  not  vesicular  or  phlegmonous,  but  a  milder  va- 
riety, with  erythema  or  papular  eruption. 

SLEEP, 

*  Disposition  to  sleep,  a  sort  of  stupor. 
Drowsiness  and  long,  sound  sleep. 

Unusually  sound  morning  sleep,  with  difficult,  weary  waking. 

Languor  and  drowsiness  when  trying  to  study, 
o  Stupor  attending  the  fevers  of  children, 
o  Sleeplessness  during  dentition, 
o  Sleeplessness  from  nervous  irritation, 

FEVER. 

*  Marked  decrease  in  the  frequency  of  the  pulse. 

*  Chilliness,  especially  along  the  back,  followed  by  heat. 

*  Febrile  chilliness,  cold  extremities,  heat  of  the  head  and  face. 

*  As  soon  as  the  reaction  takes'  place  after  the  chill  the  pulse 

rises  as  much  above  the  normal  standard  as  it  was  de- 
pressed below  it. 

O  Simple  fever,  without  functional  disturbance. 

o  Flushed,  crimson  face  during  the  fever. 

o  Remittent  fever  (infantile  or  malarial). 

o  Irritative  fever,  from  abscesses,  internal  inflammation,  etc. 

o  Intermittents  (post  typhoids). 

o  Fevers  characterized  by  severe  chill,  little  shaking,  followed 
by  fever. 

o  Fever  without  thirst ;  wants  to  lie  still  and  rest ;  tonsils  in- 
flamed, right  side. 

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242  GELSEMINUM    SEMPERVIRENS. 

Typhoid  fever  in  the  first  stages. 

Scarlet  fever,  with  stupor,  and  flushed,  red  face. 

O  Suppressed  intermittents,  with  general  prostration,  aching 
and  soreness  in  the  body  ;    "dumb-ague." 

o  Intermittent  fever ;  malarial,  generally  ^^/^//V//:?//. 

o  Rheumatic  fever  (especially  in  muscular  rheumatism). 

O  Intermittent  fever  (tertian  type) ;  pain  in  the  head  and  pains 
over  the  body,  when  he  has  no  chill ;  tongue  not  much 
coated. 

O  Intermittent  fever  (tertian  type)  ;  fever  five  hours,  very  hot, 
with  delirium,  jerking  of  the  limbs,  violent  headache  ; 
aching  in  one  leg. 

O  Intermittent  fever  (tertian  type) ;  no  chil! ;  fever  at  lo  A.  M.; 
great  pain  in  the  back  and  thighs. 

O  Intermittent  fever  ;  chills  from  fifteen  minutes  to  two  hours 
long,  followed  by  heat,  often  \^ith  sleep  one  to  twelve 
hours  long,  and  perspiration  for  some  time. 

o  Fever  coming  on  every  evening  after  supper,  which  gradually 
rose,  and  went  off  before  morning,  the  patient  con- 
tinuing asleep. 

O  Typhoid  fever  in  a  child  of  five  years  ;  nervous  movements 
every  night,  like  spasms  ;  oscillation  of  the  eyeballs. 

o  In  scarlet  fever  it  determines  the  eruption  to  the  surface,  con- 
trols the  pulse,  calms  the  nerv^ous  erethism,  and  lessens 
the  cerebral  congestion. 

o  In  the  forming  and  inflammatory  stage  of  measles,  with  chil- 
liness, watery  discharge  from  the  nose,  etc. 

o  Rubeola  ;  it  seems  to  prevent  chronic  catarrhal  afl'ections, 
and  bronchitis. 

o  In  all  eruptive  fevers  the  Gdscminwn  may  be  thought  of. 

o  Especially  in  the  eruptive  fevers  of  children  when  there  is  a 
strong  tendency  to  convulsions  at  or  about  the  time  of 
the  appearance  of  the  eruption. 

GENERALITIES. 
NERVOUS    SYSTEM. 
Acute,  sudden,  darting  pains,   evidently  along  single  nerve 
branches,  in  almost  any  part  of  the   body  and  limbs, 
sometimes  so  sudden  and  acute  as  to  make  me  start, 
o  Neuralgia ;    absence  of   organic  lesion,   with    indistinct    or 

double  periodicity, 
o  Hysterical  epilepsy,  after  suppressed  menses,  lasting  an  hour 
or  two  ;  so  severe  was  the  spasm  of  the  glottis  that 
asphyxia  seemed  inevitable. 
O  Epilepsy  of  ten  years'  standing,  preceded  by  dull  feeling  in 
the  head  and  vertex,  and  some  pain  and  fullness  in  the 
region  of  medulla  oblongata  ;  (marked  improvement 
from  the  use  of  Gclsanmiuji). 


GERANIUM    MACULATUM.  i4^ 

o  Tetanus ;  spasmodic  action   entirely  ceased  after  the  third 
dose. 
Seems  strongly  indicated   in   hydrophobia,  as  it  relaxes  all 
the  muscles,  calms  the  fury  of  nervous  excitement,  re- 
laxes the  glottis,  and  prevents  spasms. 

o  Laryngismus  stridulus. 

o  Coma  and  apoplexy,  sub  arachnoid,  arising  from  passive 
congestion,  with  nervous  exhaustion. 

o  Hysteria  in  a  lady  of  40. 

o  Cerebrospinal  meningitis,  ushered  in  by  a  severe  chill,  ac- 
companied by  evident  congestion  of  the  spine  and 
brain,  etc. 

O  Nervous  chills,  in  which,  with  shivering  and  chattering  of  the 
teeth,  there  is  no  sensation  of  chilliness. 

GLANDULAR   SYSTEM. 
It  first  arrests  the  secretion  of  glands,  and  afterwards  in- 
creases it. 

MUSCULAR    SYSTEM. 

*  Intense  prostration  of  the  whole  muscular  system. 

O  Myalgia  from  over-exertion,  lameness  and  stiffness  for  sev- 
eral days, 
o  Acute  myalgia,  accompanied  with  fever. 

MUCOUS    SYSTEM. 

*  Catarrhal  condition  of  all  the  mucous  membranes,  acute, 

with  fever,  or  chronic  when  suppressed,  and  other  dis- 
turbances appear. 


GERANIUM    MACULATUM. 

(Crane' s-bilt.) 


Analogues: — Gallic  acid,  Tannic  acid,  Hamanielis,  Plnm- 
bum,  RJiatanJiia,  RJicnin. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  or  trituration  of  the 
root. 

[The  tincture  should  be  made  with  water  and  alcohol,  equal  parts.  It 
contains  136  grs.  of  Tannic  acid  and  120  grs.  of  (iallic  acid  in  7,000  grs. 
of  the  root .] 

(No  proviiigs.) 

o  Abnormal  discharges  from  mucous  surfaces,  after  the  inflam- 
mation has  subsided, 
o  Catarrhal  ozoena ;  (used  topically), 
o  Intestinal  catarrh,  chronic  ;   (internally). 


244  GNAPIIALIUM     POLYCEPIIALUM. 

o  Lcucorrhcea,  vaginal ;  (topically). 

o  Haemorrhages  from  ulcerated  surfaces. 

o  Gonorrhoea  and  gleet ;  (as  an  injection). 

o  Diabetes  and  Bright's  disease.  • 

o  Aphthous  stomatitis  and  mercurial  salivation. 

o  All  morbid  fluxes  connected  with  relaxation  and  debility. — 

(Rafinesqiie.) 
o  Hciemorrhage  from    the  kidneys ;    equal  to   Gallic  acid. — 

(Hale.) 
o  Catarrhal  secretion,  profuse,  from  the  mucous  membrane  of 

the  fauces  and  posterior  nares. 
o  Chronic  diarrhoea  and  dysentery. 

[When  used  for  the  above-named  conditions  it  must  be  used  in  material 
doses,  generally  topically  as  well  as  internally,  because  the  drug  would 
cause  such  disease  by  its  secondary  action.  Its  (opposite)  primary  effects 
would  call  for  the  high  attenuations. — Hale.~\ 


GNAPHALIUM    POLYCEPHALUM. 

(  Everlasting.) 


Analogues: — AnisaUim,   Chamoinilla,   Ipecacuanha,   Mer- 
ciirius,  Pulsatilla. 
Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  plant. 

HEAD   AND    FACE. 

Giddiness,  especially  after  rising  from  a  recumbent  position. 

Pain  in  the  back  of  the  head,  of  a  dull,  continuous  character, 
with  shooting  pain  in  the  eyeballs. 

Neuralgic  pain,  of  an  intermittent  form,  of  the  superior  max- 
illary of  both  sides. 

Dull,    heavy    expression    of    countenance ;    face    appears 
bloated. 

Fullness  about  the  temples. 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 

Mouth  feels  parched  and  tastes  badly. 
Flat,  sweetish,  sickening  taste  in  the  mouth. 
Tongue  covered  with  long  white  fur, 

STOMACH   AND   ABDOMEN. 
Flatus  of  stomach,  windy  eructations,  nausea  and  hiccough. 
*  Colic  pains  in  various  parts  of  the  abdomen,  which  is  sen- 
sitive to  pressure,  in  coecum. 
Borborygmus,  with  much  emission  of  flatus. 

RECTUM    AND    STOOL. 
Looseness  of  bowels,  with  passage  of    pale-colored   fteces 
(primary). 


GOSSYPIUM    HERBACEUM.  245 

Rumbling  in  the  bowels,  with  stool  before  breakfast. 

*  Diarrhoeic  discharges  in  morning  and  during  the  day,  with 

irritable  temper ;  pains  in  bowels  in  children. 

*  Vomiting  and  purging,  like  cholera  morbus,  in  the  night  and 

all  next  day. 
Constipation  for  three  days  after  the  diarrhcea  (secondary). 
Copious,   watery   stool   at    night,    with    much    prostration, 

nausea,  pain,  and  rumbling  in  the  bowels. 
Dark-colored,  liquid,  offensive  stool  in  the  morning,   after- 
wards pain  in  bowels  all  day. 

GENITO-URINARY    ORGANS. 
Sensation  of  fullness  and  tension  in  the  bladder,  even  when 

just  emptied. 
Pain  in  the  kidneys,  with  frequent  but  slight  pain  in  prostate 

gland. 
Increase  of  sexual  passion,  waking  with  an  erection  and 
urgent  desire  for  an  embrace  (a  thing  which  never  oc- 
curred before) ;  the  desire  was  rather  mechanical  than 
passional. 
O  Irritation  of  the  prostate  gland. 

TRUNK   AND   SUPERIOR   EXTREMITIES. 
Feeling  of  debility  in  the  arms,  with  rheumatic-like  pains. 
Pains  in  the  chest,  darting  from  side  to  side. 
Numbness  of  the  lower  parts,  of  the  back,  with  lumbago. 
Sensations  of  weight  in  the  pelvis. 

INFERIOR   XTREMITIES. 

*  Intense  pain  along  the  sciatic  nerve,  following  its   larger 

ramifications. 
Frequent  cramps  of  the  calves  of  the  legs. 
Cramps  of  the  feet  when  in  bed. 
Rheumatic  pains  in  the  knee  and  ankle  joints. 

*  Sciatica. — (Dr.  Banks.) 

Feeling  of  numbness  occasionally  taking  the  place  of  the 
sciatic  pains,  making  exercise  very  fatiguing. 


GOSSYPIUM    HERBACEUM. 

(Cotton  Root.) 


Analogues: — Asamm,  Apis,  Cimicifuga,  Bryonia,  Pulsa- 
tilla.  Sepia,  Liliiim,  Secale,  Sabina. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  root;  in- 
fusion. 


246  GOSSYPIUM     IIERBACEUM. 

HEAD.' 

Stinging  pain   in  the  head,  going  from  the  forehead  to  the 
vertex, 
o  Pain,  first  burning,  then  stinging,  extending  from  both  tem- 
poral bones  to  the  middle  of  the  frontal  bones, 
o  Drawing  pain  over  the  eyes,  with  stinging  pain  in  the  pupils, 
o  Giddiness  of  the  head. 

NOSE. 
Both  nostrils  swollen  and  inflamed,  the  left  one  most  so. 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 
Tonsils  much  swollen,  the  right  one  most. 

GASTRIC. 

Nausea,  with  accumulation  of  saliva  in  the  mouth. 

*  Nausea,  with  inclination  to  vomit  before  breakfast   in  the 

morning. — (  Williamson.) 

Taste  of  bad  eggs,  better  after  breakfast. 

Rotating  sensation  in  the  pit  of  the  stomach,  with  uneasi- 
ness, anxety,  and  sighing. 

Stitching  in  the  right   hypochondrium,  lasting   for  a   few 
minutes,  and  then  drawing  pain  from  both  hypochondriac 
regions  to  the  pit  of  the  stomach. 
O  Anorexia,  with  uneasy,  depressed  feeling  at  the  scrobiculis 
cordis,  at  the  time  of  the  menses, 

GENITAL    ORGANS. 

Stinging  pain  in  both  ovarian  regions,  and  at  the  same  time 
drawing  toward  the  uterus,  lasting  about  ten  minutes  at 
a  time. 

Menses  too  watery  and  nineteen  days  too  late. 

Soreness  between  the  thighs  and  vulva,  with  a  watery  se- 
cretion. 

Soft  tumor  between  left  thigh  and  vulva,  first  the  size  of  a 
pea,  and  increasing  to  the  size  of  a  pigeon's  &gg,  se- 
creting a  watery  fluid,  with  sticking  pain  as  if  caused  by 
a  needle,  worse  at  night. 

Swelling  of  the  outer  part  of  the  left  labium,  accompanied 
with  intolerable  itching  ;  some  swelling  in  the  right 
labium. 

The  outer  skin  of  both  labia  studded  with  innumerable  pale, 
somewhat  reddish  granules. 

Is  said  to  cause  miscarriage  at  any  period  of  pregnancy,  but 
sufficient  proof  of  this  is  wanting, 
o  Amenorrhoca ;  dysmenorrJioea ;  menorrhagia. — (Williamson.) 

*  Morning  sickness,  o  during  the  early  months  of  pregnancy, 

with  the  following  symptoms  :  sensitiveness  over  the 


GOSSYPIUM     IIERBACEUM.  247 

hypogastric  region  ;  prostration  of  the  nervous  system 
almost  to  syncope  ;  and  in  the  morning  nausea  from  the 
least  motion  soon  after  waking,  with  distress  in  the  pit 
of  the  stomach  ;  and,  immediately  on  raising  the  head, 
retching  and  violent  efforts  to  vomit,  at  first  very  little 
comes  up,  except  wind,  with  a  loud  noise ;  soon  after, 
saliva  and  some  thick  fluid  is  discharged,  and,  occasion- 
ally, after  much  retching,  a  little  bilious  matter,  but 
rarely  any  ingesta  ;  wind  is  often  discharged  from  the 
bowels  during  the  efforts  to  vomit. — (lb.) 

o  Morning  vomiting,  followed  by  faintness  ;  she  was  unable  to 
rise  from  the  bed. — (lb.) 

o  Parturient  expulsive  efforts  without  pain  }  (Secale  ivitfi. 
pain.) 

*  Sterility,  from  uterine  torpor. 

*  The  menstrual  flow  lasts  about  24  hours,  and  then  becomes 

very 'sparse  and  painful, 
o  Retained  placenta, 
o  Scanty  and  painful  or  painless  menses. 
o  Ameiiorrhoea,  with  aftaemia,  dyspeptic  symptoms,  etc. 

EXTREMITIES. 

Tearing  pains  in  the  right  arm  and  hand,  and  jumping  pain 

from  one  finger  to  another. 
Pale,  red,  papular  eruption  on  the  back  of  both  hands,  with 

intense  itching  and  a  watery  exudation. 
Crawling  sensation  in  all  the  fingers,  as  if  from  worms. 
Heavy  feeling  in  both  hands,  better  when  hanging   them 

down,  and  worse  in  the  warmth  of  the  bed. 
Stinging,  drawing,  tearing,  and  burning  pain  in  the   lower 

extremities. 
Trembling,  twitching,  and  weary  sensation  in  the  legs. 
Small,  round,  dark  red  spots,  with  pale  red  spots,  around  the 

patellae,  on  the  shins  and  ankles,  itching  intensely. 

GENERALITIES. 

Itching  of  the  skin  over  the  whole  body. 
General  lassitude,  with  pains  as  if  beaten. 
General  external  chilliness,  with  internal  heat. 

CHARACTERISTICS. 

The  pains  are  wandering,  come  and  go  (like  Pulsatilla). 
The  pains  are  generally  from  above  downward,  aggravated 

by  motion,  relieved  by  rest. 
The  itching  changes  to  burning  after  scratching. 
The  symptoms  observe  alternate  periods  of  aggravation  and 

amelioration  (like  Bell,  and  Secale). 


248  GYMNOCLADUS     CANADENSIS. 

Sympathetic  symptoms  of  the  stomach,  heart,  bowels,  and 
nervous  system,  arising  from  disturbance  of  the  uterine 
functions,  connected  with  menstruation  or  pregnancy. 

[All  the  above  pathogenetic  symptoms,  and  many  of  the  curative,  as  well 
as  the  characteristic  indications,  are  taken  from  a  report  by  the  late  Dr. 
Williamson,  of  Philadelphia.  But  one  proving  was  made  ;  others  are 
needed  to  verify  it. — Halel] 


GYMNOCLADUS    CANADENSIS. 

(Coffee   Tree.) 


Analogues: — Agarkus,  Belladonna,  Ciniicifnga,  Glonoinum, 
Solanum,  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  berries. 

MENTAL   sphere. 

Indifferent  to  what  transpires. 
Constantly  forgetting. 

HEAD. 

Fullness  and  pressure  in  and  over  the  eyes. 

Intense  frontal  headache,  feeling  as  if  the  eyes  were  pushed 

forward. 
Pain  in  left  temple  shooting  through  to  the  right  side. 
Intense  headache,  with  stitches  in  the  bowels. 
Desire  to  lean  the  head  on  something ;    head   feels   as  if 

bound  up. 

FACE   and   EYES. 

Sensation  as  if  flies  were  crawling  over  the  right  side  of  the 

face. 
Face  hot,  swelled  as  in  erysipelas. 
Eyes  feel  as  if  pushed  forward. 
Burning  in  left  orbit,  and  sensation  as  if  it  would  be  forced 

out. 
Frequent,  violent  sneezing. 
Erysipelas  of  the  face. 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 

Slightest  draught  of  cold  air  sets  the  teeth  aching  ;   (cold 

drinks). 
Tongue  coated  a  bluish  white. 
Water  in  the  mouth  almost  to  vomiting. 
Nausea,  with  pain  and  fullness  in  the  stomach. 
Heat  in  the  stomach,  and  sour,  watery  eructations. 


GYMNOCLADUS    CANADENSIS.  249 

Gulping  of  wind,  nausea,  dizziness,  and   uneasiness  of  the 
bowels. 

ABDOMEN. 

Hot  feeling  in  stomach  and  bowels  after  the  cold  chills. 
Stitches  and  pinching  pains  in  the  bowels,  disappearing  after 

eructations. 
Soreness  of  the  abdomen. 

STOOL. 
Constipation. 

Desire  for  stool  with  inability. 
Feeling  in  the  abdomen  as  if  diarrhoea  would  follow. 

URINARY   ORGANS 

Frequent  desire  to  urinate,  with  pressure  and  fullness. 
Urine  brown,  yellow,  turbid. 

GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 

Increased  sexual  desire. 

LARYNX. 

Tickling  in  the  throat  producing  a  cough. 
Dry,  racking  cough  in  the  evening  (increases  from  morning 
till  night). 

CHEST. 

Pain  in  right  breast ;  pressure  in  the  chest. 
Stitches  in  the  right  breast,  and  on  inspiration. 

SUPERIOR  EXTREMITIES. 

Violent  pain  in  the  left  forearm,  between  the  elbow  and 

wrist. 
Dull  pain  in  the  fingers.  ^ 

Palms  of  the  hands  perspire. 

LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 

Stinging  pain  in  left  knee  joint. 

Pain  in  left  leg  from  knee  to  ankle. 

Peculiar  feeling  of  numbness  in  the  whole  body. 

(Left  side  mostly  affected.) 

FEVER. 

Epidemic  fevers,  with  typhoid  character. 

Cold  chills  and  pain  in  the  bowels. 

Pulse  small  and  quick  ;  desire  for  incrc:\SQj  heat. 


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250  NEW  REMEDIES. 

GUACO. 

(Mikania  Guaco.) 


Analogues: — Arsenicum  (f),  Baptisia  (?),  Mcrcurius  (?), 
Phytolacca  (?),  Veratrum  album. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  plant;  dilu- 
tions. 

[A  climbing  plant,  "  liane,"  used  in  Central  and  South  America  as  an 
antidote  to  the  poison  of  serpents.] 

O  Bites  of  venomous  serpents. 

[Dr.  C.  Dunham  gives  the  first  account  in  American  journals  of  this 
plant,  in  the  Ajiierican  Homoeopathic  Review,  Vol.  III.,  p.  423.  He 
quotes  Humboldt,  Forster,  Schomberg,  Poppig,  and  Tschudi,  who  all 
agree  that  in  South  America  the  Guaco  is  the  best  remedy  for  the  bites  of 
poisonous  serpents.  The  freshly  expressed  juice  of  the  plant  is  dropped 
into  the  dilated  wound,  the  surrounding  parts  are  rubbed  and  covered  with 
the  bruised  leaves,  and  the  juice  at  the  same  time  taken  internally.  It  is 
used  also  as  a  prophylactic] 

O  Chancres;  syphilis. 

[Turchitti  states  that  the  Guaco,  locally  applied,  destroys  the  specific 
property  of  the  pus  from  a  chancre,  and  prevents  the  production  of  a 
second  chancre  by  inoculation.  He  also  claims  for  it  positive  curative 
powers  in  syphilis.] 

o  Cholera,  and  similar  maladies. 

[Said  to  be  used  successfully  in  Mexico,  Havana,  Poland  and  Vene- 
zuela.] 

O  Cancers ;  obstinate  ulcers. 

[It  is  stated  (on  what  authority  I  know  not)  that  the  notorious  "  Cundu- 
raugu"  is  the  Mikania  Guaco. ~\ 

[Dr.  Elb,  of  Dresden,  has  made  a  proving  of  the  Guaco.  He  refers  to 
it  in  an  article  on  "  Spinal  Diseases,"  (All.  How.  Zeit.,  61,  •/2,  and  2j). 
That  proving  has  never  been  translated,  but  by  the  kindness  of  Dr.  C. 
Dunham  I  am  in  possession  of  a  translation  of  the  indications  given  by 
Dr.  Elb  for  the  use  of  Guaco  in  "  Spinal  Diseases,"  which  includes  a  por- 
tion of  his  pathogenesis.  After  a  few  remarks  upon  the  general  term 
spinal  irritation,  as  embracing  various  conditions  of  congestion,  anaemia, 
and  irritation  or  algia,  and  pointing  to  certain  remedies  as  corresponding 
in  a  general  way  to  these  conditions,  he  desires,  he  says,  to  call  attention 
to  a  class  of  remedies,  heroic,  but  not  sufficiently  considered  in  relation  to 
these  affections.  "  From  the  symptoms  produced  by  snake  bites  we  cannot 
fail  to  see  that  serpent  venom  acts  specifically  upon  the  spinal  marrow." 
He  then  cites  and  analyzes  the  symptoms  of  Lachesis,  Crotalus,  and  Naja 
tripudians,  and  gives  the  indications  for  each  in  spinal  disease.  This  done, 
he  goes  on  as  follows  (A.  H.  Z .,  61,  2j)  :  "  It  being  admitted  by  homoeo- 
paths that  the  antidoting  power  of  drugs  resides  not  in  their  chemical 
properties,  but  must  be  referred  to  their  similarity  of  physiological  action. 


gUaco.  251 

we  may  assume  that  an  antidote  to  serpent  venom  would  produce  on  the 
heaUhy  symptoms  simihir  to  those  resulting  from  serpent  venom."  This 
consideration  induced  him  to  prove  Mikania  (Jnaco,  a  noted  antidote  to 
snake  bites,  and  he  gives  the  symptoms  in  so  f;xr  as  they  relate  to  the 
spinal  cord.] 

The  Giiaco  produces  in  the  nape  of  the  neck  burning,  which 
extends  to  the  shoulders ;  tearing  stiffness,  drawing 
tearing,  extending  to  the  axillae ;  drawing  tearing  in  and 
between  the  scapula,  extending  into  the  forearm  ;  tear- 
ing, sticking  tearing  in  the  back  ;  frequent  fine  stitches, 
tearing  and  violent  drawing  pain  along  the  spine,  more 
painful  on  bending  ;  increased  aching  in  the  lumbo- 
sacral region  and  forward  pressing ;  in  connection  with 
these  spinal  pains,  severe  aching  in  the  occiput,  which 
sometimes  extend  over  the  upper  half  of  the  back. 

///  the  tipper  extremities — Aching  drawing  and  simple  draw- 
ing pains  in  the  deltoid  muscle,  with  a  paralyzed  sen- 
sation ;  tearing  and  luxative  pain  in  the  shoulders — 
both  of  these  sensations  extending  into  the  forearm  ; 
burning  in  the  shoulder  joint ;  tearing  in  the  elbows 
and  fingers. 

In  the  lower  extremities — Soreness  and  pain  as  if  beaten 
about  the  hip  joint  ;  drawing  in  the  thigh ;  drawing 
and  swollen  feeling  in  the  calves ;  very  considerable 
heaviness  in  the  legs,  and  drawing  in  them  ;  tearing  in 
the  ankle  joints  ;  burning  and  tearing  in  the  soles,  of 
the  feet. 

All  the  pains  in  the  back  and  extremities  are  aggravated  by 
motion,  and  mostly  continue  a  long  time. 

The  following  very  constant  phenomena  should  not  be  dis- 
regarded :  difficult  digestion,  there  being  no  inflamma- 
tory affection  ;  constriction  of  the  larynx  and  trachea  ; 
deafness  ;  heaviness  of  and  difficulty  of  moving  the 
tongue ;  (all  of  these  symptoms  came  from  doses  of 
from  five  to  twenty  drops  of  the  tincture. 

To  draw  from  these  few  and  not  severe  sensations  along  the 
medulla  spinalis  and  in  the  extremities,  the  conclusion 
that  Gnaco  must  play  an  important  part  in  the  treat- 
ment of  spinal  affections,  would  be  very  venturesome, 
had  I  not  instituted  upon  those  indications  some  ex- 
periments upon  the  sick.  The  affection  alone  of  the 
tongue,  the  muscles  of  deglutition,  and  the  larynx  is  to 
be  regarded  as  an  unmistakeable  picture  of  a  com- 
mencing paralysis  proceeding  from  the  medulla  oblon- 
gata, as  we  see  it  frequently  in  a  more  developed  grade 
in  apoplexy.  Inasmuch  as  I  experienced  during  the 
proving  no  depression  of  spirits,  no  decrease  of  mental 


252  GUACO. 

activity,  and  in  general  no  debility,  but  rather  an  ex- 
cited condition,  and  suffered  often  from  headache  and 
heat  of  the  face,  I  became  convinced  that  the  paretic 
conditions  as  well  as  the  back  pains  depended  not  upon 
a  direct  affection  (lesion)  of  the  medulla,  but  rather 
upon  a  hyperemia  of  the  same  ;  and  this  view  is  sup- 
ported by  the  fact  that  during  the  proving  there  were 
clear  indications  of  a  congestion  of  the  hemorrhoidal 
vessels.  Moreover,  the  character  of  the  affection  of  the 
extremities — the  absence  of  numbness,  formication, 
etc.,  the  customary  forerunners  of  paralysis — seems  to 
indicate  that  a  primary  affection  (lesion)  of  the  nerves, 
at  least  a  paralytic,  did  not  exist  in  the  parts,  while,  on 
the  other  hand,  the  fact  that'^most  of  the  symptoms  of 
the  extremities  originated  in  the  point  of  origin  of  the 
nerves  from  the  medulla  and  extended  thence  to  the 
ends  of  these  nerves,  gave  clear  evidence  that  these 
phenomena  were  not  local,  but  dependent  upon  the  spinal 
cord.  On  the  basis  of  this  significance  of  the  patho- 
genesy  I  have  often  given  Guaco  in  cases  of  spinal  irri- 
tation, and  in  my  experience  it  has  shown  itself  almost 
"  specifically  "  helpful  in  robust,  not  anaemic,  ruddy  per- 
sons, inclined  to  congestions,  excitable,  especially  in 
males,  where  the  spinal  disease  has  not  been  caused  by 
loss  of  fluids  or  depressing  causes — in  persons  disposed 
to  hemorrhoids,  where  the  pains,  with  only  a  slight  feel- 
ing of  weakness  in  the  lumbo-sacral  region,  are  mostly 
in  the  upper  part  of  the  vertebral  column,  mostly 
aching,  drawing  or  sticking  in  character,  very  severe, 
with  at  the  same  time  only  pains  in  the  extremities,  but 
no  paretic  conditions,  and  the  parts  affected  are  ex- 
tremely sensitive  to  pressure.  This  condition  may  be 
acute  or  chronic.  We  have,  then,  before  us  a  real  pic- 
ture of  pure  material  stasis.  If  with  this  condition  be 
associated  inflammatory  or  febrile  symptoms,  then,  ac- 
cording to  my  experience,  Giiaco  does  no  good,  and  is 
far  inferior  to  Belladonna.  Arterial  stasis  may  pass  on 
into  inflammations,  or,  by  the  rupture  of  vessels,  may 
terminate  in  apoplexy.  Those  in  which  Guaco  is  indi- 
cated incline  to  the  latter  termination.  It  has  therefore 
approved  itself  a  most  excellent  remedy  in  paralysis  re- 
sulting from  pressure  on  brain  or  spinal  marrow,  i.  c, 
apoplectic  paralysis.  I  was  led  to  these  experiments 
by  the  already  mentioned  paralyzed  state  of  the  tongue 
in  connection  with  most  violent  headache,  heat  and  red- 
ness of  the  face,  i.  e.,  a  close  resemblance  to  the  fore- 
runners and  sequelae  of  apoplexy.     Frequent  adminis- 


GUARAEA    TRlCHLOlDES.  .  253 

tration  of  it  has  taught  me  that  this  remedy  is  of  use 
only  after  the  first  violent  febrile  storm  has  abated,  no 
matter  whether  a  soporous  condition  exists  or  not. 
Giiaco  developes  its  most  eminent  curative  power  when 
extravasation  has  caused  paralysis  of  the  tongue  or  of 
the  extremities ;  the  former  is  often  relieved  in  a  few 
hours ;  the  latter  yields  to  Giiaco  much  more  quickly 
than  to  any  other  remedy.  But  Giiaco  renders  ines- 
timable service,  not  only  in  acute  but  also  in  very  old 
paralysis,  when  these  have  resulted  from  extravasations 
of  blood  and  not  from  exudations.  It  is  a  peculiarity 
of  its  action  that  the  paralysis  of  the  lower  extremities 
yields  very  readily  while  that  of  the  upper  extremities 
is  seldom  entirely  cured  by  it.  It  matters  not  whether 
the  paralysis  be  confined  to  one  side  or  not. 


GUARAEA    TRlCHLOlDES. 

{Ball   Wood.) 


Analogues: — (f) 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  bark. 

[From  provings  by  Dr.  Petroz.     It  is  a  tree  growing  in  the  Antilles.] 
MENTAL    SPHERE. 

Moral  anxiety,  indifference,  indecision,  confusion  of  thought, 
fearful  of  losing  the  reason,  agitation  in  the  evening, 

HEAD. 

Vertigo  on  stooping. 

Turning  vertigo,  and  vertigo  on  seeing  objects  in  con- 
fusion. 

Immobility  of  the  head  ;  heaviness. 

Compression  ;  constriction  ;  contraction. 

Buzzing;  sensation  as  if  the  brain  were  falling  forward. 

Headache,  depressing  the  eyes. 

Symptoms  relieved  or  diminished  by  motion. 

A  sensation  as  of  a  blow  on  the  head,  leaving  a  sort  of  stu- 
pefaction, with  diminution  of  the  power  of  thought  for 
several  days. 

EYES. 

Sensation  as  if  the  eyeballs  were  being  pushed  out. 
Dilatation  of  the  pupils. 


±^4  GUARAEA    TRICHLOIDES. 

Conjunctivitis  ;     chemosis  ;     swelling     of    the     lachmyral 

glands. 
Paralysis  of  the  eyelids. 
Objects  have  a  greyish  appearance, 
o  Chemosis  where  the  pad  was  so  extended  and  so  thick  that 

nothing  of  the  eye  could  be  seen  but  the  pupil,  at  the 

bottom  of  a  veritable  tunnel. 

EARS. 

Sensation  as  if  stopped  up,  with  pressure  outwards. 
Eruption  behind  the  ears. 

NOSE. 

Coryza,   with    indurated   excretion  ;    heat,  and   ineffectual 
effort  to  sneeze. 

FACE. 

Pain  as  if  burnt ;  puffiness  below  the  eyes ;  swellings  which 

suppurate. 
Yellowish  spots  on  the  temples  ;  acne  rosacea. 
o  Lupus  of  an  ochre-red  color. 

MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 

Twitchings  of  the  mouth. 

Pimples,  scabs,  chaps  on  the  lips  and  at  the  commissures  ; 

swelling  of  the  upper  lip. 
Compressive,  corrosive  pain  of  the  teeth, 
o  Roughness,  with  caries  of  the  palate  bone. 
Tongue  feels  cold  and  dry. 
Tearing  pain  in  the  tongue  ;   lancinations  ;    paralysis  of  the 

tongue. 
Tongue  is  heavy,  swelled,  bleeding  ;   greenish-yellow  fur. 
Absence  of  thirst,  with  dryness  of  the  mouth. 
Sensation  of  constriction  and  of  burning  heat  in  the  throat. 
Swelling  of  the  tonsils,  rendering  swallowing  difficult. 
Throat  is  better  on  taj<ing  warm  drinks,  or  on  coughing. 

STOMACH. 

o  Sensation  as  if  bruised  ;  itching  ;  constriction. 

Sensation  of  rupture  at  the  prascordial  region,  worse  after 

supper. 
Bitter  risings,  with  distension  and  pressure  at  the  stomach. 
Vomiting  of  bitter,  greenish  matter. 

ABDOMEN. 

Pressure  in  the  region  of  the  umbilicus, 
o  Lancination  in  the  groins  and  inguinal  rings, 
o  Pain,  tensive  as  if  contused  in  the  abdomen  walls. 


GUARAEA    TRICHLOIDES.  2*55 

STOOL. 

o  Ailments  from  flatulence. 
O  Chronic  constipation. 

Constipation  during  dentition. 

Constipation  at  the  anus  and  rectum, 
o  During  stool  pain  in  the  rectum. 

Dysentery. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 

Inflammation  of  the  bladder, 
o  Involuntary  urination, 
o  Frequent  desire  to  urinate  in  the  evening. 

Urine  clay  colored. 

GENERATIVE  ORGANS. 

Female. —  o  Itching. 

Menorrhagia, 
o  Foetid  leucorrhoea  after  the  menses. 
O  Labor  pains  too  feeble;  suppression  of  labor  pains. 

Lochia  scanty. 

CHEST. 

*  Cough ;  whooping  cough,  with  bloody  sputa  ;  dry  hacking 

cough ;  cough  deep,  suffocating,  violent,  with  expecto- 
ration. 
The  cough  is  accompanied  with  sweat,  pain,  excoriation  and 
constriction  of  the  chest ;  it  comes  on  after  one  has 
cried,  at  the  moment  of  faUing  asleep,  or  after  taking 
cold  ;  it  is  preceded  by  an  itching  in  the  throat,  by  an 
irritation  in  the  larynx. 

*  Asthma  of  Millar ;  attacks  of  suffocation  ;   burning  respira- 

tion ;  sobbing  respiration  ;  intermittent  constriction  of 
the  chest ;  the  symptoms  of  the  respiration  are  more 
marked  on  putting  the  hand  to  the  throat. 

o  Sense  of  anxiety ;  emptiness ;  distension  of  the  chest ; 
heaviness. 

o  Lancinations  in  the  right  side  of  the  chest,  increased  by 
deep  inspirations. 

BACK. 

Weakness  of  the  muscles. 

Constricted  feeling  in  the  back ;  burning  in  the  loins. 

Cutting  pain  in  the  sacrum.  • 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 

Violent  shocks  in  the  arms ;  cramps  in  the  arms ;  burning 
heat  in  the  arms  ;  brown  spots  under  the  arms ;  boils 


256  GUARAEA    TRICIILOIDES. 

on  the  arms ;  paralysis  of  the  metacarpus ;  trembHng 
of  the  hands  ;  swelHng  of  the  hands. 

LOWER    EXTREMITIES.       ' 

Cutting  pains  in  the  legs  ;  jerking  motions. 
Contraction  of  the  feet  and  toes. 
Red  spots  on  the  legs. 

SLEEP,   ■ 

Somnolence,  with  dreams. 

Frequent  waking ;   sad  dreams  full  of  graves. 

FEVER. 

Intermittent  fever,  principally  before  noon  ;  cold   followed 

by  heat,  with  sweat ;  shivering,  with  flushes  of  heat ; 

horripilation  in  the  affected  parts, 
o  Sweat,  principally  when  eating,  or  after  having  eaten, 
o  During  the  fever,  anxiety,  forgetfulness,  pain  in  the  eyes, 

coated  tongue,  desire  to  vomit,  oppression  of  the  chest, 

chest  is  painful. 

SKIN. 

o  Itching  ;  eruptions ;    dry  eruptions  ;    eruptions  of  burning 
vesicles. 
Steatoma ;  hot  swelling  ;  swelling  of  the  parts  affected. 

GENERAL  SYMPTOMS. 

o  Weakness  ;  chronic  weakness  ;  sensation  of  distension. 
Lancinating  and  boring  pains,  drawing  and  tearing  ;  sensa- 
tion of  excoriation  on  being  touched, 
o  Hysterical  tetanus  ;    convulsions  of  children  ;    convulsions 
during  vomiting ;    cramps  when  touched  ;    cramps  in 
children, 
o  Paralysis  subsultus. 

Heat  of  the  upper  part,  and  coolness  of  the  lower  part. 
Suppuration  of  the  glands, 
o  Caries  of  the  bones  ;  nocturnal  pain  in  the  bones. 
Cutting  pain  in  the  joints  ;  burning  heat. 
Symptoms  are  more  marked  in  the  room,  from  the  action 
of  hot  water,   acids,   after   physical  efforts  ;   they  are 
relieved  on   covering  up  warmly,  and  by  leaving  the 
bed. 


NEW  REMEDIES.  257 


HAM  AM  ELI  S    VIRGINICA. 

(IViich  Hazel.) 


Analogues: — JEsculus,  Arnica.  Bovista,  Collinsonia,  Erig- 
cron,  Galium,  Lycopus,  Scnccio,  Trillium. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  bark;  dilu- 
tions. 

head. 

*  Crowding  fullness  in  the  head  and  neck,  also  forehead. 
Feeling  as  if  a  bolt  was  passed  from  temple  to  temple,  and 

tightly  screwed, 
o  Passive  congestion,  or  venous  stagnation. 

Fullness  in  the  forehead,  with  pressing  sensation  in  the  roots 
of  the  tongue. 

NOSE. 

*  Epistaxis,  with  feeling  of  tightness  of  the  bridge  of  the  nose. 

(Preston.) 

*  Profuse  epistaxis,  idiopathic  or  vicarious. 
o  Epistaxis  of  childhood,  passive,  venous. 

O  Oozing  of  very  dark  blood  from  the  nose  in  a  hemiplegia 
old  ma.n.—-( Preslon.) 

MOUTH. 

Dryness  of  the  mouth  ;  tongue  feels  as  if  burnt. 

Blisters  on  the  sides  of  the  tongue. 

Tongue  coated  white,  with  flat  taste. 
o  Bleeding  from  the  gums. 
o  Burns  of  the  tongue  and  lips. 

o  Haemorrhage  after  extraction  of  teeth. — (Cushing.) 

EYES. 

Painful  inflammation  of  the  eyes  ;  excessive  congestion, 
o  Conjunctivitis,  from  the  burn  of  a  flame. — (Dr.  Holconibc.) 
O  Conjunctivitis,  from  a  splinter  in  the  eye.— ('/^.j 

THROAT. 

Dry,  thirsting  feeling  of  the  throat,  not  relieved  by  water. 

Fullness  in  the  neck ;  have  to  sleep  with  the  neck  free  of 
any  covering. 

Feeling  as  if  something  had  lodged  in  the  fauces. 

*  Tonsils  and  fauces  congested. 

o  Haemorrhage  from  the  throat  and  fauces. 
o  Varicose  condition  of  the  throat  and  fauces. 

STOMACH. 

Burning  in  the  epigastrium ;  sharp  pains  in  the  stomach, 

32 


258  HAMAMELIS     VIRGINICA. 

Nausea,  from  pain  in  the  testicles. 
o  Hsematemesis  of  black  blood. 

ABDOMEN. 

Constant  distress  in  the  umbilicus. 

Burning  in  the  epigastrium  and  umbilicus. 

Drawing  pains  in  the  abdominal  muscles, 
o  Haemorrhage  from  portal  congestion, 
o  Haemorrhoidal  dysentery, 
o  Haemorrhage  from  ulceration  of  the  bowels, 
o  Painful  and  bleeding  hcemorrJioids. 

Constipation,  with  dry,  hard  stools,  coated  with  mucus. 

Ineffectual  desire  for  stool. 

URINARY    ORGANS, 

Scanty,  high-colored  urine. 

*  Irritation  of  the  urethra,  followed  by  a  discharge  and  ardor 

urinae. 
o  Haematuria,  from  passive  congestion  of  the  kidneys, 
o  Catarrh  of  the  urethra,  with  disease  of  the  prostate  gland. 
6  Ardor  urinae  in  the  female. 

GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 
Female. —  ♦   Hemorrhage   from   the   uterus  of  bright    red 
blood,  midway  between  the  menstrual  periods. 

*  Active  uterine  hemorrhage  in  a  young  lady. 

*  Acute  vaginitis,  with  spasmodic  action  and  painfulness  of 

the  vagina. 

*  Prurigo  of  the  vulva,  with  vaginitis  and  vaginismus, 
o  Leucorrhoea  profuse  and  almost  constant. 

o  Vaginal  leucorrhoea,  bloody. 

o  Ovaritis  following  miscarriage  (left  side). 

o  Varicose  veins  during  pregnancy. 

o  DysmenorrhcEa,  inflammatory  or  neuralgic. 

o  Retention  of  the  menses,  with  haematemesis,  constant  con- 
stipation and  varices  of  the  legs. 

o  Vicarious  menstruation. 

o  Hemorrhage,  blood  flows  steadily,  venous  in  character,  and 
without  uterine  pains. 

o  Ovaritis — pain  commences  in  the  right  ovary,  passes  down 
the  broad  ligaments  to  the  uterus. 

o  Ovarian  soreness  and  painfulness. 

o  Phlegmasia  alba  dolens  (milk  leg). 

Male.  —  Amorous  dreams,  with  emissions,  followed  by 
lassitude,  gloomy,  depressing  mood,  and  dull  pain  in 
lumbar  region, 

*  Great  prostration  of  the  animal  passions,  with  severe  neural- 

gic pain  in  testicle,  suddenly  changing  to  bowels  and 
stomach,  causing  nausea  and  faintness. 


HAMAMELIS     YIRGINICA.  259 

Drawing  pains  in  testicles  day  and  night,  extending  from 

the  groins. 
Profuse  cold  sweat  of  the  scrotum  at  night, 
o  Enlargement  of  the  right  testicle,  hot  and  painful,  following 

gonorrhoea. — (Hale.) 
o  Urethritis,  with  discharge  of  transparent  mucus  with  pain, 
o  Orchitis,  one  of  our  most  valuable  remedies ;  (used  locally 

and  internally). 
o  Neuralgia  of  the  testicles. 

o  Varicosis  of  the   spermatic   veins    (circocele). — (Dr.  D.   S. 
Smith.) 

LARYNX. 

Tickling  in  the  larynx,  with  constant  inclination  to  cough. 

CHEST. 

Labored  inspiration  ;  oppressive  tightness  of  the  lower  part 
of  the  thorax,  with  inability  to  make  a  deep  and  full 
inspiration  ;  breathing  impossible  in  a  recumbent  posi- 
tion, and  a  crowding  fullness  in  neck  and  head. 
Pricking  pain  in  the  region  of  the  heart  for  days,  also  in  the 
superficial  veins  of  both  arms. 

o  Cough  ;  haemoptysis,  with  dull  frontal  headache ;  taste  of 
Sulphur  in  the  mouth. 

o  Tickling  cough,  with  taste  of  blood  on  waking. 

o  Slight  hacking  cough,  with  blood-spitting. 

o  Haemoptysis  in  consumption. 

BACK. 

Tearing  pains  across  the  small  of  the  back,  with  fullness  of 
the  joints  of  the  legs. 

UPPER   AND   LOWER   EXTREMITIES. 

Pricking  pains  in  the  superficial  veins  of  both  arms. 
Painful  fullness  of  the  joints  of  the  legs,  as  if  they  would 
burst,  which  soon  extends  to  all  the  joints  of  the  body. 
Severe  drawing  pains  in  flexor  muscles,  wrists,  hands  and 
fingers, 
o  Varicosis  of  the  limbs. 

Articular  rheumatism,  with  swollen  and  painful  joints, 
o  Phlebitis  of  the  vessels  of  the  extremities, 
o  Varicose  ulcers. 


263  NEW  REMEDIES. 

HEDEOMA    PULEGIOIDES. 

(Pe7ttiyroyal.) 


Analogues  :  —  Apis,  Cantharis,  Caulophyllum,  Copaiva, 
Phosphorus,  Erigeron,  Pulsatilla,  Sabina,  Tanacetum,  Tere- 
binthina. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture;  oil;  dilutions. 

HEAD. 

Excessive  pains  in  the  head. 

Sore  pain  in  the  left  temporal  region. 

EYES. 
Loss  of  vision,  everything  turns  black. 

N06E. 
Epistaxis. 

MOUTH. 

Dryness  of  the  mouth ;  tongue  covered  with  a  very  thin 
white  coat. 

STOMACH. 

*  Nausea ;  straining  to  vomit ;  pain  or  spasm  in  the  stomach. 

*  Drawing  pains  from  the  stomach  to  the  uterus  and  back. 
Everything  taken  into  the  stomach  causes  pain. 
Sensation  as  if  the  stomach  would  come  up  into  the  mouth, 

o  Gastritis. 

ABDOMEN. 

Bearing  down  pains  ;  periodical  pain. 

Distension  of  the  abdomen  ;  soreness  and  sensitiveness. 

Obstinate  constipation, 
o  Colic-like  pains  from  colds,  diarrhoea,  etc. 
o  Intestinal  spasms  of  children. 

URINARY  ORGANS. 

Suppression  of  urine  :  tenesmus ;  painful  urination. 

Scanty  urination,  with  frequent  and  urging  desire. 

Cutting,  burning  pains  in  the  urethra. 

Urine  very  dark,  like  black  tea. 

GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 

Female. — Excessive  bearing  down  pain,  with  pressure  out- 
ward from  lower  abdomen. 

*  Pains  are  periodical,  like  true  labor  pains,  severe,  aggravated 

by  movement,  and  attended  by  sensation  of  weakness 
or  paralysis  of  the  lower  limbs. 
Drawing  from  upper  sacral  spine  to  the  uterus. 

*  Leucorrhoea,  itching  and  burning,  yellow,  excoriating. 


HELONIAS     DIOICA.  '  26 1 

Excessive  sensitiveness  to  pressure  over  both  ovaries, 
o  Amenorrhoea  from  atony  of  the  organs, 
o  Spasms  of  the  uterus, 
o  Congestion  of  the  uterus  and  ovaries, 
o  False  labor  pains. 

o  Suppression  of  the  menses,  from  a  cold, 
o  Suppression  of  the  lochia, 
o  Threatened  miscarriage. 

THROAT. 

Choking  sensation,  as  if  something  were  rising  in  the  throat. 

CHEST. 
F'requent  and  periodical  dyspncea  and  oppression  of  the 

thorax. 
Labored,  asthmatic  breathing. 

BACK  AND  LOINS. 
Excessive  pain  in  the  back,  with  pressing  downwards  to  the 
uterus. 

EXTREMITIES. 
Paralytic  weakness  in  all  the  limbs. 
Stiffness  and  weakness  of  the  joints,  with  soreness. 
Pains  ;  laming,  aching,  rheumatic  pains  in  the  limbs. 
Stiffness  of  the  knees,  can  hardly  get  up. 


HELONIAS    DIOICA. 

{Unicorn  Root.) 


Analogues: — Alctris  farinosa,  Eupatorium  ptirp.,  Cornus 
florida^  China,  Ferrtmt,  Hydrastis,  Uranium  nitrate,  Phos- 
phoric acid,  Senecio,  Sepia. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  root;  dilu- 
tions ;  triturations  of  the  root ;  and  of  the  active  principle, 
Helonin. 
[The  present  botanical  name  is  ChamcBlirium  lutetnn^ 

MENTAL    SPHERE. 
The  mind  is  exceedingly  dull  and  inactive. 
Irritable ;  could  not  endure  the  least  contradiction,  or  receive 
any  suggestions  in  relation  to  any  subject ;  all  conver- 
sation was  unpleasant. 
Desires  solitude  ;  fault  finding. 

HEAD. 
Feeling  of  pressure  from  within  upwards  to  the  vertex,  ag- 
gravated by  looking  steadily  at  any  fixed  point. 


262  ■  HELONIAS    DIOICA. 

Pain  in  the  occiput,  with  pulsative  pain  in  the  vertex,  in- 
creased by  stooping,  attended  by  vertigo. 

Pain  in  forehead,  as  if  a.  band  about  an  inch  wide  were  drawn 
across  from  the  temples. 

STOMACH. 

Wakes  every  morning  at  5  A.  M.  (an  unusual  hour),  with  the 
lips,  tongue  and  fauces  dry,  and  a  bitter  taste  in  the 
mouth. 

Soon  after  taking  each  dose,  sensations  of  pain,  tightness 
and  pressure  were  felt  in  the  stomach,  which  were  par- 
tially relieved  by  the  eructation  of  tasteless  gas. 

Cramp-like  pain  in  the  stomach  ;  motion  and  rumbling  in 
the  intestines,  as  if  diarrhoea  would  come  on. 

Vomiting  and  purging,  with  a  griping  and  burning  sensation 
in  the  epigastrium,  slight, 
o  A  woman  suffering  wiih  dropsy  could  not  retain  her  food  ; 
the  Helonias  relieved  this  condition. 

Burning  in  lower  third  of  the  abdomen. 

STOOL. 

Sensation  as  if  each  lump  of  faeces  had  the  shape  of  a  large 
Minnie  bullet,  which  passed  from  the  anus  the.  big  end 
first ;  the  anus  seemed  to  be  much  distended  for  an  in- 
stant, then  out  flew  a  foecal  mass ;  the  stool  consisted 
of  four  lumps,  which  made  their  exit  separately. 

Yellow  and  mush-like  stool. 


URINARY  ORGANS. 

*  Urine  profuse  and  light  color. 

*  Pain  in  the  kidneys,  with  alhiminoiis  urine. 

o  Constant  aching  and  extreme  tenderness  in  the  region  of 
the  kidneys,  especially  the  right ;  tenderness  in  region 
of  the  bladder ;  when  urinating,  intense,  cutting,  tear- 
ing pains  in  the  urethra;  very  frequent  desire  to  urinate; 
urine  very  limpid  when  first  voided,  but  deposited  after 
a  time  a  lead-colored,  flocky  sediment,  adhering  to  the 
vessel. 

o  Pain  in  region  of  the  kidneys ;  painful  stiffness  of  the  back  ; 
much  burning,  scalding  pain  when  urinating ;  frequent 
and  urgent  desire  to  urinate,  with  emissions  of  large 
quantities  of  red  urine ;  there  was  present  a  condition 
of  complete  impotence. 

o  Bright's  disease. 

Involuntary  emission  of  urine,   after   having   emptied    the 
bladder. 

o  Chronic  albuminuria. 

o  Saccharine  diabetes  (many  cases). 


HELONIAS    DIOICA.  263 

GENERATIVE  ORGANS. 

Male. — Increase  of  the  sexual  desire  and  power. 
Unusually  strong  and  frequent  erections  at  night, 
o  Impotence  complete  or  partial. 

Female. — Pain  in  the  lower  part  of  the  back,  through  to  the 

uterus,  like  inflammation,  piercing,  drawing  (primary). 
Breasts  swollen,  nipples  tender  and  painful,  and  will  not 

bear  the  pressure  of  even  an  ordinary  dress. 
Apthous  inflammation  of  the  vagina  and  vulva. 
Great   uterine    hemorrhage    came  and    lasted    through  the 

proving. 
Intense  pruritus  of  the  vulva  and  vagina,  with  curdy  secre- 
tion from  vulva. 
Amenorrhcea  marked  by  general  atony  (secondary). 
Leucorrhcea,  with  general  atony  (secondary). 
o  Prolapsus  uteri,  dependent  upon  want  of  muscular  tonicity 
(secondary). 
Congestive  amenorrhcea  (primary). 
Menorrhagia  from  active  congestion  (primary). 
o  Prolapsus  uteri,  with  ulceration,  and  a  constant  dark,  foetid, 
bloody  discharge. 
Pain  in  back,  with  irritation  of  the  vagina, 
o  Threatened  abortion,  especially  in  cases  of  habitual  abortion, 
o  Profuse   flooding,  with  profuse   serous   leucorrhcea   at    the 

climacteric,  with  much  uterine  and  ovarian  pain, 
o  Useful  for  many  of  the  consequences  of  miscarriage, 
o  Loss  of  sexual  desire  and powi,r,  ivith  or  zvithout  sterility. 

BACK,   ETC. 

o  Feeling   of  uneasiness   and   weight   in   the   region   of  the 

kidneys, 
o  Sharp,  spasmodic  pain  in  the  back,  running  to  the  crest  of 

left  ilium. 
Severe,  rheumatic  (.-')  pain  in  right  hip  joint,  worse  during 

motion, 
o  Pains  in  the  back,  more  troublesome  during  the  night. 
o  Pains  in  the  back,  with  lameness,  stiffness,  etc.,  located  in 

the  sacro-lumbar  region. 


264  NEW    REMEDIES. 


HEPATICA    TRILOBA. 

(Liverwort.) 


Analogues: — Calcarea   carboiiica  (?),    Glycyrrhiza,   Hepar 
sulphur.(f)  Phosphorus(f),  Stannum(? ). 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  whole  plant  ; 
dilutions  and  tincture-triturations. 

EYES. 
Eyes  somewhat  sensitive  to  light ;    itching   and   swelling, 
slightly  aggravated  in  the  morning. 
NOSE. 

.Bloody  mucus  blown  from  the  left  nostril  for  three  or  four 

days  in  succession. 
Soreness  at  the  opening  into  the  nostrils. 

THROAT. 

o  Free  and  easy  expectoration  ;  the  rough,  scraping  irritation 
and  tickling  sensation  in  the  throat  and  fauces  disap- 
pears, as  also  the  sensation  about  the  epiglottis  and 
and  larynx,  as  of  particles  of  food  remaining  (following 
an  attack  of  haemoptysis). — (Kimball.) 

o  Accumulation  of  thick,  viscid  and  tenacious  phlegm,  in- 
ducing frequent  hawking  and  disposition  to  hawk,  dis- 
appears.— (Hale — Kimball.) 


HYDRASTIS    CANADENSIS. 

(Golden  Seal.) 


Analogues: — Aletris  farinosa,  Ammonium  muriaticum, 
China,  Corinis  fiorida,  Helonias,  Iodine,  Kali  Jiydriodiciim,  Kali 
permangattas,  Meretirius  iodatus,  Nitric  acid,  Muriatic  acid, 
Phytolacca. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  root ;  dilu- 
tions ;  triturations  of  Hydrastin, 

Description: — Indigenous  plant  found  growing  in  shady 
woods,  in  rich  soil  and  damp  places.  The  root  is  of  a  beautiful 
yellow  color,  and  imparts  its  virtues  to  water  or  alcohol, 

[The  Muriate  of  Hydrastin  is  a  valuable  preparation,  especially  as  a 
topical  application.] 

Sphere  of  action: — (i.)  The  mucous  membranes  gen- 
erally, which   it   stimulates  to   higher  secretion,  erosion  and 


HYDRASTIS    CANADENSIS.  265 

ulceration.     (2.)  The  muscular  tissues,  increasing  their  nutri- 
tion, and  imparting  tonicity. 

HEAD. 

*  Dull,  heavy  frontal  headache. 

*  Constant  dull  headache,  with  pain  in  the  hypogastrium  and 

small  of  the  back  of  a  dull,  aching  character. 
Sharp  cutting  pain  through  the  temples,  with  dimness  of 
vision. 

'     Feeling  as  if  intoxicated. 

o  Headache  of  a  nervous,  gastric  character,  almost  constant. 

o  Myalgic  headache,  in  the  integuments  of  the  scalp  and  mus- 
cles of  the  neck. 

FACE, 

Flushes   of   heat   followed   by   an  erysipelatous  eruption  ; 
mouth,  lips  and  nose  very  much  swollen,  and  pimples 
around  the  mouth  and  chin. 
Eruption  similar  to  all  stages  of  small-pox. 
Erysipelatous  rash  on  the  face,  neck,  etc. 
o  Pale  face,  with  worn,  weary  expression. 

NOSE. 

*  Constant   discharge   of    thick,   white   mucus,   with   frontal 

headache. 

*  Secretions  so  profuse  as  to  be  removed  in  long  tenacious 

shreds  or  pieces. 

*  Stuffed  up,  smarting  sensation  in  posterior  nares,  with  dis- 

charge of  thin,  clear  mucus. 

*  Sharp,  raw,  excoriating  feeling  in  both  nares,  with  constant 

inclination  to  blow  the  nose,  with  hoarseness, 
o  Fluent  coryza,  followed  by  thick  catarrhal  discharge. 
0  CEzena,  with  ulceration,  bloody  or  mixed  purulent  discharge ; 

(applied  with  a  douche  or  syringe). 
EYES. 

*  Mucous  membrane  of  the  eyelids  much  congested  ;  discharge 

of  large  quantities  of  thick,  white  mucus. 

*  Profuse  secretion  of  tears  ;  smarting  of  the  eyes  ;  burning  of 

the  eyes  and  lids. 

*  Catarrhal  inflammation. 

o  Acute  conjunctivitis,  with  or  without  ulceration. 

o  Scrofulous  ophthalmia  ;  (used  as  a  collyrium,  and  giving  the 

anti-psorics  internally,  hastens  the  cure). — (Hale.) 
o  Opacity  of  the  cornea. 

EARS. 
Roaring  in  the  ears,  like  cog-wheels,  or  the  drumming  of  a 
partridge. 
0  Otorrhcea,  with  thick  mucus  discharge. 

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266  HYDRASTIS    CANADENSIS. 

o  Tinnitis  aurium,  from  catarrh  of  the  Inner  ear. 
O  Many  diseases  of  the  outer  canal  of  the  ear,  with  bad  dis- 
charges ;  (used  as  an  injection). 

MOUTPI. 

Mouth  sticky,  with  yellow  coat  on  the  tongue. 

Apthae  on  the  mucous  membrane  of  lips  and  mouth. 

Taste  as  of  pepper  in  the  mouth. 

Excessive  secretion  of  sticky,   tenacious    mucus  from   the 

buccal  cavity. 
Tongue  seems  large,  and  marked  by  the  teeth. 
o  Stomatitis  of  children,  with  weakness. 
o  Stomatitis  materna,  with  general  debility ;  (usfed  as  a  wash  ; 

3i  of  the  tincture  to  ^iv  of  water). 
o  Mercurial  salivation,  an  excellent  topical  application,  after 

chlorate  of  potassa. — (Hale.) 
o  Cancerous  affections  of  the  tongue. 

FAUCES,   THROAT,   ETC. 
Sticky  mucus  in  the  fauces,  with  bad  taste. 

*  Hawking  up  of  tenacious,  yellow  or  white  mucus,  with  raw- 

ness of  the  fauces. 

O  Ulcerated  sore  throat  from  salivation  by  mercury. 

o  Sore  throat  from  gastric  derangements. 

o  Ulceration  of  mucous  membranes  of  fauces  and  throat. 

o  Diphtheritic  exudations  (.>').  Probably  pseudo-membranes  or 
tenacious  mucus  secretions,  resembling  diphtheria,  ac- 
companied or  not  by  ulceration.  It  is  not  a  remedy  for 
true  diphtheria. — (Hale.) 

o  Chronic  catarrhal  affections  of  the  throat. 
GASTRIC    SYMPTOMS. 
Eructations  of  sour  fluid. 

*  Faint  feeling  at  the  stomach,  preceded  by  a  dull  aching 

pain. 
Burning  pain  In  the  umbilical  region,  with  faintness. 
Cutting  pain  in  the  stomach,  which  is  acute  and  distressing. 
Great  sense  of  sinking  and  prostration  at  the  epigastrium, 
with  violent  and  long  continued  palpitation  of  the  heart. 
Painless  gurgling  in  the  stomach. 
o  Chronic  inflammation  of  the  stomach, 
o  Indigestion  from  atonic  state  of  the  stomach, 
o  Indigestion,  with  acidity,  and  general  weakness, 
o  Chronic  gastric  catarrh,  the  most  general  cause  of  so-called 

chronic  dyspepsia. — (Hale.) 
o  Cancer  of  the  stomach  (.?). 

o  Chronic  ulceration  of  the  mucous  membrane  of  the  stomach, 
o  Gastralgia  and  dyspepsia,  followed  by  an  epigastric  tumor. — • 
(Dr.  Le  Brunne.) 


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LIVER. 

Torpor  of  the  liver,  with  pale,  scanty  stools. 
o  Catarrhal  inflammation  of  the  mucous  linings  of  the  gall 

bladder,  biliary  ducts,  etc. 
O  Jaundice  from  structural  disease  of  the  liver. 

ABDOMEN   AND   STOOL. 

*  Severe  cutting  pain  in  the  hypogastric  region,  extending  into 

the  testicle,  occurring  after  stool,  w^ith  faint  feeling. 
Dull  pains  in  the  hypogastrium  and  small  of  the  back,  worse 
from  moving,  with  rumbling  in  the  bowels. 

*  Constant  dull  aching  pain  in  the  stomach,  with  faintness. 

*  Sharp  pain  in  the  region  of  the  spleen,  with  constant  dull 

pain  in  stomach  and  bowels,  with  hot,  burning  sensation. 

*  Sharp  pain  in  the  region  of  the  coecum. 

*  Griping,  with  profuse  light-colored  diarrhoea. 

*  Griping,  with  light  acrid  stools. 

*  Intestinal  catarrh,  followed  by  ulceration. 
o  Flatulent  colic  accompanied  by  faintness. 
o  Chronic  catarrhal  enteritis. 

o  Constipation — "A   precious  remedy,  far   superior   to    Nux 

vomica." — (Hnghes.) 
O  Constipation,  with  piles. 

STOOL, 
o  Soft  stool,  followed  by  severe  cutting  pain  in  the  hypogas- 
trium, with  dull  aching  in  the  testicles,  with  faint  feeling. 

Soft  stool,  with  great  rumbling  in  the  bowels. 

Obstinate  relaxation  of  the  bowels. 

Tenesmus,  with  acrid,  greenish  stools. 

Profuse  light-colored  diarrhoea,  with  griping. 
0  Obstinate  constipation. 
o  Constipation  following  rheumatic  fever, 
o  Constipation  attended  with  hemorrhoids. 
o  Fissures  of  the  anus. 
o  Excoriation  of  the  anus. 

URINARY  ORGANS. 

*  Urine  smells  decomposed. 

Dull  aching  sensation  in  the  region  of  the  kidneys. 
Urine  increased  and  neutral. 
O  Cystitis,  chronic. 

o  Chronic  catarrh  of  the  bladder,  with  thick,  ropy  mucus  sedi- 
ment in  urine.  (This  disease  can  be  cured  promptly  by 
the  use  of  daily  injections  of  a  weak  infusion  of  Hy- 
drastis, first  drawing  off  the  urine  with  a  catheter.  A 
high  potency  should  be  given  internally  at  the  same 
time.) — (Hale.) 


268  HYDRASTIS    CANADENSIS. 

GENERATIVE  ORGANS. 
Male. —  o  Gonorrhaa,  in  the  second  stages,  after  the  inflam- 
mation has  subsided,  and  the  discharge  is  thick  and 
yellow  ;  use  also  an  injection  of  tine.  3  i ,  aqua  I  iv., 
O  Gleet,  with  obstinate,  thick  discharge  ;  (use  as  above). 
o  Debility  following  spermatorrhoea. 

Women. —  o  Tenacious  viscid  lencorrhcea,  uterine  or  vaginal. 
o   Ulceration  of  the  os,  cervix,  atid  vagina. 
o  Uterine  diseases,  with  sympathetic  affections  of  the  digestive 

organs, 
o  Cancer  of  the  mammae  (many  cases)  ;  use  topically  and  in- 
ternally. 
[Injections  of  an  infusion  of  the  root  are  better  than  the  tincture  in 
water  (i  dr.  to  aqua  8  oz.)  For  ulceration  or  erosion  I  prefer  to  apply  with 
a  brush  or  on  cotton,  the  muriate,  or  a  solution  of  Hydrastin  in  glycerine, 
gr.  V.  or  X,  to  i  oz. — Hale.'] 

LARYNX,   CHEST,   ETC. 
-    Bronchial  catarrh,  with  debility,  loss  of  appetite,  etc. 
O  Catarrhal  cough,  rough,  harsh  and  rattling,  day  and  night. 
Constant   tickling   of  the   larynx,  with   harsh,  dry  cough 
(small). 
O  Thoracic  myalgia. 

BACK  AND   NECK. 
Great  soreness  and  harshness  of  the  muscles  of  the  neck. 
Flushes  of  heat  on  the  face,  neck  and  hands. 
Dull  aching  sensation  in  lumbar  region. 

BACK  AND  UPPER  EXTREMITIES. 
*  Pain  in  the  small  of  the  back. 

Aching  in  the  lower  region,  with  weariness  in  the  arms. 

"  Crick"  in  the  right  elbow,  also  in  the  phalanges  of  the  left 

hand,  on  waking  at  night,  and  quite  painful. 
Sharp  cutting  pains  in  the  elbows  and  biceps  muscles,  with 

feeling  of  contusion  and  lameness. 
Rheumatic  pains  in  elbows,  forearms,  right  shoulder,  and 

first  finger  of  left  hand. 
Intense  aching  pain  in  the  small  of  the  back, 
LOWER  EXTREMITIES. 

Legs  feel  very  weak,  and  ache. 

Severe  pain  in  right  knee,  lasting  all  day,  worse  on  walking. 

Dull  aching  in  the  loins. 

Aching  in  the  sole  of  the  left  foot. 
O  Irritable  and  indolent  ulcers  on  the  legs, 
o  Scrofulous  ulcers  on  the  leg  and  foot. 

FEVER. 

Heat  of  the  skin,  with  flushes  of  heat  on  the  face  and  neck, 
and  intense  itching  in  various  parts  of  the  body. 


HYPOPHOSPHATE    OF    LIME.  269 

Pulse  slow  and  labored,  52  ;  with  palpitation  of  the  heart. 

Chilliness,  with  aching  in  the  back  and  limbs. 
o  Quotidian  fevers,  with  gastric  disturbance  ;  jaundice. 
O  Debility  from  gastric,  bilious  and  typhoid  fevers. 

SKIN. 
Erysipelatoid  rash  [on  the  face,  neck,  palms  of  the  hands, 
joints  of  the  fingers  and  wrist,  with  burning  heat  and 
exfoliation  of  the  skin. 
Eruption  like  varioloid  on  the  face. 
Eruptions  dependent  on  debility. 
o  Infantile  intertrigo. 
o  All  stages  of  small-poXj'as^a'wash. — (  Wilkinson.) 


HYPOPHOSPHATE    OP    LIME. 

(Calcis  Hypophosphis.) 


Analogues  : — Calcarea  carbonica,  Calcarea  phosphorica. 
Kali  carbonicum,  Lycopodium,  Phosphorus,  Phosphoric  acid, 
Riimex,  Sanquinaria,  Sulphur. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Triturations. 

GENERALITIES. 

A  well  marked  increase  of  nervous  force. 

Remarkable  sensation  of  health  and  strength, 
o  Nervous  prostration,  with  depression  of  spirits. 

Cerebral  congestion — tendency  to  (in  scrofulous  children), 
o  Phthisis  pulmonalis,  in  the  first  and  second  stages, 
o  Palliates  phthisis,  even  in  last  stage, 
o  Night  sweats  from  any  debilitating  disease. 

Calm  and  profound  sleep  (in  consumption). 

The  quality  and  color  of  the  urine  improve. 

In  large  doses  tends  to  cause  the  development  of  the  pul- 
monary inflammation  unhappily  so  frequent  and  fatal 
among  consumptives. — (Dr.  Churchill.) 

Plethora,  with  tendency  to  hemorrhages. — (lb.) 

Haemorrhoids  bleed  for  the  first  time,  or  recommence  under 
its  excessive  use. — {lb.) 

Profuse  epistaxis. 

Pulmonary  hemorrhage. 

Profuse  and  too  frequent  menses, 
o  Scanty  and  delaying  menses. 
o  The  thoracic  pains  of  consumptives, 
o  Expectoration  and  night  sweats  diminish. 


2/0  HYPOPHOSPHATE    OF    LIME. 

HEAD. 

O  Incipient  tubercular  meningitis  in  children,  with  the  follow- 
ing symptoms  :  Cough  for  several  months  ;  cough  dry 
and  recurring  in  paroxysms  ;  loss  of  appetite  and  flesh, 
and  depression  of  spirits  ;  could  scarcely  walk,  required 
to  be  held  constantly  ;  complains  much  of  the  head, 
says  that  it  pains  her  in  front ;  disposition  capricious 
and  variable,  changes  suddenly  from  sadness  to  laughter, 
often  bursts  into  fits  of  violent  weeping  ;  perspires  very 
freely,  especially  about  the  head  and  neck ;  she  sleeps 
badly  at  night,  wakes  with  a  start,  suddenly,  uttering 
piercing  cries,  after  which  she  relapses  into  a  species  of 
syncope,  becomes  quite  pale  and  cold,  face  pale  and 
sad  ;  eyes  preternaturally  large  and  deep  set,  with  a 
haggard  wild  stare,  pupils  much  dilated  ;  skin  alter- 
nately burning  and  hot  then  cold.  (Several  cases  cured 
in  from  lo  to  20  days  with  one-half  grain  four  times  a 
day, — ChiirchilL  Hale.) 

o  Hydrocephaloid  diseases  in  children,  when  the  symptoms  call 
for  Cal.  c.  and  Phos.  ac. 

O  Hydrocephaloid  disease  in  a  child  after  pneumonia,  with 
great  prostration,  pulse  feeble  and  too  frequent  to  be 
counted ;  unconscious  of  all  surrounding  objects  ;  con- 
stant moaning ;  arms  constantly  sawing  the  air  :  occa- 
sional muscular  spasms  ;  eyes  either  strongly  drawn  to 
one  side,  or  strabismus  ;  eyes  open,  but  no  evidence  of 
seeing ;  pupils  alternately  contracted  and  dilated. 
(Cured  by  1/20  gr.  every  two  hours ;  recovery  was 
slow. — Dr.  Gibbs.) 

FACE. 

Face  pale,  wan  and  emaciated. 

EYES. 
Eyes  dull  and  lustreless. 
(See,  also,  cases  under  "  Head.") 

NOSE. 
Abundant  epistaxis. 
Nose  thin  and  pinched. 
Unhealthy  discharge. 
o  Ulceration  of  the  nasal  cavities  in  tuberculous  children,  or 
from  catarrh. 

APPETITE. 
*  Appetite  and  digestion  greatly  increased- 
ABDOMEN,   ETC. 
Pains  in  the  abdomen  from  weakness. 
0  Swelling  of  the  abdomen  in  strumous  children. 


HYPOPHOSPHATE    OF     LIME.  2/1 

o  Mesenteric  tuberculosis. 

o  Chronic  diarrhoea,  undigested. 

o  Diarrhoea  In  phthisis  pulmonalis. 

*  Haemorrhoids,  bleeding  profusely. 

SEXUAL    ORGANS. 

Increases  the  reproductive  power. 

*  Menses  too  profuse,  high  colored  and  frequent. 
o  Scanty  and  delaying  menses. 

o  Chronic,  irritating  leucorrhoea. 
o  Leucorrhoea  in  young  children. 

RESPIRATORY    ORGANS. 

0  Cough  of  a  child  several  months,  dry  and  recurring  In  par- 
oxysms ;  loss  of  appetite,  flesh,  and  depression  of 
spirits. 

o  Cough  associated  with  tubercular  meningitis. 

o  Cough  in  phthisis  pulmonalis. 

*  Haemoptysis  of  one  day's  duration. 

O  Pulmonary   consumption ;     the    strength    increases,    cough, 

sweat,  and  hectic  diminish,  the  tubercles  are  absorbed 

and  disappear,  leaving  no  trace, 
o  The  [pains  in  the  chest  which  many  consumptive  patients 

feel  so  acutely,  cease  or  very  considerably  diminish  in  a 

few  days. 

*  A  state  simulating  the  development  of  that  pulmonary  inflam- 

mation unhappily  so  frequent  and  fatal  among  consump- 
tives. 
0  Acute  ulceration  of  the  lungs  after  pneumonia. 

BACK. 

Pains  down  the-  back  in  the  muscles  and  ligaments. 
o  Spinal  curvature  In  Its  Incipient  stage,  from  anaemia,  in  stru- 
mous children, 
o  Ulceration  of  the  vertebrae, 
o  Psoas  abscesses,  with  great  debility  and  anaemia. 

EXTREMITIES. 

Increased  circulation  of  blood  in  the  limbs. 
Fullness  of  the  blood-vessels  of  the  hands  and  feet. 
**  Habitual  coldness  of  the  extremities  \  (a  characteristic  indica- 
tion for  this  remedy  In  all  conditions  of  debility  from 
exhausting  discharges  and  In  tuberculosis. — Hale) 
o  Torpid  and  extensive  abscesses  on  the  lower  limbs,  with 
profuse  suppuration. 


2/2  NEW   REMEDIES. 


HYPOPHOSPHITE    OF    POTASH. 


Analogues: — Calcarea  carbonica,  Calcarea  phosphorica. 
Kali  carbonicum,  Phosphorus,  Phosphoric  acid,  Iodide  of 
Potassa,  Rumex,  Sanguinaria,  Sulphur. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Aqueous  solution  lo  grs.  to 
3  i. ;  aqueous  dilutions. 

{No  provings.) 

*  Melancholy  and  hypochondriac. 

O  Great  debility,  especially  when  attended  by  marasmns,  and 
wasting  of  muscular  tissue. 

*  Muscular    debility,   with    myalgia    and    loss   of    muscular 

tonicity. 

o  Extreme  prostration  from  profuse  expectoration. 

O  Under  its  use  the  cough  reappears,  when  it  has  ceased  from 
debility. 

O  Deep  thoraic  pains ;  shortness  of  breath  ;  muscular  and 
arthritic  pains  in  the  limbs,  the  result  of  excessive  tea- 
drinking  and  want  of  phosphatic  food. 

*  A  painful  feeling  in  the  anterior  part  of  the  thorax. 

o  Asthmatic  difficulties  occurring  in  phthisis  or  chronic  bron- 
chitis, always  with  great  muscular  debility  (many  cases). 

o  Chronic  bronchitis,  with  scanty,  tough  expectoral  ion. 

o  Chronic  pneumonia,  with  myalgic  pains. 

o  Useful  in  all  cases  of  loss  of  the  phosphates,  namely,  from 
long  lactation  ;  leucocythaemia  and  general  anaemia  ; 
dentition  of  strumous  children  ;  catarrhal  and  leucor- 
rhoeal  discharges ;  all  inordinate  secretions  of  pus ; 
dyspepsia. 

o  Pleurodynia,  from  muscular  debility. 

o  Ailments  from  nursing  ;  pain  and  stitches  in  the  back,  chest 
and  abdomen  ;  dimness  of  vision  ;  nausea  at  the  sight 
of  food  ;  despondency  and  a  painful  sense  of  dragging 
in  left  breast ;  (cured  by  one  grain  three  times  a  day). 
(  Taylor.) 

o  Obstinate  chronic  bronchitis,  with  thick,  fceiid  expectoration. 
(Sherwood.) 

o  Oxaluria,  with  dyspepsia,  increased  density  of  urine,  despon- 
dency, impoverished  blood,  emaciation,  and  an  abund- 
ance of  crystals  of  oxalate  of  lime  in  the  urine. — (lb.) 

o  Diseases  of  children,  characterized  by  debility,  fretfulness. 
diarrhoea,  want  of  firmness  in  the  bones,  non-appearance 
of  the  teeth,  and  delayed  closing  of  the  fontanelles ; 


IBERIS     AMARA.  2/3 

relieved  promptly  by  the  2d  dilution,  five  drops  in  milk, 
three  times  a  day. — Hale.) 

o  Ailments  from  excessive  tea-drinking :  shooting  pains  about 
the  chest  and  scapulae,  tenderness  on  the  hypochon- 
drium,  bilious  vomiting,  constipation,  painful  flatulence, 
despondency,  aversion  to  food,  palpitation  of  the  heart, 
etc. ;  (one  grain,  three  times  a  day,  cures  nearly  all 
cases. — lb.) 

o  Ancemia ;  pains  through  the  chest  and  limbs  ;  palpitation; 
short  breathing ;  giddy  on  rising  in  the  morning ;  can 
scarcely  dress  herself;  pulse  60,  slow  and  weak  ;  coun- 
tenance pale ;  catamenia  irregular ;  (removes  these 
symptoms  in  a  week  or  two  generally). 

o  Great  debility  and  nervous  prostration  after  parturition, 
with  non-appearance  of,  or  scanty  milk,  cold  and  damp 
skin. 

o  Hydrocepholoid  disease  in  debilitated,  emaciated,  poorly 
nourished  children. 

o  Incipient  tubercular  meningitis  in  thin,  pale  children. 


IBERIS    AMARA. 
{Bitter  Candy-tuft.) 


Analogues  : — Amy^dalis  amara,  Belladonna,  Cactus  grand., 
Digitalis,  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  seeds;  dilu- 
tions. 

MENTAL   SPHERE. 
Feels  sad,  down-hearted,  oppressed,  with  desire  to  sigh. 
A  peculiar  inability  to  fix  the  mind  on  any  one  thing. 
Very  irritable,  with  dullness  of  mind  and  lack  of  memory ; 

forgets  what  is  said  in  the  lecture  in  a  moment,  unless 

the  mind  is  concentrated  on  it. 
Feels  as  if  frightened  ;  an  indefinable  dread,  with  trembling. 
An  excited,  frightened  feeling,  with  cold  sweat  on  the  face. 

HEAD. 
Increased  fullness  (sensation  of)  in  the  neck  and  head,  with 

increased  action  of  the  heart. 
Heat,  and  fullness  in  neck  and  head,  with  flushed  face,  and 

cold  feet  and  hands. 
Pain  in  right  side  of  the  head. 
Frontal  headache  on  rising  in  the  morning. 
Severe  frontal  headache,  with  nausea  and  loss  of  appetite. 

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274  IBERIS    AMARA. 

Heaviness  of  the  head,  with  roaring  in  the  ears. 
Dull  pain  in  the  head,  with  vertigo  and  feverish  chilliness. 
Vertigo  when  rising  in  the  morning  ;  had  to  lie  down. 
Feeling  of  lightness  and  giddiness  of  the  head. 
Vertigo  when  making  any  exertion,  with  slight  nausea. 
Vertigo  when  standing,  worse  on  stooping. 
Vertigo  in  back  part  of  head,  as  if  the  occiput  were  turning 
around. 

FACE. 

Flushed,  hot  face  and  red  eyes,  with  the  palpitations. 
Cold  sweat  on.  face,  with  fearfulness. 

EVES. 

Feeling  in  the  eyes  as  if  being  forced  on  hoards . 

Eyes  red,  with  flushed  face. 

Flashes  before  the  eyes,  with  dull  headache  and  palpitation 

of  the  heart. 

EARS. 
Roaring  in   the    ears,   with   heaviness  of  the   head,   slight 

nausea,  and  palpitation  of  the  heart. 
Dullness  of  hearing  and  comprehension. 

THROAT. 
Dryness  of  throat,  as  if  filled  with  dust. 
Throat  feels  as  if  both  fonsils  were  enlarged. 
Constant  haivking  np  of  thick,  viscid,  stringy  nincus,  until 

after  a  meal. 
Choking  sensation  in  throat,  with  fullness  and  heat. 
Choking  sensation  just  above  cricoid  cartilage. 
Constrictive  sensation  in  the  throat,  with  stabbing  pains  in 

the  heart,  dyspnoea  and  palpitation. 

GASTRIC    SYMPTOMS. 
Loss  of  appetite,  with  feeling  of  indigestion. 
Sour  eructations  after  eating,  for  hours. 
Nausea,  with  cold,  chilly  feelings  over  the  body. 
Fullness  and  oppression  on  the  right  hypochondriac  region. 
Pain  in  region  of  liver,  with  clay-colored  stool. 

INTESTINAL   SYMPTOMS. 
Tenderness  of  the  bowels,  with  thin  whitish  stool. 
Large,  white  or  clay-colored  stools. 
Fullness  and  distension  of  the  bowels. 
Clay-colored  stools,  about  ten  minutes  apart, 

URINARY    ORGANS 
Frequent  but  scanty  urination. 
Excessive  evacuations  of  urine. 


ir.ERIS     AMARA.  2/5 

RESPIRATORY    ORGANS. 

Dryness  in  throat  and  larynx,  with  hawking  up  of  thin, 
stringy  mucus,  for  many  hours  ;  (eating  removes  this 
symptom). 

Tickling  sensation  in  the  throat,  with  expectoration  of 
stringy  mucus. 

Tightness  and  constrictive  feeling  in  the  larynx,  with 

Respirations  more  frequent  and  labored  ;  dullness  of  hearing. 

Fullness  in  the  chest,  Avith  fullness  and  heat  in  head  and 
neck,  and  flushed  face. 

Dysp7icea,  and  palpitation,  on  going  up  stairs. 

Constant  desire  to  draw  a  long  breath,  without  relief. 

Slight  pain  under  sternum  at  articulation  of  third  rib. 

Feeling  of  weight  and  pressure  under  the  .sternum,  with 
sharp  pains  in  the  chest  (cardiac  region). 

Fullness  and  constriction  under  the  sternum,  with  lancinating 
pains  through  the  chest. 

Continual  feeling  of  weight  and  anxiety  in  the  chest. 
HEART   AND    PULSE. 

Increase  of  heart's  action  from  72  to  88  (in  1 5  minutes). 

A  wavy,  tremulous  sensation  in  the  radial  artery,  felt  by  the 
finger,  with  pulse  intermitting  every  third  beat,  and 
easily  compressible  ;  pulse  has  peculiar  double  beats, 
which  seemed  to  run  into  each  other,  but  full,  soft,  and 
easily  compressed. 

Palpitation  of  the  heart  on  slight  exertion,  as  when  putting 
down  a  window  (never  had  it  before). 

Palpitation,  with  vertigo  and  choking  in  the  throat  after  walk- 
ing, and  on  entering  the  house  felt  faint;  a  tingling 
and  numbness  commencing  in  fingers  of  left  hand  and 
gradually  extending  up  left  arm  ^vith  pulse  irregular, 
tremulous,  not  well  defined  ;  also,  a  dull  heavy  aching 
in  left  arm  (no  perceptible  palpitation,  however). 

Much  pain  over  the  base  of  the  heart,  with  dull  heavy  pain 
in  left  arm,  and  tingling  and  numbness  in  the  tips  of 
the  fingers. 

Palpitation,  plainly  visible  on  the  whole  chest,  aggravated 
by  walking,  passing  off  on  sitting  atill,  but  renewed  b}' 
the  slightest  exertion. — (English  physicians. ) 

Walking  cau.ses  indescribable  sensations  under  the  sternum, 
under  articulation  of  third  rib. 

Sensation  of  iveight  and  pressnre  in  the  region  of  the  heart, 
with  occasional  sharp  stinging  pains  in  that  region,  pass- 
ing from  before  backwards,  lasting  but  a  short  time,  at- 
tended by  acceleration  of  heart's  action  frona  70  to  96. 

The  pulse  rises  from  6::)  to  94  in  fifteen  minutes  after  taking 
the  drug,  with  slight  pains  in  the  region  of  the  heart. 


276  IBERIS     AMARA. 

Pains  darting  through  the  heart  at  night  in  bed,  worse  when 
lying  on  left  side. 

Pains  of  a  dull,  dragging  character  in  region  of  the  heart, 
not  relieved  by  any  position,  and  by  pressure  with  the 
hand. 

Sharp,  sticking  pain  in  the  region  of  the  heart,  with  con- 
strictive sensation  in  throat  ;  eyes  red  and  face  flushed. 

On  turning  on  left  side  at  night,  a  sharp,  sticking  pain  is 
felt,  as  if  a  needle  were  crosswise  in  the  ventricles  and 
pricked  at  each  contraction. 
*  Palpitation,  with  marked  increase  of  'i\\Q.  force  of  the  apex- 
beat,  and  irregular  and  jerking  pulse,  with  a  peculiar 
thrill  under  the  finger. — (Hale.) 

Strong  palpitation,  with  forcible  impulse ;  the  hand  placed 
on  the  heart  was  visibly  moved. 

Palpitation  when  going  up  stairs  (he  was  obliged  to  lie 
down),  with  dyspnoea  and  weak  feeling. 

Constant  dull  pain  in  the  heart,  worse  when  lying  down. 

Coughing,  laughing,  or  slight  exertion  causes  distressing 
palpitation,  with  increase  of  dull  pain. 

In  one  prover  the  cardiac  symptoms  lasted  all  day  and 
night,  and  continued  three  days. 

The  attacks  of  palpitation  and  other  cardiac  symptoms 
occur  within  from  5  to  15  minutes  after  each  dose  of 
the  drug,  and  frequently  pass  away  altogether  within  an 
hour. 

PHYSICAL    SIGNS. 

I  During  the  first  part  of  the  proving  (Dodge's),  no  abnor- 
mal sounds  discoverable  on  auscultation. 

2.  About  the  middle  of  the  proving,  with  the  full  intermit- 

tently-irregular pulse,  auscultation  revealed  great  ex- 
citement of  the  contractions  at  intervals  of  three  or  four 
beats,  after  which  there  was  a  much  longer  interval  than 
usual  before  another  pulsation. 

3.  Near  the  end  of  the  proving,  the  sounds  of  the  heart 

were  found  to  be  increased  in  intensity,  especially  on 
the  region  of  the  semi-lunar  valves. 

During  the  whole  of  the  proving  (Sabin's),  the  force  of  the 
apex-beat  was  visibly  increased,  and  the  heart  impulse 
visibly  raised  the  hand  when  placed  on  the  chest,  and 
the  pulse  was  hard  and  jerking,  intermitting  every  third 
beat ;  rising  from  70  to  90. 

Heart's  action  apparently  weakened  for  the  first  few  moments 
after  taking  the  drug,  but  in  ten  minutes  the  pulse  rose 
to  100,  full  and  strong,  but  somewhat  irregular. 

Heart's  action  weak  and  fluttering,  with  small,  weak  pulse. 


IODIDE     OF     LEAD.  2/7 

EXTREMITIES. 
Trembling  of  lower  extremities  after  exercise. 
Dull  aching  in  left  arm,  as  if  he  had  slept  upon  it  all  night. 
Rheumatic  pains  in  right  shoulder. 

FEVER. 
Feveri.sh  chilliness. 
Quickly  passing  febrile  paroxysms. 
CONDITIONS. 
Cardiac  symptoms  better  in  afternoon,  worse  at  night. 
Worse  in  warm  room. 
Better  in  open  air. 

SLEEP. 
Sleep  at  night  disturbed  by  all  sorts  of  dreams — (unusual  as 

I  never  dream). 
Restless   and    continually   turning   in    bed,   with    ludicrous 

dreams. 
Very  restless  night,  with  horrid  dreams. 
Nervous  and  irritable  on  rising  in  morning. 

GENERALITIES. 
Feels  weary,  with  desire  to  lie  down. 
Feeling  of  nervous  excitement  in  whole  system. 
Feeling  of  inability  to  move  even  a  finger. 
A  feeling  of  lameness  and  soreness  throughout  the  whole 

body,  as  from  a  cold. 
Trembling  sensai  ion  all  over,  so  that  he  had  to  lie  down. 
Desire  for  stimulants. 
Great  weakness  and  debility. 
Looks  as  if  he  had  been  ill  a  good  while, 

[The  Iberis  was  proven  by  students  of  Hahnemann  College  under  my 
own  directions.     I  think  it  proves  a  valuable  cardiac  remedy. — Hale.\ 


IODIDE    OF    LEAD. 

(Plumbuvt  lodatum.) 


Analogues  : — Kali  bichromicum,  Mercur.  iod.,  Phytolacca, 
Coninnt,  Lac  lies  is,  Apis,  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Triturations, 
o  Enlargement  of  the  tonsils, 
o  Diphtheria. 
o  Amenorrhoea  from  atrophy  of  the  ovaries. 


2/8  XKW   REMEDIES. 

IRIS    VERSICOLOR. 

fr  (Blue  Flag.) 


Analogues: — Antimoninm  crnduni,  Arsenicum,  Colchictmi, 
Eupatorium   perfoliattcm,    Euphorbia    corollata,    Ipecacuanha, 
Juglans    cinerea,    Leptandra,    Mercurius,    Pulsatilla,    Podo- 
phyllum, Phytolacca,  Robinia,  Safiguinaria,  Veratrum  album. 

Officinal  PRErARATiONS : — Tincture  of  the  fresh  root ; 
triturations  of  the  dried  root ;  Iridin  and  its  triturations. 

Sphere  of  Action: — The  gastro-intestinal  mucous  mem- 
brane, and,  by  reflex  action,  the  head. 

SENSORIUM. 

*  Despondency  ;  low  spirits  ;  easily  vexed. 
Confusion  of  mind,  with  great  mental  depression. 

HEAD. 

*  Dull  heavy  headache  in  the  forehead,  with  nausea. 

*  Shooting  pains  in  ths  temples,  generally  the  right,  with  con- 

strictive feeling  in  the  scalp. 
Severe  pain  in  the  occiput,  more  on  the  right  side. 

*  Violent,  stunning  headache,  with  facial  neuralgia,  followed 

by  copious  limpid  urine  and  vomiting, 
o  Sick  headache  of  a  gastric  or  hepatic  origin, 
o  Neuralgia,  with  nausea  and  vomiting. 

o  Habitual  headache  ;    a  violent  throbbing  on  either  side  of 
frontal  protruberance,  worse  in  the  evening  or  after  ex- 
ertion.—/ Wesselhceft.) 
o  Sick  headache  every  Sunday  regularly. 

The  headache  is  aggravated  by  7'est,  but  relieved   by  con- 
tinued motions. — (Rims.) 
O  Pustular  eruptions  on  the  scalp  in  children. 

EYES. 
Redness  of  the  conjunctiva,  as  if  from  a  cold. 
Eyes  feel  dull,  with  pain  over  left  superciliary  ridge. 
Severe   burning  pain  in  internal  canthus,  with  effusion  of 

tears. 
Eyes  sunken,  with  blueness  around  the  eyes, 
o  Chronic  inflammation  of  the  eyelids. — (Kitchm.) 

EARS. 
Singing  and  buzzing  in  the  ears. 

FACE. 

*  Facial  neuralgia,  involving  the  supra  and  infra-orbital  and  the 

superior   maxillary  and   inferior  dental   nerves  ;  begins 


IRIS     VFRSICOLOR.  2/9 

after    breakfast   every   mornin^j  with   stupid    headache 
and  lasts  several  hours. — (Holconibe.) 

*  Pustular  eruptions  on  the  face,  around  nose,  lips  and  cheeks, 

secreting  a  sanious,  irritating  matter, 
o  Tinea  capitis  ;  crustea  lactea  ;  porrigo  ;  eczema  of  the  face. 

MOUTH,    FAUCES,    ETC. 

Greasy   feeling   over   tongue   and  gums    on    rising    in    the 

morning. 
Feeling  of  rawness  in  the  mouth. 

*  Back  part  of  the  mouth  and  fauces  feels  on  fire. 

*  Constant  discharge  of  saliva,  not  foetid. 

*  Ulcers  on  the  mucous  membrane  of  the  cheeks, 

o  Stomatitis,  with  painful  burning  in  the  mouth  and  fauces. 

Teeth  feel  sore  and  elongated,  with  dull  aching. 
O  Salivation  following  diphtheria,  with  swelling  of  the  ^ayo- 
tids.~(Burt.) 

(iASTRIC   SYMPTOMS. 

*  Loss  of  appetite,  with  nausea  and  empty  eructations. 

*  Constant  nausea  and  vomiting  of  watery  and  sour  fluids. 
Aching  in  the  stomach  before  breakfast  and  after  drinking 

cold  water. 
Great  burning  distress  in  the  epigastric  region  (pancreas  .'). 

*  Colic-like  pains  every  few  minutes  in  epigastric  region. 
Vomiting,  with  pain  in  the  stomach,  zait/i  diarrJioea. 

O  Bilious  vomiting,  with  great  heat  of  the  head  and  perspiration. 
Severe  shocks  of  pain  in  umbilical  region,  passing  upwards 
to  epigastric  region,  with  nausea,  straining  and  belching 
of  wind. 

O  Vomiting  of  ingesta  ;.  of  acid  matters  ;  of  bile  ;  pf  soured 
milk  in  childreji. 

o  Increase  of  (primary)  or  deficiency  (secondary)  of  pancreatic 
juice ;  it  caused,  in  a  cat,  intense  congestion  and  rup- 
ture of  the  minute  vessels  of  the  pancreas. — Burt.) 

o  Chronic  indigestion  of  milk ;  it  sours  and  is  vomited. — 
(Hale.) 

LIVER. 

*  Pain  in  the  right  hypochondria,  worse  on  motion. 

Pain  above  the  crest  of  the  ilium,  on  both  sides,  first  on 

right. 
Crampy  pains  in  the  right  lumbar  legion. 
Cutting  pains  in  the  region  of  the  liver, 
o  Acute  and  chronic  disorders  of  the  liver, 
o  Increase  of  bile  (primary),  then   deficiency  of  (secondary), 
with  jaundice.  . 


28o  IRIS     VERSICOLOR. 

ABDOMEN,   STOOL,    ETC. 

*  Rumbling  and  cutting  pain  in  lower  part  of  the  abdomen, 

relieved  by  flatus. 

*  Colic,  obliging  him  to  bend  forward  for  relief. 

*  Diarrhoea  with  slight  pain,  with  rumbling  and  cutting  in  the 

lower  part  of  the  abdomen. 
Constipation,  succeeded  by  thin,  watery  diarrhoea. 

*  Copious  watery  stool,  with  or  without  tenesmus. 

Stool  tinged  with  green,  copious,  watery,  mixed  with  undi- 
gested food. 

*  Stool  of  blood  and  mucus,  with  great  tenderness,  and  a  sen- 

sation as  if  the  anus  was  on  fire. 
Swelling  of  the  stomach  and  abdomen. 
Great  smarting  and  burning  of  anus  after  every  stool. 

*  A  iitumnal  bilious  diarrhoea  and  cJiolera  morbus. 

Severe  intermittent  colic  in  umbilical  region,  with  soft, 
mushy,  sour  stools. 

o  A  grumbling  bellyache,  with  stools  twice  a  day,  scanty  ; 
with  mucus,  fluid  faeces,  offensive,  putrid  odors,  and  dis- 
charge of  very  foetid  wind  of  a  coppery  odor. — (Kitchen.) 

o  Periodical  night-diarrhoeas,  with  pain  and  green  discharges. 
(lb.) 

o  Cholera  infantum,  with  profuse  sour  discharges  from  stomach 
and  bowels,  and  pain  in  head. 

O  Asiatic  cholera,  with  rice-water  discharges,  cramps,  etc. — 
(Dr.  Lade,  of  England.) 

URINARY  ORGANS. 
Sharp  cutting  pain  in  the  urethra  on  urinating. 
Urine  copious;  strong,  disagreeable  smell  of  the  urine. 
Dark  red  urine,  with  burning  in  the  urethra. 

*  Nocturnal  emissions,  with  amorous  dreams. 

o  Gonorrhoea  ;  syphilis,  mercurial  syphilis. — (Eclectic.) 
o  Spermatorrhoea. 

GENITAL   ORGANS, 
o  Morning  sickness  during  pregnancy, 
o  Uterine  leucorrhcea  ;  metrorrhagia. 

LARYNX    AND    CHEST. 
Short,  dry  cough,  excited  by  a  tickling  in  the  larynx. 
Pain  in  the  left  side,  as  though  the  ribs  were  pressing  against 

the  lungs,  and  unable  to  take  a  long  breath. 
Hoarseness,  with  ringing  in  the  ears. 
Soreness  and  rawness  of  the  fauces. 

BACK. 
Constant  pain  in  the  lumbar  and  sacral  region,  aggravated 
by  motion. 


IRIS    VERSICOLOR.  28 1 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 

*  Sharp  tensive  pain  in  the  right  shoulder,  worse  on  motion, 

especially  on  raising  the  arm,  mostly  in  the  evening. 

*  Severe  pains  shooting  about  in  the  phalangeal  and  meta- 

carpal-phalangeal articulations. 
Rheumatism  of  the  shoulders,  wrists  and  hands. 

LOWER    EXTR'EMITIES. 

Pain  in  right  knee  joint,  worse  on  motion. 

Violent  tearing  pain  in  right  hip  and  knee  joints,  extending 

to  right  foot,  worse  on  motion. 
Trembling  and  weakness  of  the  knees. 

Calves  of  the  legs  painful  when  walking,  especially  the  right, 
Pain  in  lower  extremities  and  cramps  in  calves  of  legs,  with 

nausea  and  retchings. 

NERVOUS    SYSTEM. 

Nervous,  irritable,  with  prostration  of  the  whole  system. 

SKIN, 

*  Pustular  eruption  on  the  scalp,  face,  and  other  parts  of  the 

body, 
o  Psoriasis ;  irregular  patches  on  knees,  elbows,  and  all  over 

the  body,  covered  with  shining  scales,  edges   slightly 

raised  and  irregular  ;  (cured  in  1 5  days  with  Iris  ix. — 

Dr.  Alabone,  of  England.) 
o  Psoriasis  in  relievo,  skin  fissured  and  irritable. — (/^.) 
O  Lepra  vulgaris — obstinate,  on  the  arms. — {lb.) 

SLEEP. 
Sleepiness,  with  chills. 
Restless  every  night,  with  bad  dreams. 
Amorous  dreams  during  sleep. 

FEVER. 

*  Sweat  over  the  whole  body,  particularly  in  the  groin. 

*  Heat  followed  by  chill,  with  cold  hands  and  feet. 
Dry,  hot  skin  ;  hands  hot  and  dry. 

o  Typhoid  fever,  with  symptoms  similar  to  Bapti^ia. 
o  Bilious  fever,  after  Bryonia  or  Aconite. 


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^82  NEW    REMEDIES. 


JUGLANS    CINEREA. 

{Butternut.) 


Analogues:  —  Bryonia,     Colocynth,    Ptelea,     Croton     tig.. 
Podophyllum,  Iris,  Sulphur,  Rhus. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  inner  bark 
(or  leaves) ;  triturations  of  Juglandin. 

SENSORIUM. 
Depression  of  spirits  ;  mind  depressed. 
Vertigo,  with  faintness. 

HEAD. 


Dull  headache  on  rising,  passing  off  on  getting  up. 
Fullness  of  the  head  at  night. 
Eruptions  on  the  scalp. 


EYES. 

Inflammation,  with  pustules  on  the  lids  and  around  the  eyes-- 

EARS. 

Pain  on  swallowing,  which  is  deep,  drawing,  tickling. 

NOSE. 
Coryza  from  the  left  nostril. 
Dryness  of  the  nose. 

FACE. 

Erythematous  redness. 

MOUTH,   TEETH   AND   THROAT. 
Sore  throat,  with  dry  lips  and  mouth  moist. 
Tip  of  the  tongue  is  sore,  with  dryness  of  the  fauces. 
*  Throat  feels  swollen,  with  pain  on  the  right  side. 
O  Chronic  inflammation  of  the  throat,  with  general  debility. — 
(Horton.) 

APPETITE,    TASTE,    ETC. 

Loss  of  appetite,  with  coppery  taste. 

GASTRIC   SYMPTOMS. 
Nausea  in  the  morning ;  vomiting,  retching,  with  colic. 
O  Indigestion,  with  gastric  irritability  ;  flatulence. 

STOMACH. 
Sinking  sensation  at  the  stomach,  and  boring  in  the  stomach. 
ABDOMEN. 

Deep-seated  pain  on  left  side  near  the  kidneys. 
Pain  in  the  epigastrium.. 


JUGLANS    CINEREA.  283 

Heat  and  pain  in  hypogastrium. 
Flatulence  and  aching  in  the  abdomen  after  dinner. 
Irritation  and  inflammation  of  the  mucous  membrane  of  the 
bowels,  followed  by  dysentery. 

STOOL. 

Loose  stool  which  smells  like  onions. 

Tenesmus  and  burning  after  stool  (primary). 
o  Constipation  preceded  by  diarrhoea  (secondary), 
o  Colic,  very  severe  and  prostrating,  with  purging, 
o  Diarrhoea  of  soldiers  in  camps. — (Neidhard.) 

LARYNX   AND    TRACHEA. 
Rattling  in  bronchia  on  coughing,  without  expectoration. 
Expectoration  of  very  tenacious  mucus  and  musty  sputa. 

CHEST   AND   RESPIRATION. 
Pain  on  the  left  side,  worse  on  pressure. 
Great  oppression  in  the  chest,  with  cutting  pains  in   the 

lungs. 
Congestion  of  the  lungs. 
Stitching  pain  under  the  right  scapula, 
o  Scrofulous  consumption,  with  great  emaciation. — (Small.) 

BACK. 

Aching  pain  in  small  of  the  back  on  stooping. 
Aching  pain  in  the  lumbar  vertebrae. 
Shooting  pain  in  the  lumbar  region. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES 
Aching  pains  in  arms  and  wrists,  as  if  sprained. 
Great  pain  in  right  axilla,  extending  down  the  arms,  along 

the  course  of  the  nerves. 
Aching  in  right  shoulder. 

LOWER   EXTREMITIES. 
Heat  on  inner  side  of  the  thigh,  and  in  the  feet,  with  cramp- 
hke  pain  in  left  hip  at  night. 
SKIN. 

*  A  peculiar  exanthematous  eruption,  very  much  resembling 

the  flush  of  scarlet  fever. 

*  Erysipelatous  inflammation  of  the  skin  of  the  body  and  ex- 

tremities. 

*  Erythematous  redness  of  the  face. 

*  Eruption  resembling  eczema  simplex. 

*  Pustular  eruptions, 

[Dr.  A.  E,  Horton,  of  East  Poultney,  Vermont,  claims  to  have  extensive 
experience  with  Jitglans  in  acute  and  chronic  skin  diseases.  He  claims 
that  it  is  curative  and  homoeopathic  to  the  "  whole  range  of  skin  diseases, 
from   simple  erythema  to  pemphigus."     In   the  second  edition  of  New 


284  LACNANTHES    TINCTORIA. 

Remedies,  and  in  the  journals  since,  he  has  reported  many  cases  of  in- 
terest, of  pustular,  vesicular,  erythematous,  and  ulcerated  lesions  of  the 
skin,  cured  promptly  with  the  tincture  and  dilutions  or  triturations  of 
yuglattdin.  He  mentions  its  successful  use  in  nearly  all  cutaneous  erup- 
tions. The  internal  administration  is  aided  by  a  lotion  of  the  same 
medicine.l 

[Dr.  Small,  of  Chicago,  reports  a  case  of  noli  me  tani^ere  on  the  nose  and 
mouth,  cured  by  a  cold  infusion  of  the  leaves  ;  also,  cases  of  scrofula  and 
scrofulous  swelling  of  the  glands.] 


LACHNANTHES    TINCTORIA. 
(Red  Root.) 


Analogues:  —  Aethusa,  Agaricus,  Belladonna,  Cattnabis 
indica,  Cimicifuga,  Gelseminum,  Gyninocladiis,  Hyosciamns, 
Lachesis,  Stramonium,  Solanum. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  leaves  and 
root ;  dilutions. 

MENTAL    SPHERE. 

Ill-hurrtored,  and  sleepy  whining  mood,  with  the  headache. 

Great  loquacity,  afterwards  stupid  and  irritable. 

D  Delirium  during  pneumonia,  with  circumscribed  red  cheeks, 

worse  from  one  to  two  A.  M. 

HEAD. 

Giddiness  in  the  head,  with  sensation  of  heat  in  the  chest 
and  around  the  heart. 

Sensation  as  if  the  vertex  was  enlarged  and  was  driven  up- 
wards. 

Headache  pressing  the  eyes  outward  (Sepia,  Cimicifuga.) 

Head  feels  enlarged,  and  as  if  split  open  with  a  wedge  from 
the  outside  to  within  ;  the  body  is  icy  cold,  she  can  not 
get  warm  ;  the  whole  face  becomes  yellow  ;  the  head 
burns  like  fire,  with  much  thirst ;  during  the  cold  sen- 
sation the  face  is  moist  and  sticks. 

Tearing  in  the  forehead  from  left  to  right. 

A  continuous  stitch  in  the  left  forehead  from  within  to  with- 
out, leaves  after  a  few  minutes  a  pressing  pain  and  ex- 
tends over  the  whole  forehead,  pressing  from  within 
outwards. 

Sensation  as  if  the  hair  was  standing  on  end,  with  soreness 
of  scalp. 

EYES. 

Obscuration  of  sight,  if  he  looks  on  anything  fixedly  he  sees 
gray  fixed  rings. 


LACNANTHES    TINCTORIA.  285 

While  reading  in  the  forenoon  a  large  yellow  spot  as  large 

as  a  hand  on  the  paper  which  follows  as  he  reads. 
Looking  at  an  object  for  some  time,  it  becomes  dark  before 

his  eyes.    (Gels.,  Calabar,  Chloral.) 
Pupils  very  much  enlarged,  with  brilliant  eyes. 
If  he  suddenly  moves  his  head  it  becomes  dark  bsfore  his 
eyes.  {Gels.) 
o  Brilliant  eyes,  red  face,  and  delirinm  during  pneumonia. 
Compression  of  the  left  eye-ball  from  below  upsvards. 
Pressing  in  the  eyes,  with  secretion  of  white  mucus. 
When  closing  the  eyes  the  upper  eyelids  twitch  visibly  ; 

when  he  closes  them  tight  it  grows  worse. 
Redness  on  the  left  upper  eyelid,  covered  with  little  vesicles ; 
they  itch  a  great  deal. 

ea!is. 
Tearing  in  the  left  ear,  and  in  the  right  (frequent  symptom). 
Crawling  sensation  in  the  ears, 
o  Almost  complete  deafness,  in  pneumonia  nervosa. 

NOSE. 

Nose  bleeds  profusely — blood  pale. 

FACE. 
Tearing  pressure  in  the  left  cheek  towards  the  eye,  as  if  the 

eye  should  be  pressed  out. 
Tearing  from  the  right  side  of  forehead  into  the  cheek.- 
o  Circumscribed  redness  of  the  face  in  the  morning,  with  vio- 
lent delirium  and  brilliant  eyes  in  pneumonia  nervosa. 
MOUTH. 
Pain  in  all  the  teeth  from  warm  drinks. 

Sensation  as  if  the  upper  incisors  and  eye-teeth  have  broken 
loose,  with  sensation  of  soreness,  worse  when  touching 
them  with  the  tongue  and  when  closing  them. 
All  the  teeth  pain,  feel  loose  and  too  long,  worse  in  bed. 
Saliva  of  tough  mucus. 

THROAT. 
Roughness  and  swelling,  with  pricking  when    swallowing ; 
continually  increasing  dryness  of  the  throat,  with  sleep- 
lessness, followed  by  hoarseness. 
O  Great  dryness  in  the  throat,  especially  on  awakening  during 
the  night,  with  much  coughing  (in  a  patient  who  had 
an  ulcerated  sore  throat), 
o  Sore  throat,  with  short  cough. 

o  Diphtheria,  with  stiffness  of  the  neck  ;  head  drawn  to  one 
side. 

APPETITE   AND   TASTE. 

Aversion  to  meat. 


286  LACNANTHES    TINCTORIA. 

The  headache  in  the  forehead  is  better  after  supper. 

STOMACH. 
Rising  of  sweetish  water,  with  nausea. 
Sudden  sensation  Of  squalmishness  in  the  stomach. 
Fulhiess  in  the  pit  of  the  stomach,  with  borborygmus. 

ABDOMEN. 
Twirling  and  twisting  sensation  in   the  upper  part  of  the 

abdomen. 
P'ermentation  and  rumbling  in  the  abdomen  almost  constant, 
o  Much  flatulency  in  the  abdomen  during  pneumonia  nervosa. 
Cutting  in  the  upper  part  of  the  abdomen,  from  the  left  to 

the  right  side. 
Cutting  in  the  right  side  of  the  abdomen. 
Sensation  of  heat  through -the  abdomen,   feels  as  if  the 
bowels  would  be  moved. 

STOOL  AND   ANUS. 
Frequent  desire  to  evacuate  without  result. 
Evacuation  as  usual,  but  with  much  discharge  of  flatulency 
and  purging ;  after  the  passage  the  sensation  of  heat  in 
the  abdomen  becomes  less. 
Continuous  stitch  in  the  anus. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 
Pressing  on  the  bladder  when  urinating. 
GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 
Male. — Violent  burning,  tingling  and  itching  of  the  scrotum 

and  around  it. 
Perspiration  and  itching  of  the  scrotum  and  penis. 

LARYNX   AND   TRACHEA, 
o  Hoarseness  ;  dry  cough  from  irritation  of  the  throat,  worse 
in  bed. 
Burning  in  the  right  side  of  the  larynx. 

CHEST. 

Cough  dry  as  if  it  came  from  the  larynx  ;  expectoration  is 
streaked  with  blood,  with  severe  pain  in  the  chest,  in 
pneumonia  nervosa. 

When  inhaling,  deep  pressing  pain  under  the  short  ribs  near 
the  spine. 

Stitches  like  knives  in  the  region  of  the  left  clavicle,  pre- 
viously stitches  like  knives  in  the  right  chest. 

She  feels  hot  and  oppressed  in  the  chest,  with  mild  perspira- 
tion all  over. 

HEART. 

Stitches  like  knives  following  one  another  in  quick  succession 
in  the  right  side  of  the  chest,  below  the  mammae,  while 
at  rest  and  when  movincf. 


'    LACNANTHES     TINCTORIA.  287 

Boiling  and  bubbling  in  the  chest  and  region  of  the  heart ; 

it  rises  to  the  head  and  he  becomes  giddy ;  he  breaks 

out  with  a  perspiration. 
Sensation  of  heat  in  the  region  of  the  heart,  going  and 

coming. 

BACK. 
Sensation  as  if  sprained  in  the  neck  when  turning  or  moving 

the  head  backwards. 
Pressing  pain  under  the  short  ribs  near  the  right  side  of  the 

spine,  deep  inside  when  taking  a  deep  inspiration. 
Burning  in  the  region  of  the  left  kidney,  deep,  extending 

towards  the  right  side. 
Burning  in  the  sacrum  and  immediately  above. 
Stinging,  as  from  the  sting  of  a  bee,  on  the  inner  corner  of 

left  shoulder-blade. 
Stiffness  of  the  neck  following  a  pain  in  the  occiput. 
Sensation  of  pain  and  stiffness  of  the  neck,  which  extends 

over  the  whole  head  down  to  the  nose. 
o    Wry  neck,  especially  in  diphtheria. — (Lippe.) 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 

Tearing  in  the  upper  part  of  the  arm,  beginning  at  the  elbow 

joint  and  running  up  into  the  shoulder. 
Tearing  in  both  elbow  joints,  at  times  upwards  and  then 

downwards,  frequently  through  the  whole  day. 
*  Burning  of  the  palms  of  the  hands  and  soles  of  the  feet. 
Tearing  in  the  knuckles  of  the  middle  fingers  of  the  right 

hand. 

LOWER   EXTREMITIES. 

Tearing  in  the  right  ischium. 

Small  pimples  around  the  left  gluteus  muscle,  which  dis- 
charge a  watery  fluid  when  they  are  scratched  open. 

Itching,  burning,  stinging  inside  of  the  right  thigh. 

Burning,  stinging  pain  above  the  left  knee. 

Burning  and  pressing  on  the  right  knee,  which  becomes  red 
as  scarlet. 

Tingling  in  the  lower  extremities  and  feet. 

Cramps  in  the  calves  of  the  legs  and  feet 

Tearing  in  the  right  big  toe  awaking  him  from  his  sleep. 

Twitching  of  the  muscles  in  various  parts  of  the  body. 

[The  hogs  (except  the  black  ones)  which  eat  the  roots  and  leaves  of  this 
plant,  lose  their  hoofs,  which  fall  off  (from  ulceration  ?) — Darwin^ 

SLEEP. 

Restless  sleep  at  night,  with  disturbing  dreams,  followed  by 

perspiration. 
Sleeplessness,  with    continually  increasing  dryness  of  the 

throat. 


288  LEPTANDRA    VIRGINICA. 

*  In  the  night,  in  bed,  short  cough,  with  sore  throat,  followed 

by  coryza. 

Awakens  at  2  A.  M.  with  a  cramp  pain  in  his  breast,  extend- 
ing from  the  right  to  the  left  side. 
FEVER. 

Icy  coldness  of  the  body ;  skin  is  cold,  damp  and  clammy 
during  the  coldness. 

Flushes  of  heat  alternating  with  chilliness. 

*  Burning  heat,  with  redness  of  the  face,  more  on  the  right 

side,  followed  by  circumscribed  redness  of  the  cheeks. 
Evening  fever,  worse  from  6  to  I2,  with  redness  of  the  face, 
o  Fever,  with  delirium,  circumscribed  redness  of  the  cheeks, 
and  brilliant  eyes  in  pneumonia. 
Pulse  74,  some  beats  fast,  some  slow, 
o  Pulse  no,  small,  thin,  hard  (pneumonia). 
o  Perspiration,  with  dizziness  in  the  head  and   boiling  and 

bubbling  in  the  cheeks  and  region  of  the  heart, 
o  Pneumonia  nervosa  and  typhus  fever. 


LEPTANDRA   VIRGINICA. 
{Black  Root— ''Culver's  Physic") 


AnloguES: — Arsenicum,  Baptisla,  Cjrbj  vjg^Jt2bilii,  C'llnx, 
Iris  versicolor,  Mercurius,  Myrica  cerifera,  Nitric  acid,  Podo- 
phyllum. 

Description  : — An  indigenous  perennial  plant,  growing  in 
limestone  countries  and  in  rich,  moist  places,  woods,  thickets 
and  barrens.  The  root  has  a  faint  odor,  and  a  bitter,  nauseous 
taste,  which  is  somewhat  lessened  by  drying. 

[It  is  now  called  by  botanists  "  Veronica  Virginica." — Hale.'] 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  and  its  dilutions; 
triturations  of  root ;  Leptandrin  and  its  triturations. 

sensorium. 
o  Gloomy ;    desponding ;    drowsiness    attending   hepatic    de- 
rangement. 

HEAD. 

*  Constant,  dull,  frontal  headache,  worse  in  the  temples,  with 

aching  sensation  in  the  umbilicus. 

*  Dull,  frontal  headache,  with  neuralgic  pains  in   the   right 

temple. 
O  Bilious  headache,  v/ith  constipation,  bitter   taste,   indiges- 
tion, etc. 


LEPTANDRA    VIRGINICA.  289 

EYES. 
Smarting  and  aching  with  or  without  secretion  of  tears. 
MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 

Tongue  coated  yellow  along  the  centre,  with  pain  in  the 
submaxillary  glands, 

GASTRIC    SYMPTOMS. 
Nausea,  with  deathly  faintness  on  rising  in  the  night. 
Nausea  followed  by  vomiting  and  diarrhcea. 
Dyspepsia  from  disorder  of  the  liver  and  stomach. 

STOMACH. 
Constant  distress  in  lower  part  of  the  epigastrium. 
Constant,  burning,  aching  sensation  in  the  stomach  and  liver, 

worse  after  drinking  wat/jr. 
Great  distress  in  the  stomach  and  small  intestines,  with  im- 
mediate desire  for  stool. 
Weak,  sinking  sensation  at  the  pit  of  the  stomach. 

LIVER. 

Dull  aching  in  the  whole  of  the  liver,  pain  worse  near  the 
gall  bladder. 

Constant,  dull  burning  distress  in  the  epigastric  and  hypo- 
chondriac regions. 

Great  distress  in  the  region  of  the  liver  following  profuse, 
black,  undigested  stool. 

Great  burning  distress  in  the  back  part  of  the  liver  and  in 
the  spine. 

Pain  in  the  right  shoulder  and  arm. 
O  Jaundice,  with  clay-colored  stools. 
o  Functional  derangements  of  the  liver, 

*  Yellow  coated  tongue,  with  vomiting  of  bile,  shooting  or 

aching   pains   in   the   region   of  the  liver,   and   black 
evacuations. 
o  Chronic  congestion  and  other  chronic  disorders  of  the  liver. 
Leptandra   causes   black,  tarry,  bilious  stools  (primary),  fol- 
lowed by  clay-colored  stools  with  jaundice  (secondary). 
ABDOMEN. 

*  Constant,  dull,  aching  distress  in  the  umbilical  region. 

*  Great  distress  in  the  whole  of  the  bowels,  with  rumbling  and 

desire  for  stool. 

*  Rumbling  and  distress  in  the  hypogastric  region,  with  a  pro- 

fuse, black,  foetid  stool,  with  pains  in  the  bowels. 
Pains  aggravated  by  drinking  cold  water. 
Pain  in  the  left  inguinal  region. 
o  Bilious  colic,  or  a  tendency  to  it. 

p  Chronic  abdominal  complaints  caused  by  derangements  o! 
the  portal  system, 

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290  LEPTANDRA    VIRGINICA. 

STOOL. 
Hard,  black,  and  lumpy  evacuations. 

*  Stool  soft  and  mushy,  with  weak  feeling  in  the  bowels. 

*  Distress  in  the  hypogastrium,  with  profuse,  black,  foetid  stool. 

*  Watery  stool  with  mucus,  followed  by  severe  cutting  pains 

in  the  smaller  intestines. 

*  Copious  tar-like  evacuations. 

*  Diarrhoea  from  chronic  irritation  of  the  mucous  membrane, 
o  Diarrhoea  dependent  on  hepatic  derangement. 

Diarrhoea,  with  great  debility,  sallow  skin,  and  emaciation, 
o  Camp-diarrhoea  in  soldiers,  from  exposure,  improper  diet,  etc. 
o  Chronic  ulceration  of  the  intestines,  with  hepatic  disorder, 
o  Diarrhoea ;  stools  of  greenish,  muddy  or  dirty  water  ;  pro- 
fuse, "like  water  running  from  a  spout";  coming  on  in 
morning  as  soon  as  he  moves  ;  aggravated  by  meat, 
vegetables,  and  walking ;  before  stool,   rumbling,  after 
stool,  weak,  faint,  purging  feeling   at   stomach ;    dull 
aching  across  umbilical  region  all  the  time  ;  canine  hun- 
ger, no  thirst.  (Cured  in  4  days. — Dr.  R.  R.  Williams.) 
URINE. 
Urine  very  red  (neutral),  with  dull,  aching  pain  in  lumbar 
region, 
o  Dropsy  from  hepatic  derangement. 

GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 

o  Suppressed  or  retarded  menses  from  disease  of  the  liver, 

THORAX. 
Soreness  in  the  cardiac  region. 

BACK. 
Sore  and  lame  feeling  in  the  small  of  the  back. 

FEVER. 

Pulse  diminished  in  frequency. 
Pulse  slow  and  full, 
o  Infantile  remittents,  with  black  and   tarry,  or  white  foetid 
stools. 

SKIN. 

*  Hot  and  dry  skin  in  bilious  fevers, 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 
Both  wrists  are  lame  and  ache  severely, 
o  Pain  in  the  left  shoulder  and  arm. 

Chilly  sensation  at  the  shoulder  and  down  the  arm. 

LOWER   EXTREMITIES. 
Feet  and  legs  feel  cold  and  numb. 

GENERAL   SYMPTOMS. 
Languid,  tired  feeling,  with  great  prostration. 
Physical  and  mental  depression,  with  vertigo  and  drowsiness. 


NEW    REMEDIES.  291 


LILIUM    TIGRINUM.* 

(Tiger  Spotted  Lily.) 


Analogues  :  —  Agaricus,    Belladojina,  Cimicifiiga,  Cactus, 
Helonias,  Muj'ex,  Podophyllum,  Platina,  Sepia. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  flowers  and 
seeds ;  dilutions. 

MIND   and   disposition. 

Female. — Great  depression  of  spirits,  with  fearfulness  and 
apprehension  of  an  impending  fatal  internal  disease,  or 
that  it  was  already  preying  upon  her ;  constant  in- 
clination to  weep  (very  marked) ;  blurred  vision,  all 
objects  appearing  very  indistinct. 

Despondent  and  gloomy,  with  loss  of  memory  and  great 
difficulty  in  expressing  her  thoughts,  often  selecting 
wrong  words,  but  in  making  the  correction  would  as 
often  take  other  words  quite  as  inappropriate  ;  great 
fear  and  dread  of  insanity. 

Does  not  want  to  be  pleased,  and  don't  want  to  talk,  but 
wants  to  sleep,  and,  during  sleep,  very  unpleasant 
dreams. 

Wild  feeling  in  the  head,  with  confusion  of  ideas  ;  pressure 
and  a  crazy  feeling  on  the  top  of  the  head,  rendering 
her  incapable  of  recording  her  own  symptoms  ;  fear  of 
insanity,  and  that,  should  she  become  insane,  there 
would  be  no  one  to  take  care  of  her ;  worse  at  night, 
but  better  in  the  morning. 

Opposite  mental  states  ;  she  feels  nervous  and  irritable,  and 
yet  she  feels  jolly. 

Cannot  think  ;  acts  without  thought ;  keeps  walking  fast  as 
if  by  instinct ;  feels  hurried,  does  not  know  why  ;  is 
forgetful ;  cannot  decide  for  herself ;  must  depend  upon 
others. 

Both  the  social  and  moral  conditions  were  profoundly  af- 
fected ;  dislikes  to  be  alone,  though  formerly  she  pre- 
ferred it,  but  has  no  dread  of  being  alone  ;  sexual 
desires  strong,  though  formerly  weak ;  can  repress  the 
desire  by  keeping  very  busy,  but  as  soon  as  occupation 
ceases  the  desire  returns  in  full  force. 


*  From  the  exhaustive  resume'  of  Dr.  Paine  in  American  Observer 
and  N.  Y.  Transactions  for  \%']2.—{Hale.) 


292  LILIUM    TIGRINUM. 

Male. — Irritable  in  the  evening,  with  disagreeable  dreams  at 
night,  and  unrefreshing  sleep. 

Obtuseness  of  intellect,  with  inability  to  find  the  right  words 
with  which  to  express  his  thoughts  ;  forgets  what  he  is 
about  to  say  ;  vertigo,  especially  when  walking ;  a  feel- 
ing as  if  intoxicated  ;  staggering  forward. 

Makes  mistakes  when  speaking,  using  wrong  words,  with 
fullness  and  heaviness  in  the  forehead,  especially  the 
left  side  ;  dim  sight  and  weakness  of  the  lower  limbs,  as 
if  unable  to  support  the  body. 

In  half-waking  dreams,  occurrences  which  took  place  in 
quick  succession  seemed  to  be  at  very  long  intervals  ; 
for  example,  when  his  son  got  up  to  urinate,  the  in- 
tervals between  getting  up,  urinating  and  going  to  bed 
again  seemed  very  long. 

Great  apprehensiveness  of  the  prover  that  he  had  mistaken 
the  nature  of  his  heart  symptoms,  and  that  instead  of 
medicinal  symptoms  he  was  suffering  from  organic 
disease  of  the  heart. 

HEAD. 

Intense,  blinding  headache  in  the  forehead,  commencing  be- 
tween five  and  six  o'clock,  P.  M.,  continued  two  hours, 
then  changed  to  the  back  part  of  the  head  and  ex- 
tended down  the  neck,  leaving  a  strange  muddled 
feeling  about  the  head,  with  general  weakness  and  de- 
sire to  lie  down. 

Heavy  feeling  in  the  head,  with  morning  diarrhoea,  griping 
in  the  bowels,  nausea  and  abundant  saliva. 

Pain  all  over  the  head,  with  a  heavy  sensation  as  if  too  full 
of  blood  ;  congested  feeling  as  if  blood  would  issue 
when  blowing  the  nose ;  must  support  the  head  with 
the  hands  ;  worse  when  walking  in  the  open  air ;  better 
at  sunset. 

Pressing  sensation  of  fullness  in  the  temporal  region,  with  a 
bursting  sensation ;  a  feeling  as  if  the  contents  of  the 
skull  would  issue  through  the  ears  and  surrounding 
parts,  relieved  by  pressure  with  the  hands. 

Frontal,  stinging,  burning  headache,  with  a  sensation  as  if  a 
rubber  band  were  stretched  over  the  head ;  the  head 
feeling  so  muddled  that  he  could  not  lecture,  could  not 
concentrate  his  thoughts,  but  self-possession  was  re- 
gained as  he  went  on. 

Headache  in  the  morning  on  waking,  which  gradually  in- 
creased, when  at  noon  it  became  very  severe,  passing 
from  the  forehead  and  temple  to  the  protruberances  of 
the  occiput,  dull,  pressive  and  heavy,  continuing  through 


LTLIUM    TIGRINUM.  293 

the  afternoon,  evening  and  night,  with  irritability  of 
temper. 

Dull  headache  ;  the  pain  moved  continually  from  the  sinci- 
put to  the  occiput  of  the  left  side,  but  seemed  at  last  to 
concentrate  in  the  left  temple,  with  frequent  urination. 

Headaches  gradually  diminish,  though  they  maintain  usual 
character  of  evening  aggravation  ;  at  the  end  of  ten 
days  only  slight  tenderness  on  the  left  side  of  the  head, 
forehead  and  temple  remained. 

Suspended  the  recurrence  of  sick  headaches  (to  which  the 
prover  had  been  accustomed),  during  the  whole  course 
of  the  proving,  and  for  some  time  longer, 

HmdacJies  cured. 

Scalp. — Fine  rash-like  eruption  about  the  forehead,  and 
around  the  border  of  the  hair,  with  much  itching. 

EYES  AND   SIGHT. 

Eyes. — Intense  pain  in  both  eyes,  extending  backward  into 
the  head,  with  great  dimness  of  sight. 

Right  eye  very  sensitive  to  gaslight,  with  intolerable  burning 
pain  subsequently  extending  to  the  left  eye,  and  con- 
tinuing for  several  days. 

Burning  in  the  eyes  after  reading  or  writing,  and  feeling  of 
great  general  weakness. 

Sight. — Blur  before  the  eyes  after  a  night  made  restless  by 
lascivious  dreams  and  seminal  emissions  toward  morn- 
ing, attended  by  difficulty  in  keeping  the  mind  fixed 
upon  the  subject  under  consideration,  selecting  wrong 
words  with  which  to  express  his  ideas. 

Blurred  vision,  cannot  see  objects  distinctly,  with  loss  of  ap- 
petite, aversion  to  coffee,  nausea  when  thinking  about 
it,  frequent  desire  to  pass  urine  but  in  small  quantities ; 
faint  in  a  warm  room  and  when  standing,  with  cold 
perspiration  on  the  back  of  the  hands  and  feet  ;  fear- 
fulness  and  apprehension  of  some  impending  evil. 

Dimness  of  sight,  with  intense  pain  in  both  eyes,  extending 
into  the  head  ;  shooting  pain  in  the  right  temple,  pass- 
ing over  to  the  left ;  crampy  pains  in  the  left  mammae 
and  fingers,  and  pressing  pain  in  the  right  arm  and 
wrist,  beginning  at  seven  o'clock,  P,  M.,  and  continuing 
through  the  night. 

Mtisc(2  volitantes  at  various  times. 

Eyesight,  which  was  always  weak,  hypermetropic,  wearing 
1-14  glasses,  is  now  much  worse  ;  this  aggravation  con- 
tinued for  more  than  four  weeks,  when  the  eyes  had 
returned  to  their  natural  condition  with  this  improve 
ment :  whereas,  formerly  she  had  a  habit  of  turning  th 


294  LILIUM    TIGRINUM. 

head  toward  the  left  when  reading,  in  order  to  see  the 
whole  of  a  letter,  for  example,  s  p  d  and  f  u,when  look- 
ing straight  forward,  could  see  only  the  straight  part  of 
the  letter  and  not  the  curve  ;  now  can  see  the  whole 
letter  distinctly  without  looking  sjdeways. 

EARS. 
Rushing  sound  in  both  ears. 

NOSE. 
Frequent  sneezing  at  ten  o'clock   P.  M.,  relieving  a   severe, 

burning  headache,  and  pain  in  the  eyes. 
Sensation  as  if  blood  would  issue  from  the  nose  when  blow- 
it  ;  with  feeling  of  fullness  and  heaviness  of  the  head. 
Heat  and  fullness  of  the  face  and  head. 

The  left  cheek  bright  and  red  hot  in  the  morning  on  awak- 
ening. 

MOUTH  AND  THROAT. 

Hawking  mucus  from  the  throat,  with  constant  disposition 
to  vomit. 
*  Hawking  of  mucus,  with  constant  nausea. 

TASTE  AND   APPETITE. 

Taste. — Taste  of  blood  in  the  mouth  ;  with  severe  conges- 
tion of  the  chest  ;  weak  beating  of  the  heart. 

Great  craving  for  meat,  and  the  more  pronounced  the 
symptoms,  the  greater  the  desire. 

Voracious  hunger,  seemingly  in  the  back,  extending  along 
the  vertebral  column,  and  up  to  the\[occiput,  not 
appeased  by  eating. 

Loss  of  appetite,  and  aversion  tobread  particularly,  continu- 
ing for  three  weeks'^after  the  last  dose  of  the^drug,  with 
depression  of  spirits  ;  disposition  to  weep  ;  pressing 
in  the  rectum  (from  prolapsus  titeri  f)  cold  chills  in  the 
back,  particularly  after  going  to  bed,  with  hot  flushes 
towards  morning, 
o  Loss  of  appetite  aired. 

Thirst. — Great  thirst,  drinking  often  and  much. 

GASTRIC   SYMPTOMS. 

Frequent  eructations,  with  great  distentions  of  the  stomach, 
and  escape  of  flatus  from  the  rectum  [constant  during 
the  proving]. 

Constant  nausea,  with  the  sensation  _^as  of  a  lump  in  the 
stomach,  which  moved  down  at  every  attempt  to  swal- 
low, but  immediately  returned. 

Nausea,  with  pain  in  thej  back  ;  aversion  to  food  ;  depres- 
sion of  spirits,  and  disposition  to  weep. 


LILIUM    TIGRINUM.  295 

Sweetish  nausea,  no  desire  to  vomit,  with  feeling  of  fulness 
of  the  abdomen  after  eating  very  little  ;  eating  does  not 
increase  the  nausea  ;  nausea  and  full  feeling  in  the  abdo- 
men subside  after  discontinuing  medicine  two  days. 
STOMACH. 

Hollow,  empty  sensation  in  the  stomach  and  bowels. 

Great  distention  of  the  stomach  and  abdomen,  with  flatulent 
movements,  relieved  by  passing  wind  up  and  down. 

ABDOMEN. 

Bloated  feeling  of  the  bowels  after  a  meal,  continuing  after 
a  diarrhoeic  discharge. 

Griping  pain  in  the  abdomen,  commencing  at  three  to  five 
o'clock  P.  M.,  increasing  till  late  in  the  evening,  and 
ending  with  a  free  bilious  evacuation,  which  evacuation 
was  followed  by  smarting  in  the  rectum. 

Griping  pain  in  the  abdomen  after  each  morning  diarrhoeic 
discharge,  with  nausea,  abundant  saliva  and  heavy  feel- 
ing in  the  head. 

Weak,  tremulous  sensation  of  the  bowels,  extending  to  the 
rectum,  continuing  through  the  night. 

Dragging  down  sensation  of  the  whole  abdominal  contents, 
extending  to  the  organs  of  the  chest,  feeling  greatly  the 
need  of  support. 

Sensation  as  if  the  bowels  were  greatly  bloated,  but  they  are 
not  so. 

Constant  burning  pain  across  the  lower  part  of  the  abdomen 
from  groin  to  groin. 

Pressure  downward  and  backward  against  the  rectum,  ag- 
gravated by  standing  ;  relieved  by  walking  in  the  open 
air  or  riding. 

STOOLS. 

Dark  colored  and  very  offensive  stools  in  the  morning  on 
rising,  followed  by  smarting  and  burning  sensation  ex- 
tending from  the  rectum,  high  np  into  the  abdomen,  con- 
timiing  for  several  hotcrs. 

During  the  day  time  a  stool  every  half  hour,  lumpy,  small 
and  diarrhoeic,  with  escape  of  flatus  ;  constant  tenesmus 
and  a  feeling  as  though  she  could  sit  on  the  stool  for- 
evei,  and  burning  in  the  urethra. 

Abdominal  muscles  unbearably  sore  just  before  stool,  but 
less  so  during  stool. 

Tenesmus  and  great  desire  to  go  to  stool,  but  every  effort 
resulted  in  the  voiding  of  a  little  urine  only. 
URINARY   ORGANS. 

Frequent  desire  to  urinate  in  the  latter  part  of  the  night  and 
early  morning,  with  acrid,  smarting  sensation  after  every 


296  LILIUM    TIGRINUM. 

discharge.     (The  acrid,  smarting  sensation  always  oc- 
curs after,  and  not  during  the  flow.) 

Urine  milky  in  appearance  when  first  discharged,  but  on 
cooling,  deposits  a  thick,  reddish  sediment. 

Urine  scanty,  milky,  thick  and  roiled  in  appearance  when 
cool,  with  frequent  desire  to  pass  it,  and  every  passage 
followed  by  smarting  and  burning  in  the  urethra. 

The  urinary  tenesmus  and  smarting  after  every  passage,  to- 
gether with  the  morning  diarrhoea,  and  acrid  smarting 
in  the  rectum,  continues  to  recur  for  more  than  six 
weeks  after  the  last  dose  of  the  drug  was  taken. 

A  feeling  of  irritation  in  the  bladder,  with  inclination  to 
urinate,  but  can  control  the  desire  by  an  effort  of  the 
will. 

Frequent  desire  to  urinate  through  the  day,  with  smarting  in 
the  urethra;  if  the  desire  is  not  immediately  attended 
to,  a  feeling  of  congestion  of  the  chest  ensues  (male). 
REPRODUCTIVE    ORGANS. 

Vagina. — Itching  and  smarting  of  the  labia,  with  great  un- 
easiness of  the  parts. 

Smarting  and  feeling  of  irritation  of  the  labia,  with  great 
heat,  as  though  the  parts  were  inflamed,  and  sharp,  in- 
cisive pains  extending  upward  into  the  vagina. 

Great  tenderness  to  touch  of  the  whole  sexual  organs. 

Pressure  and  weight  low  down  in  the  vagina. 

Pressure  in  the  vagina  and  pain  at  the  top  of  the  sacrum  ex- 
tending to  the  hips. 

Uterus. — Pain  in  the  sacrum,  with  a  sensation  of  weight  and 
downward  pressure  in  the  lower  part  of  the  abdomen 
(pelvis),  which  continued  for  six  days,  very  severe ; 
worse  when  standing. 

Bearing  down  in  the  lower  part  of  the  abdomen  for  more 
than  twenty  days,  with  constant  nausea ;  a  sensation  as 
of  a  lump  in  the  center  of  the  chest  which  moved  down- 
ward by  empty  swallowing,  but  immediately  returned  ; 
severe  pressure  in  the  rectum  and  at  the  anus,  and  a 
constant  desire  to  go  to  stool,  but  with  every  effort  to 
evacuate  the  bowels,  a  little  urine  only  was  discharged  ; 
sensation  as  if  a  hard  body  were  pressing  backward  and 
downward  against  the  rectum  and  anus  (in  the  provers), 
standing  aggravated  and  increased  the  desire  to  go  to 
stool. 

Great  weight  and  pressure  in  the  region  of  the  uterus,  with 
downward  pressure,  as  though  the  whole  contents  of 
the  abdomen  would  pas^  out  through  the  vagina. 

Great  bearing  down  in  the  uterine  region,  with  a  sensation 
when  on  the  feet  as  though  the  whole  pelvic  contents 


LILIUM    TIGRINUM.  297 

would  issue  from  the  vagina  if  not  prevented  by  hard 
pressure  with  the  hand  against  the  vulva,  which  there 
was  a  constant  and  uncontrollable  inclination  to  do. 
Severe  dragging  down  sensation  in  the  whole  sexual  organs, 
with  a  feeling  as  though  the  whole  internal  parts  were 
being  pulled  downward  from  the  breasts  and  umbilical 
regions,  through  the  vagina,  and  an  uncontrollable  de- 
sire to  press  the  hands  against  the  vulva  to  prevent  the 
parts  from  escaping,  with  irritability  of  temper,  anxiety 
and  dread  of  impending  evil  (constant  throughout  the 
proving). 
Severe  neuralgic  pains  in   the  uterus,  could  not  bear  to  be 
touched,  moved,  nor  even  the  weight  of  the  bed  clothes; 
the  slightest  jar  of  the  bed  was  torture.    This  condition 
continued  an  hour  and  a  half,  and  suddenly  passed  off 
without  leaving  any  lameness  of  the  parts.     On  exam- 
ination the  uterus  was  found  to  be  in  an  anteverted 
position. 
Anteversion  of  the  icterus  was  founi  to  be  present  in  three 
pr overs,  and  resting  a  diagnosis  u'^on  tvsll  proved  sub- 
jective symptoms,  there  can  be  little  djit'tt  that  t'lis  con- 
dition of  the  uterus  existed  in  a  fourth  case,  though,  owing 
to  extreme  sensitiveness  of  the  prover^  it  was  not  verified 
by  touch. 
*  Prolapsis  uteri;  anteversion  ;   retroversion;  uterine  inflam- 
mation, sub-acute  ;  endo-cervicitis. 
Leucorrhcea. — Thin,  acrid  leucorrhoea,  which  from  leaving  a 
brown  stain  upon  the  linen  was  mistaken  for  a  return  of 
menstruation,  though  the  menses  had  ceased  but  a  week 
before  ;  the  leucorrhoeal  discharge  attended  and  followed 
severe  bearing  down   pains  in  the  uterine  region  ;  the 
bearing  down   pains,  four  days  later,  culminated  in  se- 
vere labor-like   pains  simulating  those  of  an  imminent 
miscarriage,  worse  in  the  afternoon  till  midnight,  then 
better  till  the  next  afterno6n,  when  all  the  symptoms  of 
the  previous  day  returned  ;  the  leucorrhoea  becoming 
more  acrid  and  excoriating,  producing  a  rash-like  erup- 
tion and  swelling  of  the  labia. 
Bright  yellow  leucorrhoea,  excoriating  the  whole  perinaeum, 
with  scanty  mens  truation,  not  one-fourth  part  as  much 
as  usual. 
Profuse  acrid  leucorrhoea  following  immediately  the  cessation 

of  the  menstrual  flow. 
Ovaries. — Dull,  drawing    pain  in  the  left  ovarian  region,  re- 
lieved by  gentle  pre  ssure  on  the  part  with  the  hand. 
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298  LILIUM    TIGRINUM. 

Great  tenderness  from  pressure  over  the  left  ovarian  region, 
with  darting  pains  extending  to  the  groin  of  that  side, 
and  the  pubes  in'  front,  and  frequent  desire  to  pass 
urine,  which  was  small  in  quantity,  and  followed  by  an 
acrid,  smarting  sensation  in  the  urethra,  continuing  for 
several  minutes. 
Continued  stinging  sensation  in  the  left  ovarian  region,  with 
a  sensation  of  fullness  and  voluptuous  itching  in  the 
vagina.  • 

Pains^'mostly  in  the  right  ovary,  but  some  days  later  it  was 
most  severe  in  the  left,  extended  down  the  anterior  and 
internal  side  of  the  left  thigh,  with  aggravation  by  walk- 
ing, seeming,   when  one  step  was  made,  that  another 
could  not  be  taken  ;  nevertheless,  a  feeling  of  restless- 
ness compelled  her  to  extend  and  flex  the  limb  as  in 
walking  ;  this  disposition  she  could  not  resist,  though 
she  knew  the  effort  would  be  followed  by  greater  pain  ; 
the   effort,  rather   than    the   act  of  moving   the    limb, 
seemed  to  aggravate  the  pains.     She  could  not  decide 
which  pelvic  pain  was  worse,  that  in  the  back  or  that  in 
the  front. 
Burning  pain  in  both  ovaries  in  the  morning,  with  burning 
higher  up  the  abdomen,  and  four  loose,  dark  stools  be- 
fore  eleven    o'clock  A.   M. ;  stools    very   urgent,  could 
scarcely  wait. 
Gnawing  pain  in'^'the  right  ovarian  region,  with  a  dragging 
sensation,  aggravated  by  walking,  and  a  sensation  as  if 
something  were  shaking  loose  in  that  region  whenever 
the  right  foot  was  planted  heavily  upon  the  floor  or 
ground  as  in  walking ;  also  gnawing  pain  in  the  back, 
worse  in  bed,  and  continuing  all  night. 
*  Sub-acute  and  chronic  ovariti.s,  and  neuralgia  of  the  ovaries. 
(Hale.) 
Catamenia. — Menstruation  came  on  at  the  usual  time,  normal 
in  quantity,  and  continued  to  flow  as  long  as  she  kept 
moving  about,  but  ceased  to  flow  whenever  she  ceased 
walking. 
Menstruation  returned  [hemorrhage .'']  after  having  been  ab- 
sent two  years  in  the  case  of  a  person  who  had  passed 
her  climacteric. 
Menstruation  returned  in  two  weeks,  slight  in  quantity,  dark 
in    color,    thick,    with   odor   like   that   of    the    lochial 
discharge. 
Menstruation  too  scanty,  not  one-fourth   part  as  much  as 
usual,  followed  by  profuse  bright  yellow  leucorrhoea,  so 
acrid  as  to  excoriate  the  perinaeum. 


LILIUM    TIGRINUM.     '  299 

SEXUAL    INSTINCT. 

Female. — Voluptuous  itching  in  the  vagina,  with  feeling  of 
fullness  of  the  parts. 

Sexual  desire  strong,  though  formerly  not  so  ;  can  repress  it 
by  keeping  very  busy,  but  as  soon  as  occupation  ceases 
the  desire  returns  in  full  force. 

Male. — Sexual  desire,  which  has  been  dormant  for  years, 
roused  into  activity. 

Lascivious  dreams,  with  seminal  emissions  toward  morning, 
followed  by  weakness  and  a  feeling  of  irritability,  and 
great  difficulty  in  keeping  his  mind  fixed  upon  the  sub- 
ject under  consideration,  frequently  selecting  wrong 
words  to  express  his  idea. 

Mamma. — Severe  cutting  pains  in  the  left  mammary  gland, 
extending  through  to  the  left  shoulder-blade,  aggra- 
vated by  lying  on  the  left  side  (constant  throughout  the 
proving). 

Sharp,  cutting  pains  in  both  mammary  glands,  extending 
from  the  left  mamma  through  to  the  left  shoulder-blade 
and  to  the  spine. 

Clinical. —  o  In  several  cases  of  delayed  post-partum  re- 
coveries, the  Lilium  has  accomplished  all  that  could  be 
desired.  When  the  uterus  is  slow  in  returning  to  its 
normal  condition ;  the  lochial  discharge  continues  too 
long,  is  profuse  and  excoriating ;  pain  in  the  back  and 
hips,  bearing  down  and  dragging  from  high  up,  when  in 
an  upright  position  or  at  stool,  as  if  the  whole  pelvic  or- 
gans would  escape  through  the  vagina  if  not  prevented 
by  firm  pressure  with  the  hand  against  the  vulva ;  pain- 
ful smarting  in  the  urethra  after  passing  urine  ;  consti- 
pation, with  itching,  painful  hemorrhoids,  or  morning 
diarrhcea  ;  fears  the  presence  of  an  internal  disease  from 
which  she  never  will  recover,  and  dreads  insanity. 
Lilium  tigrinmn  jo  effected  a  prompt  change  for  the 
better. — (Payne.) 

RESPIRATORY   ORGANS. 

Larynx  and  bronchia. — Cough  dry  and  hard,  coming  in  sin- 
gle coughs. 

Respiration. — Oppressed  breathing,  with  oppression  in  the 
lower  part  of  the  chest,  aggravated  about  four  o'clock 
in  the  morning. 

Desire  to  make  a  long  breath  frequeni  ly,  and  sighing,  which 
appeared  to  come  from  the  lower  part  of  the  abdomen. 

Out  of  breath  when  ascending,  obliging  her  to  stop  ;  it 
seemed  as  if  it  proceeded  from  the  heart. 

Oppressive  heat  and  congestive  feeling  of  the  chest,  a  kind 


300  LILIUM    TIGRINUM. 

of  ebullition,  worse  in  the  evening,  must  go   into  the 
fresh  air  for  reUei",  but  going  into  the  fresh  air  increases 
the  headache. 
Feehng  of  compression  of  the  chest  and  great  weight ;  a  feel- 
ing  as  if  the  chest  had  too  much  blood  in  it,  producing 
a  choked,  suffocated   sensation,  and   might  be  relieved 
by  letting  out  the  blood  ;  slight  relief  from  sighing. 
CHEST   AND   HEART. 
C/iesf. — Sharp  twinges,  followed  by  a  dull,  drawing  sensation 
in  the  left  side  of  the  chest,  extending  upward  to  the 
clavicle. 
Hot,  congested  feeiing  in  the  chest ;  generally  chilly  feeling, 

and  chills,  especially  in  the  face. 
Heart. — Thirteenth    day   after   commencing    the    proving, 
heart   symptoms  appeared;    sudden   fluttering  of  the 
heart  after  walking,  felt  less  when  very  busy. 
Hurried,  forcing  feeling  about  the  apex  of  the  heart,  with 
fluttering  and  general  laint  feeling  ;  could  do  nothing, 
obliged  to  put  aside  her  work  ;  relieved  by  sitting  still. 
Sharp  and  quick  pain  in  the  left  side  of  the  chest,  with  flut- 
tering of  the  heart. 
Sensation  as  if  the  heart  were  squeezed  in  a  vise,  as  if  the 
blood  had  all  gone  to  the  heart,  producing  a  feeling  as  if 
the  prover  must  bend  double ;  inability  to  walk  straight. 
Heavy  feeling,  as  if  the  blood  were  shut  up  in  the  heart ; 
pulse  small  and  weak  ;  a  sensation  as  if  blood  did  not 
reach  the  radial  artery  in  sufficient  quantity. 
Weak  beating  of  the  heart,  with  severe  congestion  of  the 
chest ;    bloody  taste  in   the   mouth  ;   severe  left-sided 
headache  ;  dizziness  ;  feeling  of  faintness ;  blur  before 
the  eyes,  and  fear  of  falling. 
Awakened  from  sleep  at  night  with  a  distressing,  pressive 

pain  in  the  region  of  the  heart  and  palpitation. 
Constant  pain  in  the  region  of  the  heart,  increased  by  bend- 
ing forward,  stooping,  and  on  lying  down. 
Heaviness  and   pressure  in  the  region  of  the  heart,  almost 

unbearable  after  eating. 
Fluttering  or  palpitation  of  the  heart ;  cold  hands  and  feet, 

covered  with  cold  perspiration. 
Violent  beating  of  the  heart,  and  throbbing  of  the  carotids, 

preventing  sleep  when  lying  on  either  side.  * 

Heaviness  in  the  region  of  the  heart,  and  palpitation  when 
lying  on  the  left  side ;  worse  at  night  and  when  lying 
down, 


LILIUM    TIGRINUM.  30I 

The  heart  symptoms  were  all  worse  at  night,  and  there  was 

great  Tearfulness  that  he  had  mistaken  his  case,  and  that 

he  was  really  suffering  from  an   organic  disease  of  the 

heart  instead  of  medicinal  symptoms,  though  he  had 

never  had  such  symptoms  before. 
Arteries. — Conscious  pulsations  over  the  whole  body,  and 

out-pressing  sensation  in  the  hand  and  arms,  as  though 

the  blood  would  burst  through  the  vessels. 
BACK. 
Cervical. — Drawing  sensation  in  the  muscles  of  the  neck, 

left  shoulder,  and  stitching  pains  in  the  left  mammary 

gland,  increasing  after  two  o'clock  P.  M. 
Dorsal. — Pain   in  the  dorsal  vertebrae,  as  if  the  back  would 

break. 
Lumbar. — Sharp  pain  in  the  lumbar  region,  extending  over 

the  right  hip  to  the  umbilical  region,  ameliorated  by 

rubbing. 
Steady  pain   in  the  small  of  the  back,  spreading  from  the 

spine  both  ways  toward  the  kidneys,  continuing  all  day 

after  a  restless  night. 
Sacral. — Pain  in  the  sacrum. 
Coccygeal. — Sensation  of  pulling  upward  from  the  tip  of  the 

OS  occygis. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES 

Fore  arms. — Pressing  pain  in  the  right  arm  and  wrist,  with 
cramps  in  the  fingers. 

Hands. — Burning  heat  in  the  palms  of  the  hands  and  soles 
of  the  feet,  extending  up  the  limbs,  with  constant 
searching  for  a  cool  place,  aggravated  at  night. 

Cold  hands  and  feet,  with  profuse,  cold  and  clammy  perspi- 
ration, keeping  the  hands  and  feet  constantly  wet. 

Stiffness  of  the  fingers,  almost  like  paralysis  ;  great  difficulty 
in  holding  and  guiding  the  pencil  to  write. 

LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 
Boring  pain  in  the  right  hip  joint ;  stiff  feeling  of  the  mus- 
cles of  the  thigh,  and  pain   in  the  ankle,  going  down 

to  the  toes. 
Stitches  coming  and  going  throughout  the  day  in  the  right 

hip  joint ;  with  chilliness  and  headache,  increased  as  the 

evening  advanced. 
Severe  drawing  pain  in  the  right  hip,  extending  down  the 

outside  of  the  thigh,  relieved  by  moving  the  limb  from 

place  to  place. 
Pain  in  the  left  thigh,  aggravated  by  walking,  yet  the  pain 

was  so  much  worse  after  having  ceased  to  walk,  she  was 


3<»  LILIUM    TIGRINUM. 

impelled  again,  though  she  knew  after  doing  so  she 
would  be  worse  again. 

Aching  of  the  legs  ;  with  inability  to  keep  them  still  in  bed  ; 
worse  when  giving  up  control  of  herself,  as  when  trying 
to  sleep. 

Severe  pain  in  the  ankle  joints  and  second  joint  of  the  fin- 
gers, making  the  motion  of  a    carriage  very  painful  ; 
bruised  feeling  in  the  soles  of  the  feet,  and  great   mus- 
cular soreness,  making  pressure  of  the  clothes  painful. 
FEVER. 

Chills  in  face,  extending  downward,  with  a  more  general 
chilly  feeling  than  in  cold  weather,  at  the  chest. 

Chills  running  from  the  face  downward,  with  constriction  of 
the  chest,  as  if  too  narrow  or  too  much  crowded  with 
blood,  and  burning  heat  over  the  body  the  whole  night, 
with  queer,  half-waking  dreams. 

Great  heat  and  general  lassitude  in  the  afternoon,  with  throb- 
bing pulsations  over  the  whole  body,  and  out-pressing 
sensation  in  the  hands  and  arms,  as  though  the  blood 
would  burst  through  the  veins. 
SLEEP. 

Inability  to  sleep,  with  wild  feeling  in  the  head,  as  if  she 
would  be  crazy. 

Inability  to  sleep  for  a  long  time,  eyes  wide  open  ;  at  length 

went  to  sleep  lying  on  the  back  with  the  kness  drawn 

up. 
Sleep  unrefreshing,  broken    by  disagreeable  dreams,   with 

great  irritability  in  the  evening. 

GENERAL   SYMPTOMS. 
Some  of  the  pains  are  ameliorated  by  change   of  position, 

while  others  are  aggravated. 
Symptoms  return  every  day  from  five  to  six  o'clock  P.  M., 

gradually  increase  through  the  night,  and  abate  at  about 

eight  o'clock,  P.  M.  [Constant  throughout  the  proving]. 
In  some  cases  the  uterine  symptoms  are  better  after  riding, 

and  exercise  in  the  open  air. 
With  some  of  the  provers,  the  symptoms  of  the  reproductive 

organs  were  more  clearly  defined  on  the  left  side,  while 

with  others  more  on  the  right,  but  generally  more  on  the 

left. 

The  pains  occupy  small  spots,  or  if  produced  by  hand  pres- 
sure with  the  ends  of  the  fingers.  (Compare  Oxalic 
acid.) 

After  the  symptoms  have  entirely  disappeared,  they  return 


LITHIUM    CARBONICUM.  5O3, 

again  very  suddenly  in  the  same  order,  without  any  ap- 
parent provocation. 

The  muscles  of  the  whole  body  feel  sore  and  bruised,  ren- 
dering stepping,  the  motion  of  a  carriage,  and  even  the 
pressure  of  the  clothes  very  painful. 

Convulsive  contractions  of  almost  all  the  muscles  of  the 
body,  and  a  feeling  as  if  she  would  be  crazy  if  she  did 
not  hold  tightly  upon  herself. 

Most  of  the  symptoms  better  when  walking  out  of  doors  in 
the- open  air,  when  the  cool  air  strikes  the  uncovered 
head  and  face,  and  worse  in  a  close,  hot  room. 
CHARACTERISTICS. 

All  the  symptoms  return  again  and  again,  after  having  dis- 
appeared, but  diminished  in  degree  at  each  successive 
return. 

The  social  and  moral  conditions  are  profoundly  affected, 
generally  changed  to  their  opposites,  though  in  some  in- 
stances they  seem  very  contradictory. 

The  symptoms  connected  with  the  female  reproductive  or- 
gans, and  the  consecutive  moral  conditions,  are  very 
pronounced  and  peculiar ;  the  ovaries  are  the  seat  and 
origin  of  peculiar  sharp  and  burning  pains  ;  backache ; 
dragging,  bearing  down  sensation  in  the  uterine  region, 
seeming  to  drag  even  from  the  thorax  and  shoulders, 
and,  at  the  same  time,  pressure  on  the  rectum  and  blad- 
der producing  a  constant  desire  to  evacuate  these  vis- 
cera, as  in  cases  of  prolapsus  uteri,  were  very  marked 
and  persistent,  and  physical  exploration  showed  that 
the  uterus  was  actually  prolapsed  and  anteverted. 


LITHIUM    CARBONICUM. 
(Carbonate  of  Lithia.) 


Analogues: — {}) 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Triturations. 

MENTAL    sphere. 
Disposition  to  weep  about  his  lonesome  condition, 
o  The  whole  night  anxiety  and  feeling  of  helplessness. 
Difficulty  in  remembering  names. 

HEAD. 
o  Heaviness  in  the  sinciput,  especially  in  the  frontal  eminence. 
Towards  evening,  pain  and  heaviness  over  the  brows,  with 


304  LITHIUM   CARBONICUM. 

restlessness  in  the  stomach,  unchanged  by  eating  sup- 
per and   by  walking  out,  continuing  until  he  goes  to 
sleep. 
Fullness  in  the  right  temple  the  whole  afternoon. 
Pressure  in  both  temples  from  without  inwards,  with  a  press- 
ing pain  in  the  middle  of  the  chest,  extending  outwards 
and  towards  both  sides,  in  the  region  of  the  fourth  rib. 
o  Tearing,  sticking  headache  on  the  right  side,  worse  on  as- 
suming the  erect  position  and  on  motion,  better  during 
repose. 
Early  on  awaking,  violent  headache  in  vertex  and  temples 
(after  sudden  cessation  of  the  menses),  second  and  third 
day ;  less  on  the  fourth  and  fifth  days,  but  on  the  sixth 
day,  in  the  afternoon,  again  very  severe  in  the  left  eye, 
temple  and  small  spot  in  the  occiput ;  in  the  temple 
and  vertex  very  severe,  with  nausea. 
Heavy  weight  upon  the  vertex,  with  pressure  upon  the  left 
temple  ;    the  whole  head  is  as  if  too  large  ;  at  the  same 
time  it  feels  as  if  it  were  violently  squeezed  in  a  small 
spot,  which  greatly  increases  the  nausea  ;  could  hardly 
keep  the  eyes  open  ;  they  pained  as  if  sore  from  morn- 
ing till  noon  ;  when  looking  at  anything  the  headache 
grows  worse  ;  she  can't  continue  lying  down  ;  it  pains 
everywhere  ;  somewhat  better  when  setting,  relieved  by 
going  out. 
o  Headache  relieved  or  ceases  while  eating,  but  returns  after- 
wards. 

EYES. 
On  the  second  day  of  the  menses,  after  being  obliged  to  get 
up  from  reading  and  go  into  the  open  air,  she  noticed, 
/    on  taking  up  the  book  again,  an  uncertainty  of  vision 
and  an  entire  invisibility  of  the  right  half  of  whatever 
*   she  looked  upon  ;  if  two  short  words  occurred  in  suc- 
cession, the  one  towards  the  right  hand  was  invisible ; 
both  eyes  similar  in  this  respect. 
Pains  internally  in  the  globe  of  the  right  eye,  above  the  ex- 
ternal canthus. 
o  Pains  in  the  eyes,  as  if  little  grains  of  sand  were  in  them. 
Feeling  of  dryness  in  the  eyes,  although  they  were  moist, 

worse  in  the  left. 
Throbbing,  drawing  pain  about  the  right  eye,  around,  out- 
side, above  and  deep  in  the  orbit. 
EARS. 
Pain  behind  the  left  ear,  in  the  bone,  extending  towards  the 
.    neck. 


LITHIUM    CARBONICUM.  305 

Eirache,  left  sid^,  fronn  the  throit,  with  proiopalgia. 

NOSE. 
Obstruction  of  the  nose. 
Constant  discharge  of  mucus  in  the  evening. 
Dropping  from  the  nose  in  the  open  air. 
o  Nose  red,  swollen  and  dry. 

o  Nose,  especially  on  the  right  side,  somewhat  swollen,  red, 
sore  internally — shining  crusts  form  in  it ;  it  is  dry  and 
as  if  inflamed  ;  (at  the  same  time  frequent  urinating  at 
night,  disturbing  the  sleep). 

MOUTH  AND   THROAT. 
Toothache  in  the  right  lower  back  tooth,  again  in  the  left. 
Teeth  seem  dull,  numb  and  loose,  so  that  she  can  not  bite. 
Pains  are  more  violent  on  the  left  than  on  the  right  side, 
o  In  the  evening  sore  throat  on  the  right  side. 
o  Sore  throat  extending  into  the  ear,  and  from  ear  to  throat, 
o  Hawking  up  of  mucus  in  large  quantities. 

STOMACH, 
o  Nausea,  with  gnawing  in  the  stomach,  fullness  of  the  tem- 
ples and  headache. 
o  Acidity  of  the  stomach  relieved  quickly  by  Lithium. 

Can  not  bear  the  slightest  pressure  on  the  stomach. 
o  When  eating,  the  gfiawing  in  the  stomach  goes  away. 
Good  appetite,  with  gnawing  in  the  stomach. 

HYPOCHONDRIA. 

o  Violent  pain  in  the  hepatic  region,  between  ilium  and  the 
ribs. 
Sticking  pain  in  the  left  hypochondrium. 
Pressure  in  the  hepatic  region  and  gentle  pressing  pain  in 
the  right  side  of  the  forehead  ;  later  over  the  eyes  ;  the 
forehead  pain  extends  to  the  left  side,  with  nausea. 
ABDOMEN. 
Abdomen  feels  swollen  and  as  if  distended  with  wind. 
Violent  pain  across  the  abdomen,  upper  part. 
Pain  in  the  left  abdominal  ring,  like  a  passing  from  within 
outwards,  with  confusion  of  the  head  and  dull  pressure 
from  without  inwards  in  both  temples. 
URINARY  ORGANS 
Sensitive  pain  and  sharp  pressure  in  the  vesical  region,  more 
on  the  right  side,  soon  after  passing  water, 
o  Tenesmus  vesical  after  micturition. 

Pain  in  the  region  of  the  neck  of  the  bladder. 
Before  passing  water,  flashes  of  pain  in  the  region  of  the 
bladder,   inferiorly,    more    towards    the    right ;     after 
38 


306  LITHIUM   CARBONICUM. 

urinating,    pains   extending   into   the   spermatic    cord, 
more  on  the  left. 
O  Quick,  strong  tenesmus,  with  sensitive  pain  in  the  middle  of 

the  urethra. 
O  Frequent  and  copious  urination. 

On   rising  to  urinate,  a  presshig  m  the  region  of  the  heart, 
'  which  did  not  cease  until  after  urination. 

Turbid  urine,  with  much  mucus  depost. 

Urine  scanty  and  dark,  very  acrid  ;  it  pains  when   being 
passed,  which  is  difficult. 
*  Very  frequent  urination,  disturbing  in  sleep. 
Dark  reddish  brown  deposit. 

STOOL    AND    ANUS. 
Soft  stools  early  in  the  morning. 
O  At  night  diarrhoea,  which  is  very  offensive. 
Diarrhoea  immediately  after  drinking  chocolate. 
Discharge  of  flatus  in  the  evening,  which  is  offensive. 
o  Soft  abundant  stool  io  the  morning ;  it  had  for  a  long  time 
been  hard  and  difficult. 
Violent,  painful,  dull  stitch  in  the  perineum  near  the  anus, 
from  above   downwards,  from  within  outwards  ;  when 
walking  being  sharp,  quick,  short,  itching  in  the  anus  in 
the  evening. 

GENERATIVE  ORGANS. 
Female. — Menses  suddenly  cease  and  headache  comes  on. 
Menses  four  days  later  and  diminished. 
When  taken  before  the  menses,  the  symptoms  were  most 
violent  on  the  left  side;  when  taken  after  the  menses, 
on  the  right  side. 
Male. —  *  Burning  in  the  urethra. 
O  Pains  on  the  right  side  in  the  urethra  and  through  spermatic 
cord  into  the  testicle. 
Voluptuous  titillation  ih  the  urethra  at  night  on  awaking. 
Erection  after  urinating  at  night. 

Pains  in  the  testes,  and  when  sitting,  stitches  in  the  penis. 

THORAX. 

o  On  inspiration,  the  air  feels  so  cold  that  it  seems  to  be  felt 
unpleasantly,  even  in  the  lungs,  in  heart  disease. 
Pressive  pain  in  the  middle  of  the  chest,  from  within  out- 
wards towards  both  sides. 
Violent  cough  late  in  the  evening,  while  lying  down,  com- 
pelling to  rise,  without  expectoration ;  the  irritation 
which  provokes  the  cough  is  in  a  little  spot  posteriorly 
and  inferiorly  in  the  throat ;  cough  consists  of  very 
quick  shocks,  which  do  not  seem  to  come  out  of  the 


LITHIUM    CARBONICUM.  JO/ 

chest,  but  out  of  the  throat,  and  to  be  very  violent  and 
prostrating  in  short  paroxysms. 
Constriction  of  the  chest  when  walking  out,  after  breakfast, 
then  expectoration  of  mucus  in  great  quantity  brought 
up  by  hawking ;  the  mucus  seems  to  come  from  the 
middle  of  the  sternum. 

HEART. 

Pains  in  the  region  of  the  heart,  throbbing,  like  a  dull  stitch. 
As  she  bent  forward  over  the  bed,  in  the  morning  after 

rising,  a  very  violent  pain  in  the  region  of  the  heart. 
Pressure  in  the  region  of  the  heart  on  rising  to  urinate,  pass- 
ing away  after  urination. 

o  Rheumatic  soreness  in  the  region  of  the  heart. 

o  Pains  in  the  heart  before  and  at  the  time  of  the  commence- 
ment of  the  menses. 

O  Often,  in  deficiencies  of  the  valves  especially  after  mental 
agitation  of  a  vexatious  character,  to  which  she  is  very 
subject,  a  trembling  and  fluttering  of  the  heart,  distress- 
ingly painful  in  the  heart  and  as  far  as  between  the 
shoulders ;  it  extends  upward  also  into  the  head  where 
it  is  felt  as  an  equally  painful  throbbing  ;  at  the  same 
time  the  air,  on  inspiration,  seems  so  cold  that  it  is  felt 
unpleasantly  cold  even  in  the  lungs. 

BACK. 

Pain  and  weakness  in  the  sacrum. 

Feeling  of  prostration  in  the  sacrum  at  night. 

In  the  morning,  on  rising,  a  feeling  of  soreness  on  the  right 
side  near  the  spine,  below  the  loins,  upon  a  spot  not 
larger  than  the  point  of  the  finger,  sensitive  to  pressure, 
lasting  all  day. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 

Pain  on  the  anterior  side  of  the  right  shoulder  joint,  near 
the  point  of  insertion  of  the  pectoralis  major  muscle  on 
the  margin  of  the  same. 

Burning  stitch  in  the  ball  of  the  hand. 

Itching,  throbbing,  very  sensitive  pains  in  all  the  fingers, 
especially  in  the  second  and  third  fingers  of  the  left 
hand,  as  if  it  were  in  and  upon  the  bones,  extending 
from  the  hand  to  the  end  of  the  fingers,  only  during  re- 
pose ;  it  ceases  upon  pressure,  when  grasping  and 
during  motion. 

Left  middle  finger  very  painful,  through  and  through. 

Soreness  at  the  margin  of  the  nail,  redness  and  pain,  more 
at  the  external  angle,  first  of  the  left  thumb,  then  of  the 
right  fourth  finger,  then  of  several  fingers  of  the  left 


308       '  LOBELIA    CERULEA. 

hand,  then  of  the  right  middle  finger,  lasting  several 
weeks. 

LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 
Itching,  burning  pain  in  a  small  spot  on  the  right  hip,  then 

on  the  thigh,  then  on  the  little  toe  ;  all  on  the  external 

aspect  of  the  limb. 
Itching,  burning  pain  internally  on  the  left  thigh,  and  at  the 

left  knee. 
Occasional  rheumatic  pains  in  the  lower  extremities. 
Great  weakness  of  the  knees,  with  pain,  especially  on  going 

up  stairs. 
o  Painfulness  of  the  feet,  ankles,  metatarsus,  all  the  toes,  es- 
pecially at  the  border  of  the  foot  and  the  sole  as  if  it 

were  gouty. 
Ankle  joints  pain  when  walking,  first  the  right  then  the  left. 
Itching,  burning  of  the  feet. 

A  paralytic  stiffness  in  all  the  limbs  and  in  the  whole  body. 
Prostration  of  the  whole  body,  especially  in  the  knee  joints 

and  in  the  sacrum. 
Over  the  whole  body,  as  if  beaten,  stiff  and  sore  in  all  the 

bones,  joints  and  muscles. 
SLEEP. 
Anxious  and  restless  at  night. 
Voluptuous  dreams,  tenesmus  vesical,  and   erection  which 

subsides  after  urination,  on  awakening. 
Offensive  diarrhoea  awakening  from  sleep. 
Sleep  disturbed  by  the  pains  in  the  feet  and  sacrum. 

FEVER. 

Coldness  of  the  feet,  especially  of  the  soles,  then  sudden 
heat  beginning  in  the  soles  of  the  feet  and  extending 
over  the  whole  body. 

General  feeling  of  heat  in  the  body  ;  sweat  on  the  back  of 
the  hands  and  very  copious  sweat. 

[No  skin  symptoms  of  importance.] 


LOBELIA   CERULEA. 

{Blue  Lobelia.) 


Analogues  : — (.?) 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  leaves ;  dilu- 
tions. 

[Dr.  C.  Hering  first  called  attention  to  and  caused  provings  to  be  made 
with  this  plant.     Dr.  Jeanes  was  the  original  prover  of  Lobelia  inflata.] 


LOBELIA   CERULEA. 
{Blue  Lobelia.) 


LOBELIA    CERULEA.  309 

MIND. 

Great  depression  of  spirits ;  unhappy  state  of  mind,  always 
associated  with  "  pain  about  and  under  (not  below)  the 
short  ribs,  in  the  back,  on  the  left  side,  and  extending 
outward  nearly  to  the  left  side ;  this  embraces  the  pos- 
terior aspect  of  the  region  of  the  spleen." — (Jacob 
Jeaiies,  M.  D.) 

Frequent  mistakes  in  writing  and  spelling,  with  aching  and 
confusion  in  the  head. 

HEAD. 

Pain  on  the  left  side  of  the  head  over  the  coronal  suture. 

Pains  in  the  head  and  left  arm,  and  a  similar  one  in  the 
same  part  of  right  arm. 

Face  flushed  and  headache  after  dinner,  with  drowsiness  and 
lassitude,  but  inability  to  sleep  when  lying  down  ;  some- 
what better  going  into  the  open  air ;  restless  sleep,  with 
frequent  wakings  through  the  night ;  headache  con- 
tinuing until  daylight. 

Confused  feeling,  with  slight  aching  in  the  head  immediately. 

A  dull,  aching  pain  in  the  forehead,  over  the  centre,  lasting, 
with  slight  intermissions,  until  the  evening,  increased  by 
reading  or  writing. 

Slight  aching  pain  from  the  back  of  the  head  down  the  nape 
of  the  neck. 

Oppression  in  the  forehead  over  the  eyes  ;  dizziness,  par- 
ticularly in  moving  about,  lasting  three  hours. 

EYES. 

Drawing  sensation  under  the  right  eye,  with  pain  in  both 
mastoid  processes,  first  felt  and  worse  in  the  right  one. 

Soreness  of  the  eyeballs  from  turning  them  ;  boring  pain  in 
the  right  orbit. 

Itching  of  internal  canthus  of  left  eye. 

Burning  in  right  eye  ;  itching  in  external  canthus  ;  soreness 
of  the  tarsi  of  the  right  eyelid  ;  feeling  of  a  foreign 
body  under  the  upper  lid  of  the  right  eye,  with  smart- 
ing and  burning. 

Heaviness  over  the  eyes,  like  a  weight,  but  no  pain. 

Oppression  over  the  eyelids  and  slight  drowsiness. 

Slight  aching  over  the  eyes,  particularly  left  eye. 

NOSE. 

Itching  and  tingling  feeling  in  the  left  nostril,  as  if  about  to 
sneeze. 

A  feeling  of  dryness  and  sensitiveness  of  the  nostrils,  so  that 
the  inhalation  of  air  of  a  moderate  temperature  (sup- 


310  LOBELIA   CERULEA. 

posed  60  degrees)  creates  a  slightly  painful  feeling  in 

two  hours,  also  second  day. 
Frequent  sneezing,  with  copious  discharge  of  thick  mucus 

from  both  nostrils. 
A  dull  aching  pain  over  the  root  of  the  nose,  in  the  centre, 

lasting  until  evening. 

FACE  AND  LIPS. 

Sensation  of  dropping  under  the  left  cheek  bone. 

Flushed  face  with  heat  when  lying  down. 

Drawing  pain  in  right  cheek  bone. 

Constrictive  feeling  of  mouth  and  tongue,  especially  at  left 
commissure  of  the  jaws,  afterwards  toward  the  root 
of  the  tongue.  , 

Perfect  dryness  of  the  lips. 

JAWS  AND    TEETH. 

Constrictive  feeling  at  left  commissure  of  the  jaws. 

Frequent  shooting  pains  through  the  teeth  on  the  right  side. 
MOUTH  AND  THROAT. 

Sensation  of  a  lump  in  the  upper  portion  of  the  oesophagus; 
dryness  of  the  left  half  of  the  palate. 

Bleeding  of  the  gums,  with  putrid  taste. 

Pain  in  the  region  of  left  tonsil  immediately,  pain  in  region 
of  right  tonsil. 

Great  [soreness,  rawness,  pricking  dryness  of  thfe  lower  sur- 
face of  the  palate,  extending  forward  through  the  whole 
mouth. 

Thick  mucus  secretion  in  the  throat,  with  diminution  of  the 
very  unpleasant  feeling  of  constriction,  rawness,  dryness 
and  soreness  of  throat ;  the  soreness  of  palate  and  the 
astringent  feeling  in  the  left  side  of  the  mouth,  though 
abated  after  the  mucus  secretion  at  noon,  still  continues 
to  be  felt  after  eleven  hours. 

A  renewed  secretion  of  thick  mucus  in  thirty-six  hours,  ap- 
parently on  the  superior  surface  of  the  palate,  removed 
by  snuffling  and  hawking,  with  still  further  diminution 
of  the  soreness  of  the  throat. 

Much  tickling  about  the  top  of  the  larynx,  with  disposition 
to  hacking  cough  ;  dryness  in  the  back  part  of  throat. 

Throat  moist,  showing  red,  elevated  spots. 

Increased  secretion  of  mucus  from  the  throat, 
o  Catarrhal   inflammation  of  posterior   nares   and   fauces. — 
(Hale.) 

GASTRIC  SYMPTOMS. 

Violent  pain  in  stomach  followed  with  copious  eructations  of 
watery  fluid  ;  morning  hoarseness  connected  with  the 


LOBELIA    CERULEA. 


311 


state  of  the  stomach  ;  dyspeptic  symptoms  continue,  but 
they  are  much  lighter. 
Sinking  feeling  in  the  stomach  followed  by  borborygmia  be- 
low the  epigastrium,  directly  after  dinner, 
o  Acid  eructations  from  5  to  6  P.  M. — (  Williamsofi.) 
HYPOCHONDRIA  AND   ABDOMEN. 

Pain  in  the  left  hypochondria. 

Pain  by  jolting  in  stomach  and  both  hypochondria. 

Pain  in  region  of  left  kidney. 

URINE. 
Increased  quanty  of  urine,  -with,  free  discharge. 
Pain  in  bladder,  caused  by  retaining  urine ;  when  evacuated 
of  a  deep  amber  color ;  itching  and  smarting  in  the  fore 
part  of  the  urethra. 

STOOL    AND  ANUS. 
Loose  evacuations  fromthe  bowels. 
Copious  evacuations  of  watery  stool,  with   tenesmus   and 

soreness  in  the  anus. 
Ineffectual  effort  at  stool,  with  free  eructations  of  tasteless 

wind  on  rising  from  bed. 
Pains  in  the  abdomen,  most  below  the  umbilicus,  followed 
by  diarrhoeal  stools  in  the  afternoon  and  evening. 
CHEST. 

Pain  in  left  side  of  chest  near  the  axilla,  with  aching  in  left 
shoulder  and  arm. 

D  Oppression  in  the  lower  part  of  the  chest,  as  if  the  breath 
did  not  reach  there  ;  distress  in  the  region  of  the  heart, 
and  audible  "  knocking  "  respiration  (like  the  sound  of 
an  axe  in  chopping  wood) ;  pain  under  the  short  ribs, 
and  dry  cowgh. —( Neidhard.) 

5  Dry  hacking  cough  of  four  weeks'  duration,  extremely 
troublesome  day  and  night,  and  pain  in  the  right  side 
about  the  junction  of  the  sixth  rib  with  its  cartilage,  of 
a  year's  duration ;  dryness  of  the  back  part  of  the 
thvodX.— (lb.) 
Difficulty  in  breathing. 

NECK,   BACK   AND   LOINS. 

Stiffness  of  the  nape  (worse  in  left  side),  from  looking  up. 

Rheumatic  pain  along  the  right  collar  bone  in  the  evening. 

Flashing  of  heat  in  the  back  and  shoulders. 

Stitching  pain  in  right  back,  passing  from  eighth  rib  down- 
wards ;  pains  between  shoulders  and  in  neck  both  sides. 

Cutting  pains  in  the  back  under  the  false  ribs,  cutting  for- 
wards and  upwards. 


312  LOBELIA   INFLATA. 

Slight  aching  pain  in  the  nape  of  the  neck. 

*  A  pain  commencing  at  the  right  side  of  the  small  of  the 

back,  then  going  down  to  os  ischium,  very  sore  to  touch. 
{Neidhard.) 

*  Great  rigidity  of  the  spine  ;  least  motion  exceedingly  pain- 

ful ;  the  pain  goes  from  the  right  to  the  left  side  of  the 
back,  and  shoots  down  the  legs. — {lb.) 
o  Pain  in  the  eighth  dorsal  vertebrae,  and  in  the  back  under 
the  short  ribs ;  the  pain  is  increased  by  movement  and 
deep  inspiration. — {lb.) 

Pain,  heavy,  aching,  in  the  back  under  the  false  ribs,  worse 
at  night  in  bed,  increased  to  a  cutting  pain  by  deep  in- 
spiration and  by  turning  in  bed. 

Painful  weakness  ot  loins  when  standing. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 

Heavy  pain  in  radial  muscles  of  left  arm. 
Aching  in  left  shoulder  and  fingers  whilst  writing. 
Stiff,  numb  feeling  in  palm  of  right  hand. 

LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 

Pricking  and  stinging  pain  in  soles  of  both  feet,  as  if  asleep. 
Stitching  pain  in  left  tibia. 
Pain  in  heel  of  left  foot. 


LOBELIA  INFLATA. 

(Indian  Tobacco.) 


Analogues  : — Aconite^  Euphorbia,  Ipecaciimanha,  Lachesis/f) 
Squilla,  Tabacum,  Tartar  emJicuSy  Veratrum  albmn,  Ver- 
atrum  viride. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  whole  plant 
or  seeds ;  triturations  of  the  seeds ;  dilutions. 

SENSORIUM. 
Great  dejection  with  exhaustion,  and  sobbing. 

*  Fear  of  death,  with  difficulty  of  respiration. 

*  Great  mental  depression. 
Insensibility  and  loss  of  consciousness. 

HEAD. 

Vertigo,  with  nausea  ;  pain  in  the  head  and  trembling ;  agita- 
tion of  body. 

*  Pressive  pain  in  the  occiput,  with  dull  heavy  pain  around 

forehead,  from  one  temple  to  the  other. 
Sudden  shocks  through  the  head. 


LOBELIA   IXFLATA,  313 

Chilliness  of  the  left  side  of  the  head,  with  feeling  as  if  the 
hair  would  rise  on  end. 

*  Pressive  headache  at  the  occiput,  leftside;  worse  at  night 

and  on  motion. 
Continual,  periodic  headache  in   the  afternoon  ;  and  in  the 
evening  till  midnight. 

EYES. 
Pressing  pain  in  the  eyeballs,  with  intense  itching. 
Intense  smarting  of  the  inside  of  the  lids. 
Hemiopia. 
o  Conjunctivitis — (used  as  a  collyria). 

EARS. 
Shooting  pain  extending  into  the   left  car,   from  a  painful 
spot  in  the  throat. 

FACE. 
Heat  of  the  face  accompanying  the  nausea. 
Chilly  feeling  in  the  left  cheek  extending  to  the  ear. 
Circumscribed  redness  on  one  cheek. 

MOUTH. 
Taste  as  of  corrosive  sublimate. 
Profuse  flow  of  clammy  saliva  ;  a  tenacious  mucus. 
Mouth  dry  with  white  coated  tongue,  etc. 

THROAT. 
Burning  dryness  of  the  throat. 

Frequent  hawking,  from  tough  mucus  in  the  throat. 
Prickling  in  the  throat,  with  eructations  and  burning  sensa- 
tion rising  up  from  the  stomach. 

*  Sensation  as  if  the  oesophagus  contracted  itself  from  below 

upwards. 
Feeling  of  pressure  in  the  whole  course  of  the  oesophagus, 

with  a  vermicular  motion,  most  strongly  felt  below  the 

larynx  and  in  the  epigastrium. 
Epigastrium  and  a  spot  below  the  larynx  are  most  sensitive 

points. 
Prickling  in  the  throat,  with  desire  to  vomit. 

*  Sensation  as  of  a  lump  in  the  pit  of  the  throat. — (Lachesis.) 

APPETITE    AND   STOMACH. 

*  Loss  of  appetite,  with  acrid,  burning  taste  in  the  mouth. 

*  Acidity  of  the  stomach,  with  a  constrictive  feeling  in  the  pit 

of  the  stomach. 

*  Flatulent  eructations,  with  acidity  and  heat  of  the  stomach. 

*  Incessant  and  violent  nausea,  with  pain,  heat  and  oppression 

accompanying  the  affection  of  the  respiratory  organs. 
Nausea  and  vomiting,  with  prostration  of  strength. 
Vomiting  of  food  after  eating  it  warm. 

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314  LOBELIA    INFLATA. 

o  r3yspepsia,  heartburn  and  running  of  water  from  the  mouth. 
Paroxysms  of  a  feeling  of  pressure  on  the  pit  of  the  stomach. 
Violent,  painful  constriction  in  the  cardiac  region, 
o  Gastralgia  biliosa  ;  paroxysm  of  excruciating  pain,  and  feci- 

ing  as  of  a  heavy  load  in  .stomach, 
o  Gastralgia  simplex  the  pain  extends  up  into  the  chest  and 
causes  diphtheria. 

*  Sense  of  weakness  and  oppression  at  the  epigastrium,  with 

oppression  in  the  chest. 
Inflammation  of  the  stomach  and  bowels. 
Burning  pain  in  the  stomach,  toward  the  back,  as  if  the  part 

nearest  the  spine  was  inflamed. 

*  Dyspepsia,   with  a  sensation   of  excessk'e  weakness  at   the 

stomach,  extending  up  into  the  chest  and  down  to  the 
umbilicus,  always  attended  with  oppression  at  the  chest. 
(Dr.  Jeanes),  (^also  Baptisia — Hale) 

ABDOMEN. 
Pain  in  the  right  hypochondrium,  with  distension  of  the  ab- 
domen and  shortness  of  breath. 
Platulent  rumbling  in  the  abdomen,  with  pain,  worse  after 

eating. 
Sensation  as  if  diarrhoea  would  occur. 
Griping  and  drawing  pain  in  the  abdomen, 
o  Intussusception  of  the  bowels. — (Marcy  &  Hunt.) 
o  Incarcerated  hernia. — (Ebetle.) 

STOOL. 
Pappy  stools  ;  whitish,  soft  stools. 

Scraping  sensation   during  stool,  with  discharge  of  black 
blood, 
o  Copious  hemorrhage  from  the  hemorrhoidal  vessels. 

URINE, 
Increased  secretion  of  urine,  or  urine  diminished. 
Sticking  pain  in  the  region  of  the  right  kidney. 
Urine  easily  decomposed,  depositing  a  pink  sediment  and 
small  brown  crystals. — (Noac.) 

SEXUAL  ORGANS. 

Male. — Aching  pain  in  the  urethra,  with  smarting  of  the 
prepuce. 

Pressure  and  feeling  of  weight  on  the  genital  organs. 

Female. — Uterine  hemorrhage. 

Violent  pain  in  the  sacrum,  with  fever. 

Supervening  suppression  of  the  menses  during  fever, 
o  Menses  suppressed,  with  pain  in  the  right  shoulder, 
o  Suppressed  menses  in  consumptive  persons, 
o  Rigidity  of  the  os  and  perinaeum  during  labor. 


LOBELIA  IXFLATA. 


LARYNX. 


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Frequent,  short,  dry  cough,  from  tickling  in  the  larynx,  and 
sensations  of  a  foreign   body  in  the  throat,  impeding 
breathing  and  swallowing. 
Violent,  racking  cough  in  paroxysms,  with  expectoration  of 
ropy  mucus, 
o  Croup — spasmodic — a  very  efficient  remedy, 
o  Whooping  cough  ;  bronchitis  ;  spasmodic  coughs. 

CHEST. 

*  Tightness  of  the  chest,  with  laborious  breathing  and  a  sense 

of  oppression  causing  a  deep  breath  to  be  taken. 

*  Deep  inspiration  relieves  the  pressive  pain  in  the  epigastrium. 

*  Short  and  slow  inspiration,  with  desire  to  cough. 

o  Chronic  dyspepsia,  with  sensation  of  a  lump  in  the  pit  of  the 

throat  and  oppression  of  the  cJiest. 
o  Paroxysmal  asthma,  with  pain  in  the  chest. 
Pain  in  the  chest  from  deep  inspiration. 
Feeling  of  drawing  in  the  left  breast  from  the  nipple  to  the 

axilla. 
Angina  pectoris,  with  pain   extending  to  the  .shoulder  and 
arms, 
o  Constant  dyspncea^  aggravated  by  the  slightest  exertion  and 
increased  by  the  shortest  exposure  to  cold. 

*  Sensation  of  weakness  and  pressure  on   the  epigastrium, 

rising  from  thence  to  the  heart,  with  or  without  heart- 
burn. 

*  Feeling  as  of  a  lump  or  quantity  of  mucus,  and  also  a  sense 

of  pressure  in  the  larynx. 
Weakness  and  oppression  in  the  epigastrium,  with  oppre.ssion 
of  the  heart, 
o  Paroxysmal  asthma,  cJironic,  very  distressing,  often  cured  by 
Lobelia,  and   nearly  always  palliated.     (Dose   5   to   lo 
drops  every  hour  or  two.) 
o  Spasmodic  asthma  ;  the  most  aggravated  attacks  sometimes 
yield  quickly  to  small  doses  of  the  tincture. — (Jeanes.) 
BACK. 
Burning  and  cutting  in  the  lower  part  of  the  spine. 
Rheumatic  pains  between  the  scapula. 
Painfulness  of  nape  of  the  neck  and  dorsal  region. 
Violent  spasmodic  pain  in  the  regio  iliaca  po.sterior  senistra. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 
Rheumatic  feeling  in  the  right  shoulder  joint. 
Pain  only  when  touched,  in  the  muscles  of  the  right  arm. 
Paralytic  feeling  in  the  left  arm. 
Severe  rheumatic  pain  in  the  right  elbow  joint. 


3l6  LYCOrUS    VIRCIINICUS. 

LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 
Pressing  pain   in  the  middle  part  of  the  thigh,  with   con- 
strictive feeUng  of  the  head. 

*  Inflammatory  rheumatism   of  the  right  knee,  with  tearing 

pains  in  the  fibula. 

Weariness  of  the  limbs,  with  cramp-like  feelings  in  the  gas- 
trocnemius. 

Prickling  sensation  through  the  whole  body. 

Cramps  in  the  calves. 

FEVER. 

*  Fever  and  ague,  with  chill  in  middle  of  the  day,  followed  by 

heat  and  sweat,  which  lasts  until  next  morning. 
Sensation  of  heat  and  shuddering  in  the  daytime. 
O  Intermittent  fevers  (quotidian). 

SKIN. 
I'>uptions   between  the   fingers,  on  the  dorsa  of  the  hands 
and  on   the  fore  arms  of  small  vesicles,  with  tingling 
itching. — (  Teste.) 
Prickling  itching  of  the  skin  all  over  the  body. 

SLEEP. 
Restless  sleep,  with  anxious  and  sad  dreams. 


LYCOPUS   VIRGINICUS. 

(Bugle-  Weed.) 


Analogues: — Digitalis,  Iberis,  Acid  hydrocyanic,  Primus 
virginiana,  Lauroccrasus  Spigelia,  Sangninaria,  Cactus. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  whole  plant ; 
dilutions. 

MENTAL    sphere. 

o  Stupid,  with  lack  of  expression  during  menstrual  flow, 
o  Mind  wanders  from  one  thing  to  another. 

One  of  the  mildest  and  best  narcotics  in  existence. — ( Rafin- 
esque.) 
•O  General  wakefulness  and  morbid  vigilance. 

HEAD   AND   EYES, 

Pressing-out  sensation  in  the  frontal  and  temporal  regions. 
0  Protrusion  of  the  eyes,  with  tumultuous  action  of  the  heart, 
o  Pain  in  the  forehead  and  temples  relieved  by  nausea. 

Painful  pressure  in  the  eyeballs, 
o  Exophthalmus  from  cardiac  disease. 

GASTRIC, 
o  Indigestion,  with  pain  and  distress  in  epigastric  region. 


LVCOl'US     VlRCilNICUS.  317 

o  Gastritis  ;  enteritis  ;  dysentery  and  diarrhcea. 

*  Circumscribed  pain  and   compression  in  the  region  of  the 

stomach. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 
Urine  scanty,  thick  and  muddy,  oedema  of  the  feet. 
Dull  pain  in  left  lumbar  region — the  bladder  /"rr/jr  distended 
when  empty. 

GENERATIVE   ORGANS, 
o  Menses  last  from  half  an  hour  to  six  hours,  intermitting  for 

ten  or  twelve  days, 
o  Puffing  of  the  parts  on  and  around  the  pubes  and  vulva,  di- 
lated condition  of  the  vagina, 
o  Vagina  very  hot,  os  uteri  engorged  and  swollen. 

When    the    heart's    action    was   tumultuous    the     puffing 
(oedema)  of  the  pubis  was  gone, 
o  Menorrhagia  and  metrorrhagia. 

RECTUM   AND   STOOL. 

o  Constipation  lasting  six  or  seven  days,   stools  dry  and  clog- 
like. 

*  Diarrhcea — (in  phthisis,)  with  griping  and  rumbling. 

EUNGS  AND   HEART, 
o  It  quiets  cough  and  irritation  of  the  lungs. 
o  It  lessens  arterial  action  in  fevers  and  in  plethora. — {Rafin- 

esque). 
o  An  excellent  remedy  in  haemoptysis  in  phthisis, 
o  It  is  an  excellent  substitute  for  Digitalis  or  bleeding. — {lb.) 

Cotistrictijig pain  and  tenderness  around  the  heart, 
o  Action  of  the  heart,  tumultuous  and    forcible,  (when    eyes 
seemed  protruded)  it  could  be  heard  several    feet  from 
the  bed. 
First  sound  of  the  heart  displaced   by  a  blowing  sound  of 

mitral  regurgitations. 
Stitch-like  ^diin  in  the  cardia — also  a ///r^^^///^  pain.     Pulse 
58 — irregular, 
o  Cough  with  Jicemoptysis,  feeble,  quick,  irregular  action  of  the 
heart ;  (if  it  does  not  cure  consumption  it  is  a  very  val- 
uable palliative. — {Hale) 
O.  It  renders  the  beat  of  the  heart  slower,  fuller  and  more  reg- 
ular. 
Beats  of  the  heart  more  distinct  on  right  side  of  sternum, 
o  Palpitation  in  cardiac  hypertropTiy,  with  dilatation, 
o  Palpitation  from  nervous  irritation,  with  plethora, 
o  Aneurism  of  the  large  vessels  near  the  heart, 
o  It  lessens  the  irritation  anxiety  and  suffering,  and  palliates 
organic  disease  of  the  heart. 
A  sensation   of  pressing  outward  in  the  cardiac  region — not 
painful. 


3l8  MENISPERMUM      CANADENSE. 

GENERALITIES. 
It  seems  to  cause  abnormal   action  of  the   heart,  and  has 

cured  some  of  the  symptoms  of  ExophtJialmns. 
The  left  limb  feels  half  an  inch  shorter,   and  sounds  on  the 

pavement  as  if  it  really  was. 


MENISPERMUM   CANADENS?:. 

(Yellow  P  aril  la.) 


Analogues  : — Aletris,  Bryonia,  China,  Cocciilns,  Iris,  Igna- 
tia,  Hydrastis,  Nnx  vomica,  Ptelea,  Rheum. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  root ;  dilutions. 
Triturations  of  Menispermin. 

emotive  sphere. 
Very  low  spirited,  but  attends  to  business  with  rapidity. 
Absent  minded,  but  the  thoughts  were  clear. 
Torpor  of  the  mental  faculties,  with  physical  languor. 
Feels  surly,  ill-natured,  and  stubborn. 
Quick  tempered  and  irritable. 

SLEEP. 
Restless  sleep,  with  troubled  and  confused  dreams. 
Sudden  starting  from  sleep. 

Sleep  well,  but  inclined  to  dream  pleasant  dreams. 
Sleeps  late  and  heavy  in  the  morning. 
Dreams  of  heavy  cannonading. 
Dreams  of  innumerable  rats,  which  creep  under  my  clothing. 

HEAD. 
Dull,  heavy  headache,  with  a  feeling  of  fullnesss. 
Intense  headache,  with  stretching,  yawning  and  chilliness. 
Feeling  of  fullness  in  the  head  at  night. 
Headache,  restlessness,  and  a  swollen  sensation  in  the  eyes 

at  night. 
Headache, with  pressure  from  within  outwards,in  the  morning. 
Intense  headache,  feeUng  as  though  it  would  bunst,  with  pain 

the  whole  length  of  the  back. 
Slight  headache  in  upper  frontal  region,  and  through   the 

temples. 
Headache  throtigh  the  temples,  extending  to  the  occipital  region. 

EYES. 
Eyes  feel  swollen  and  dry  at  night. 

NOSE. 
Nostrils  feel  dry,  especially  the  left,  and  itches  painfully. 
Painful  soreness  within  the  nostrils, 
o  Thick  yellow  mucus  becomes  scanty. 


MENISPERMUM    CANADENSE.  319 

MOUTH  AND   THROAT. 

Slight  coating,  of  milky  appearance  on  the  tongue. 

Very  thirsty. 

Tongue  coated  yellowish-white,  with  much  thirst,  and  hurried 

respiration. 
Burning  sensation  of  the  tongue. 
Tongue  feels  raw,  as  if  burned. 
Tongue  coated  yellow,  in  morning  thicker  posteriorly,  with 

raised  papillae. 
Tongue  dry  and  parched. 

Tongue  coated  all  over  with  a  yellowish  substance. 
Throat  feels  dry  and  parched. 
Mouth  and  throat  dry. 

Yellow  coating  on  the_tonguc,  thickest  at  the  base. 
Tongiic  much  szvollcti. 

(Edema  of  the  fauces,  with  some  inflammation. 
Excessive  discharge  of  saliva. 

LIVER, 
o  Hypertrophy  of  the  liver.  (?) 
o  Results  of  chronic  hepatitis  (.'') 
o  Cirrhosis  and  induration  of  the  liver.  (?) 

STOMACH, 
blight  nausea  in  the  morning  upon  rising, 
o  Induration  of  the  gastric  glands.  (?) 
Increased  appetite. 
Violent  vomiting  and  purging. 

ABDOMEN. 
Pain  in  the  umbilical  region. 
Tenesmus,  but  stool  natJiral. 
Loose,  frequent  stool. 

URINARY    ORGANS. 
Urine  high-colored,  scanty,  and  hot. 
Urine  thirty-four  ounces,  white,  with  cloud  in  bottom. 
Urine  yellow  and  cloudy,  voided  thirty  ounces. 
Urine  dark-yellow  and  scanty. 
Profuse  flow  of  urine. 
O  Dropsy,  with  great  debility. 

SKIN. 
Sensation  of  itching  over  the  whole  surface  of  the   body, 

aggravated  by  warmth. 
Pimples  on  the  face. 

Itching  of  surface,  and  pimples  bleed  easily, 
o  Syphilis  (tertiary.)  (?) 
o  Chronic  herpetic  eruptions. 


320  MITCIIELLA    REPEXS. 

UPPER    EXTREMITIES 
Aching  in  the  upper  arm  and  in  the  left  scapula. 
Drawing  of  the  brachialis  anticus. 
Aching,  drawing  pain  in  the  shoulder  joints  in  the  region  of 

the  scapula. 
Slight,  jerking  pains  near  the  elbow,  probably  in   the  biceps 

muscle. 

LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 

Aching,  drawing  pains  in  the  muscles  of  the  thigh. 
Aching  in  the  upper  part  of  the  left  femor,  and  left  hip 

joint. 
Legs  feel  sore,  as  if  bruised,  with  pain  in  the  bones, 
o  Arthritic,  and  rheumatic  complaints, 

CIRCULATORY    SYSTEM. 
Pulse  hard  and  quick. 
Hurried  respiration. 
Feverishness  at  night,  wdth  headache  and  restlessness. 

GENERAL    CHARACTERISTICS. 

Headache  and  pains  resemble  those  caused  by  taking  large 
doses  of  quinine,  and  were  relieved  by  China  i, 

Many  of  the  symptoms  resemble  those  occurring  in  the  dif- 
ferent forms  of  ague. 

The  headache  was  relieved  by  Bryonia,  and  by  walking  in 
the  open  air.  Nearly  all  the  symptoms  appeared  to  be 
aggravated  in  the  morning  It  exerts  its  influence  prin- 
cipally on  the  salivary  and  gastric  glands. 

MITCHELLA  REPENS. 
(Partridge  Berry.) 

Analogues  : — Asdepias  inc.,  CanlopJiylliim^Cimicifuga,  Chi- 
maphila,  Eupatorinm  pnrp.,  Helonias,  Ptilsatilla,  Scnccio ,  Uva 
ursi. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  leaves ;  dilu- 
tions. 

MENTAL  SYMPTOMS, 
Depression  of  spirits. 
Forgetfulness ;  very  forgetful. 
Dread  of  approaching  death. 
Perceptive  faculties  very  dull. 

HEAD  AND   EYES. 
Throbbing  pain  on  right  side  of  head. 
Severe  frontal  headache  just  behind  the  superciliary  ridges. 
Eyes  dull  and  heavy.     Eyes  feel  weak  and  watery. 


MITCHELLA    REPENS.  321 

EARS. 
Dull  aching  pain  in  right  ear  ;  burning  of  left  ear. 

FACE. 

Rush  of  blood  to  the  face. 

MOUTH   AND  THROAT. 
Pricking  and  burning  sensation  in  the  tongue. 
Fauces  feel  dry  and  irritated. 
Constriction  hindering  deglutition. 
STOMACH. 

Eructation,  with  burning  in  the  stomach,  and  along  up  the 

oesophagus. 
Dull  aching  pain  in  the  epigastrium, 

ABDOMEN. 
Distension  of  the  bowels  with  expulsion  of  flatus. 
Colic  like  pain  in  the  colon  which  is  tender  on  pressure. 
RECTUM   AND   STOOL. 

Bowels  costive. 

Urging  to  stool ;  diarrhoeic  stools. 
,    Small  stool  with  tenesmus,  expelled  with  difficulty, 

URINE. 

*  Urging  to  urinate  ;  urine  high  color  ;  white  sediment. 

*  Dull  aching  pain  over  the  region  of  the  kidneys. 

*  Swollen  and  irritated  condition  of  urethra  and  neck  of  blad- 

der. 

*  Catarrh  of  the  bladder,  especially  in  women. — {Hale.) 

*  Dysuria  accompanying  uterine  complaints. 

A  feeling  of  uneasiness  at  neck  of  the  bladder. 
Notable  increase  of  the  urinary  secretion. 

UTERUS. 
A  powerful  uterus-tonic. — {King.) 
Cervix  engorged,  dark,  red  and  swollen, 
o  Delayed  menstruation, 
o  Engorgement  of  uterus,  from  lack  of  tone  in  muscular  wall 

of  the  organ. 
o  Amenorrhoea,  dysmenorrhoea  and  menorrhagia. 
o  False  labor  pains  in  last  months  of  pregnancy, 
o  Slow,  feeble  and  inefficient  labor  pains.    (The  tincture  to  be 
taken  3  times  a  day,  (10  drop^)  for  two  weeks    before 
confinement. — {Hale.) 
Breathing  hurrried  ;  dry,  hacking  qough,  from  accumulation 
©f  mucus  in  the  bronchia. 

CHEST. 
Burning  pain  over  region  of  heart  (in  muscles  }). 
Heart  beats  slow  and  irregularly,  then  hurried, 

40 


322  MONOBROMIDE  OF  CAMPHOR. 

Hurried  breathing,  dry  hacking  cough,  and  excess  of  mucus 
in  the  bronchia, 

BACK. 
Back  feels  very  weak,  with  great  soreness. 
Muscles  of  both  shoulders  very  sore. 
Pain  in  region  of  the  kidneys. 
Dull  aching  pain  in  small  of  the  back. 
Burning  in  small  of  the  back. 

EXTREMITIES. 
Great  pain  in  lower  extremities. 
Great  pain  in  knee  joints,  relieved  by  motion. 
Muscular  soreness. 

Dull  burning  and  sore  pains  in  all  the  muscles  of  the  ex- 
tremities. 


MONOBROMIDE  OF  CAMPHOR. 


Analogues: — Ambergris,  Coffea,  Cimicifuga,  (?)  Gelse- 
minum,  (?)  Coniunt,  (?)  Scutellaria,  Thea,  Valerian. 

Officinal  Preparations  : —  Triturations. 

[The  Monobromide  of  Camphor  consists  of  one  equivalent  of  camphor 
united  with  one  of  bromide.  (C.  lo.  H.  i6  O,  Br.)  It  is  a  white  crystalline 
sold,  having  the  odor  of  camphor,  and  to  a  slight  extent  that  of  bro- 
mine. It  decomposes  readily  when  exposed  to  the  atmosphere,  to  a  heat 
of  ICO.  This  new  medicine,  first  used  by  a  Belgian  Physician,  and  then 
by  Dr.  Hammond,  of  New  York,  bids  fair  to  prove  a  very  useful  remedy. 
No  experience  with  its  use  in  homoeopathic  practice — save  my  own— has 
yet  come  to  my  knowledge.  I  give  the  authority,  and  the  doses  used. — 
//■«/<?.] 

o  Infantile  Convulsions  due  to  irritation  of  teething,  with  the 
effect  in  each  instance  (two)  of  preventing  the  further 
occurrence  of  the  paroxysms  which,  previously  to  its  ad- 
ministration, had  been  very  frequent.  Dose :  in  each  case 
one  grain  an  hour,  rubbed  up  in  a  little  mucilage  of  ac- 
cacia.  Three  doses  were  sufficient  in  one,  and  two  in 
the  other  case.  The  ages  of  the  children  were  respec- 
tively 15  and  18  months.    (Hammond.) 

O  A  very  obstinate  case  of  Hysteria,  occuring  in  a  young  mar- 
ried lady,  in  the  form  of  paroxysm  of  weeping  and 
laughing  alternately  with  epileptiform  and  choreaiform 
convulsions.  Dose :  four  grains  every  hour.  Improve- 
ment commenced  after  two  doses  were  taken,  but  ten 
were  necessary  to  entirely  break  up  the  attack.  *  All 
previous  seizures  had  lasted  from  five  to  eleven  days, 
uninfluenced  by  medication  or  moral  suasion.  (Ham- 
mond,) 


MYGALE     LASIODORA.  323 

O  Headache  in  women  and  young  girls  due  to  mental  excite- 
ment and  excessive  study.  One  dose  of  four  grains  was 
generally  sufficient  to_  cut  short  the  attack.  {Hammond.) 

o  Delirium  Tremens,  in  a  large  man  of  plethoric  habits. 
Symptoms  :  great  cerebral  congestion,  tremulousness  and 
great  jactitation  of  the  limbs  ;  conversation,  muttering 
and  incoherent  ;  pulse  full  and  soft ;  no  sleep  for  several 
nights  :  100  grs.  Bromide  of  Sodium  did  not  cause  sleep  ; 
5  grs.  Monobromide  Camphor  caused  sleep  within  halt 
an  hour ;  he  slept  on  1 2  hours  ;  afterwards  the  same 
dose  at  night  caused  good  sleep,  and  relief  of  all  the 
other  4symptoms.     (Dr.  Hamilton) 

O  Chordee,  far  superior  to  any  other  remedy  I  have  tried. 
(Hamilton.) 

[The  Belgian  physician  who  first   used  it   recommended   it  highly  in 
delirium  tremens.] 

*  Sleeplessness  from  pain    in  the  testicle   and  prostate   gland, 
both  were  indurated  and  enlarged  :  2  grains  relieved  the 
pain  and  caused  sleep.     (Hale.) 
[Theoretically  I  would  strongly  advise  its  use  in  cholera  infantum  with 
impending  or  actual  spasmc  ;  it  corresponds  to  all   the  morbid  conditions 
of  a  severe  case.    It  ought  to  prove  very  useful  in  many  anomalous  nervous 
diseases,  especially  of  women  and  children.     The  first  dec.  trit.,  is   quite 
strong  enough,  and  acts  quicker  than  the  crude  drug,  but  like  its  constitu- 
ents it  will  not  bear  attenuating  highly. — Hale.\ 


MYGALE    LASIODORA. 
(Cuban   Spider.) 


Analogues:  —  Apis,     Agaricus]   Belladonna,    Cimicifuga, 
Doryphora,  Hyosciamus,  Tarantula,  etc. 
Officinal   Preparations  : — Triturations  of  the  spider  ; 
tincture  ;  dilutions. 

MIND. 

Felt  sad  all  day. — {Houard). 

Great  anxiety  and  fear  of  death. — {Hale). 

Despondency  and  fear  of  death. — {Houard). 

Delirious  and  restless  all  night,  with  talk  about  his  business. 

{lb). 
Restless  all  night  with  ridiculous  dreams. — {lb). 

HEAD. 

o  Frontal  headache — in  chorea — vertigo. 

FACE. 

Face  flushed  and  hot. 


^24  MYGALE  LASIODORA. 

THROAT   AND   MOUTH. 
Tongue  dry  and  parched,  or  dry  and  brown. 
o  Grating  of  the  teeth — nights. 

GASTRIC. 

Nausea,  with  palpitation  of  the  heart. 
Excessive  thirst — with  the  fever. 

URINARY   ORGANS 
In  the  morning  increased    discharge   of  urine,  with  stinging 

pain  in  urethra. 
The  urine  during  the  day  was  burning  hot,  it  seemed  scald- 
ing. • 
CHEST. 
Difficult  respiration,  with  anxiety. 

HEART. 
Strong  palpitation  of  the  heart,  dimness  of  sight,  nausea,  and 
general  weakness. 

BACK. 
Pain  in  the  back,  extending  around  to  the  front. 
Twitching  in  the  muscles  of  the  back. 
EXTREMITIES. 

The  local  inflammation  (from  a  bite)  was  very  extensive, 
reaching  from  foot  to  knee,  leaving  a  large  violet  spot 
which  afterwards  became  greenish. — {Houard). 

Intense  redness  in  streaks,  following  the  course  of  the  lym- 
phatics— from  the  calf  upward  to  the  body,  with  great 
anxiety,  twitching  of  the  limbs,  etc. — (Hale). 

*  Convulsive,  uncontrollable  movements  of  the  arms  and  legs. 
Pulsative,  stinging  pains  in  the  foot. 

FEVER. 
Severe  chill,  followed  by  fever,  with  trembling  of  the  whole 
body,  excessive  thirst,   face  flushed,  pulse  130,  tongue 
dry  and  brown,  difficult  breathing,  despondency,  fear  of 
death,  delirium. 

GENERALITIES. 

*  Convulsive,    uncontrollable  movements   of  the  back,  arms 

and  legs. 
o  Cliorea  :  arms  and  limbs  in  constant  motion,  facial  muscles 

distorted,   could    not  help   herself;  headache,  vertigo, 

grating  the  teeth  nights  ;  quiet  during  sleep  ;  worse  in 

the  morning. — (Dr.  Spooner). 
o  Chorea :  jerking  in  left  leg,  facial  muscles,  etc.     (Dr.  Blake's 

patient  improved  a  short  time  under  Mygale). 
O  Chorea — after  Cimicifuga — "  the  twitching  was  now  confined 

to  the  left  arm,  (cured  by  Mygale  1st). — {Dr.  Blake). 


\ 


MYRICA   CERIFERA. 
(Bayberry.) 


NEW    REMEDIES.  ^2$ 

MYRICA   CERIFERA. 

{^B  ay  berry.) 


Analogues: — Asamm  canadensis,  Acidiint  benzoic,  Ber- 
beris  vulgaris,  Bromine,  CliimapJula,  Cornus  circitiata,  Chcli- 
doninm,  Cnbeba,  Erytigium  aquaticuni,  Eiipatoriiim  aromati- 
cum,  Hydrastis  can.,  Hepar  sulphur,  Kali  bichromicum,  L ache- 
sis,  Mercurius  iodatus,  Spongia. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  bark  ;  dilu- 
tions. 

MIND   AND   DISPOSITION. 

Deficient  concentration  of  mind  on  any  subject. 

Gloomy,  terribly  depressed,  despondent. 

Indifference  to  everything — even  to  friends. 

Condemned  himself  for  imaginary  faults. 

Irritable,  with  constant  desire  to  find  fault.    He  thinks  him- 
self better  than  any  one  else. 
HEAD. 

Dull,  heavy  aching  in  the  forehead  and  temples,  on  waking 
in  morning. 

Pain  in  the  head,  worse  when  stooping  or  moving  about. 

Headache,  with  pain  and  stiffness  in  the  nape  of  neck. 

Headache,  with  throbbing  in  the  temples. 

Headache  in  morning  with  aching  in  small  of  back. 

Dull,  heavy  feeling  over   the    eyes,    followed    by  stricture 
across  the  nose. 

Soreness  of  the  scalp  to  the  touch. 

Pain  in  back  part  of  head,  right  side. 

Heaviness  in  back  of  head,  with  pressure  in  nose. 

In  the  top  of  the  head  a  sensation  like  foam  rising  in  any- 
thing fermenting. 

Chills  running  over  the  top  of  the  head,  with  tightness  of  the 
scalp. 

Empty  feeling  in  the  head. 

Headache,  with  drowsiness,  also  with  ringing  in  the  ears. 

Pressure  and  dull  pain  in  forehead  and  vertex,  with  throb- 
bing, synchronous  with  the  pulse. 

SENSORIUM. 
Vertigo,  with  rush  of  blood  to   the   head,  on  stooping,  fol- 
lowed by  full,  oppressive  headache  in  right  side. 
Vertigo  with  nausea,  and  with  yawning,  and  drowsiness. 

EYES. 

Dull  pain  in  the  eyes  and  head,  with  heaviness  in  the  eye. 
Smarting  in  the  left  eye. 


326  MYRICA    CERIFERA. 

Eyes  feel  swollen,  and  eyelids  heavy  and  swollen. 
Yellowness  of  the  sclerotica,  with  congested  appearance. 
Both  eyes  feel  sore,  with  flushed  face. 
Sharp  pain  in  left    eye,  it  is  sore  and    looked    inflamed,  in 

morning. 
Aching  in  right  eyeball  with  quivering  in  the  eyelids. 
Smarting  in  both  eyes,  with  feeling  as  of  sand  in  them,  and 

difficulty  of  closing  the  lids. 
Hot  feeling  in  the  eyes,  they  tire  easily  on  reading. 

EAR. 
Ringing  in  both  ears,  with  slight  vertigo  ;  also  with  pressure 

about  the  head. 

NOSE. 
Sensation  in  the  nose,  as  if  he  had  catarrh. 
Constrictive  feeling  across  the  nose. 
Severe  coryza,  in  the  morning. 
Aching,  excruciating  feeling  in  the  posterior  nares. 
Tenacious,  offensive  mucus  in  the  nose, 
o  Foetid,  bloody  ozoena. 

FACE. 
Pressure  in  the  malar  bones. 
Yellowness  of  the  face  (jaundice). 
Itching  and  stinging  in  right  side  of  face. 
Burning  in  the  face,  with  sensation  of  fullness. 
Creeping  sensation,  as  of  crawling  insects  on  the  face. 
Fullness  about  the  face  and  head,  with  throbbing. 

MOUTH,   TEETH,   ETC. 

Tongue  furred,  with  bad  taste  in  mouth  and  nausea. 
Tongue  thickly  coated,  dirty  white  or  yellowish. 
Saliva  increased,  with  heartburn. 
Dryness  of  the  mouth  and  fauces. 
Darting  pain  in  the  articulation  of  jaw,  right  side. 
The  whole  buccal  cavity,  even  the  roof  of  the  mouth,  was 
coated  with  an    adhesive  coating,    difficult   to   detach, 
with  offensive  breath  and  foul  taste. 
O  Apthae  of  the  mouth. 
o  Tender,  spongy  and  bleeding  gums. 
O  Follicular  stomatitis. 

THROAT. 
Soreness  of  the  throat  in  the  morning. 

Sensation  as  of  a  foreign  substance  in  the  throat,  requiring 
it  to  be  frequently  cleared,  with  painful  deglutition,  in 
the  afternoon. 
Constricted  and  rough  feeling  in  the  throat,  it  feels  swollen, 

with  a  constant  desire  to  swallow. 
Stringy  mucus  in  the  throat,  detached  with  difficulty. 


MYRICA    CERIFERA.  •  32/ 

Throat  and  nasal  organs  filled  with  an  offensive,  tenacious 

mucus,  detached  with  difficulty. 
Dry,  sore   feeling  in    the  pharynx,   as   when  one  has  taken 

cold,  succeeded  by  difficult  deglutition. 
Lancinating  pain  in  right  side  of  the  throat,  near  the  tonsil, 
o  Ulceration  of  the  fauces, 
o  Catarrh  of  throat  and  posterior  nares. 
o  Aphthous  tonsillitis. 

TASTE   AND   APPETITE. 
Taste  bitter  and  nauseous,  foul,  with  offensive  breath. 
Feeling  of  fullness  in  the  digestive  organs,  as  if  food  was 

slowly  digested. 
Craving,  unnatural  appetite,  with  feeling  of  fullness  in  the 

stomach,  after  a  hearty  meal,    (primary). 
Complete  loss  of  appetite,  but  with  a  feeling  of  fullness  and 

repletion  in  the  abdomen,  (secondary). 
Strong  desire  for  acids. 

GASTRIC    DERANGEMENTS. 
Nausea  followed  by  heavy  headache. 
Empty   eructations,   relieving  the  pressure  in    the   stomach 

for  a  short  time  only. 
Heartburn  with  water-brash. 

HEPATIC   SYMPTOMS. 
Dull  pain  in  the  region  of  the  liver. 

Complete  jaundice,  with  bronze-yellow  skin,  loss  of  appetite  ; 
fullness  in  the  stomach  and  abdomen  ;  scanty,  yellow, 
frothy  urine  ;  loose,  mushy,  clay-colored  (or  straw-color- 
ed) stools,  destitute  of  bile,  much  debility,  and  drowsi- 
ness almost  amounting  to  stupor.* 

[This  jaundice  was  not  relieved  by  Podophyllum,  Leptandra,  Nux  vomi- 
ca, Arsenicum,  or  Mercurius  dulcis,  but  was  speedily  removed  by  Digitalis 
l-iot^i  dil.] 

*  The  icteric  symptoms  of  Myrica  are  undoubted.  Dr.  Walker  proved 
the  drug  under  my  own  observation.  By  reference  to  the  two  provings 
made  by  him,  it  will  be  seen  that  during  the  first  proving  he  had  "  drowsi- 
ness, with  heavy  frontal  morning  headache,  j/^/Zi^Tt/w^j-j  of  the  eyes,  scanti- 
ness of  urine,  and  light-coloj'ed  iseces,"- — all  the  premonitory  symptoms  of 
jaundice.  At  this  point  the  medicine  was  suspended,  and  the  above  symp- 
toms disappeared.  At  the  next  proving  the  same  symptoms  recurred,  but 
this  time  were  kept  up  by  the  action  of  the  drug  until  complete  jaundice 
obtained.  This  jaundice,  I  believe,  was  owing  to  suspended  secretion,  and 
not  to  obstruction.  Had  the  latter  condition  been  the  cause  of  the  jaun- 
dice, critical  discharges  of  black,  tarry  matters  would  have  been  noticed, 
whereas,  in  this  case,  the  fasces,  under  the  action  of  Digitalis,  gradually 
resumed  a  healthy  color  and  appearance,  and  the  same  change  occurred 
in  the  condition  of^the  urine.l  Jaundice  appears  to  be  a  secondary  effect  of 
Myrica  ;  consequently  when  used  as  a  curative  agent  in  that  disease,  the 
lower  attenuations  will  be  best  indicated.] 

(Since  the  above  was  written  several  cases  of  jaundice  have  been  re- 
ported cured  by  Myrica. — {Hale.) 


328  MYRICA  CERIFERA. 

•  "  Black  jaundice." — {Eclectic). 

STOMACH   AND   ABDOMEN. 

Distress  in  the  stomach  after  dinner. 

Acidity  of  the  stomach. 

Weak,  sinking  feeling  in  the  epigastrium,  approaching  nau- 
sea, increased  after  eating,  relieved  by  rapid  walking. 

Vomiting,  with  heat  in  the  stomach. 

Severe  griping  pains  about  the  stomach,  followed  by  empty 
eructations. 

Stinging,  cramp-like  sensation  in  left  praecordial  region,  un- 
der the  ribs. 

Griping  pressure  in  stomach,  extending  to  a  place  to  the  left 
of  the  navel. 

Grumbling  pain  in  the  bowels,  in  afternoon. 

Griping  pain  in  bowels  at  night,  followed  in  the  morning  by 
loose  stool,  with  tenesmus. 

Colic-like  pains  in  umbilical  region,  in  a  small  spot,  with  ac- 
cumulation of  flatus,  and  passage  of  offensive  flatus. 

Constant,  unusual  rumbling  in  abdomen,  above  the  navel. 

Griping  pain  in  region  of  umbilicus,  with  rumbling. 

Weak,  faintish  feeling  about  the  bowels,  as  when  one  has 
diarrhoea. 

STOOL  AND  ANUS. 

Loose  stool  after  dinner,  with  pain  and  tenesmus. 
Sensation  as  of  approaching  diarrhoea,  followed  by   small, 

costive  discharges  and  griping,  colic-like  pains. 
Constant  discharge  of  flatus  when  walking. 
In  A.  M.  felt  as  though   diarrhoea   would  occur,  followed   by 

weakness  about  the  bowels,  with  urging  and  pressing, 

without  stool. 
Constipation,  after  previous  loose  stools. 
Soft,   copious,  papescent  stool,  attended  by  tenesmus  and 

cramp-like  sensation  in  umbilical  region. 
Urging  to  stool,  with  no  other  result  than  the  expulsion  of 

a  great  amount  of  flatus. 
Excessive  flatulence  in   P.  M.,  with  frequent  rumbling,  as  if 

diarrhoea  would  set  in. 
Stool  nearly  natural  in  consi.stency,  but  lighter  colored. 

*  Loose,  light-colored  stool,  growing  lighter-colored  daily,  un- 

til it  became  ash-colored  and  destitute  of  bile, 
o  Chronic  diarrhcea.     o  Diarrhoea  of  consumptives. 

SEXUAL   ORGANS. 

Amorous  dreams,  with  emission  of  semen  {this  never  occur- 
red to  the  prover  before). 
o  Chronic  gonorrhoea. 


MYRICA    CERIFERA.  329 

O  Leucorrhoea,  excoriating,  foetid,  thick  and  yellowish,  (of 
several  years'  duration).  Cured  by  injections  of  the 
infusion. — (Hale). 

URINARY    ORGANS. 

Sharp,  plunging  pain  in  region  of  the  left  kidney. 

Difficulty  of  urinating  ;  the  bladder  seemed  to  lack  contract- 
ive expelling  power. 

Copious  flow  of  limpid  urine,     [primary  effect] 

Urine  deposits  a  light-colored  sediment. 

Urine  darker  than  usual — grows  darker  every  day,  until  it  is 
a  deep  brownish-yellow,     [secondary  effect] 

A  pinkish-brown  sediment  in  the  urine. 

Scanty,  high-colored  urine,  saturated  with  the  coloring  mat- 
ter of  the  bile. 

Frothy,  high-colored  urine — (froth  yellow). 
RESPIRATORY    ORGANS. 

Smarting  in  larynx  and  trachea. 

Dull  pain  in  right  lung,  middle  lobe,  lasting  a  few  minutes. 

Constriction  in  the  chest  when  lying  on  the  left  side  in  bed, 
with  such  increase  of  the  impulse  of  the  heart  that  its 
pulsations  were  audible. 

Sharp  pain  in  the  region  of  the  heart. 
o  Cough  very  much  aggravated  by  talking,     o  Tickling  cough 
at  night  on  lying  down,     o  Cough,  with  profuse  expec- 
toration,    o  Chronic  bronchitis. 
BACK    AND  NECK. 

Dull,  aching  pain  in  lumbar  region  all  day. 

Dull  pain  under  both  shoulder  blades. 

Sensation  of  warmth  along  the  whole  spine,  particularly  be- 
tween the  shoulder  blades. 

Pain  in  the  back  of  the  neck. 

Dull,  dragging  pain  in  small  of  the  back. 

Pain  under  left  scapula. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 

Lancinating  pain  in  left  axilla. 

Pain  (tearing)  in  left  arm,  between  shoulder  and  elbow. 

Pain  in  third  and  little  finger  of  left  hand. 

Severe  pain  in  shoulder  and  arm,  extending  to  little  finger. 

Right  arm  felt  lame  and  heavy,  particularly  about  the  wrist 
joint. 

Dull,  aching  pain  in  all  the  extremities, 
LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 

Soreness  of  the  muscles  of  both  thighs. 

Trembling  and  aching  in  calves  of  the  legs ;  worse  in  the 
left. 

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330  MYRICA   CERIFERA. 

Sharp,  shooting  pain  in  right  thigh,  followed  by  a  similar 
pain  in  left  thigh. 

Sharp,  piercing  pain  at  the  inner  side  of  left  knee  joint. 

Soreness  and  pain  in  the  left  tendo-Achillis,  worse  on  pres- 
sure and  motion. 

Severe  pain  midway  between  the  knee  and  ankle,  a  little 
outside  of  the  tibia  ;  a  contractive  pain,  with  soreness  to 
the  touch,  changing  to  a  burning  ;  worse  on  motion. 

Pain  in  the  hollow  of  the  right  foot. 

Burning  in  the  soles  of  the  feet. 
'   Bruised  pain  in  heel  of  left  foot. 

Coldness  of  lower  extremities,  with  pain  from  knees  down- 
ward. 

SKIN. 

Itching  and  stinging  sensation  on  the  skin  of  the  face,  neck, 
shoulder,  fore-arm,  and  right  leg. 

Persistent  itching  in  different  parts,  worse  near  the  point  of 
insertion  of  the  deltoid  muscles,  in  both  arms. 

Itching  of  the  face,  giving  way  to  creeping  sensation,  as  of 
insects. 
•  Yellowness  of  the  skin  of  the  whole  body. 

SLEEP. 

Restless  night,  with  tossing  about. 

Waking  with  dull  frontal  headache. 

Waking  in  a  gloomy  state  of  mind,  unrefreshed. 

Sleep  disturbed  at  night  ;  bad  dreams  and  frequent  waking. 

Drowsiness,  with  and  after  headache. 

Falls  asleep  in  her  chair,  in  the  daytime,  (an  unusual  occur- 
rence. 

Dreams  of  enormous  bugs,  which  attacked  his  head,  and 
which  he  killed  with  much  difficulty. 

Sleeplessness,  with  exhilaration  of  nervous  system,  in  eve- 
ning. 

FEVER,  PULSE    AND    HEART. 

Warmth  along  the  whole  spine,  especially  between  the 
shoulders,  followed  by  chill,  gentle  perspiration,  more 
perceptible  over  the  dorsal  vertebrae. 

Chilliness  upon  going  out  of  doors,  with  aching  pain  in  the 
lumbar  region. 

Severe  chill,  with  quivering  sensation  in  calf  of  right  leg. 

Feverish  acceleration  of  the  pulse,  attaining  its  height  about 
four   o'clock. 

Excited,  feverish  feeling,  alternating  with  chilliness,  at  ten 
o'clock,  P.  M.,  witJi  pain  in  the  lumbar  region. 

Feeling  of  feverishness,  while  the  pulse  was  at  60. 

Pulse  51,  feeble  and  irregular. 


MYRTUS    COMMUNIS.  ^      33 1 

Impulse  of  heart's  action  increased,  bnt  the  number  of  pulsa- 
tions diminished  to  sixty  per  minute,  (ordinary  pulse  75 
to  80). 

Increased  pulsation,  and  audible  beating  of  the  heart  when 
lying  in  bed  on  left  side. 

Night  sweats — in  phthisis. 

GENERALITIES. 

General  malaise,  and  feeling  of  unfitness  for  duty. 

General  languor,  with  depression  of  spirits. 

Weak,  sick  feeling ;  every  kind  of  exertion  was  irksome. 

Shifting  pains. 

General  muscular  lameness  and  soreness,  affecting  chiefly  the 

lower  limbs. 
Staggering  gait,  with  confusion  of  thought  and  purpose  in 

the  head. 
Great  debility. 

CONDITIONS. 
Worse  by  the  warmth  of  the  bed — disturbing  sleep. 
Better  when  moving,  and  in  open  air  (gastric  symptoms.) 
Left  side  predominantly  affected. 
The  Jieadache  worse  when  stooping  or  moving. 
Digitalis  removed  the  hepatic  symptoms. 


MYRTUS    COMMUNIS. 

(Myrtle.) 


Analogues  : — Bryonia,  Phosphoms,  etc. 
Officinal  Preparations  : — Tinctures  of  the  leaves  (and 
berries). 

[A  shrub — native  of  Asia.     See  Bering's  article,  Hahnemannian  Monthly, 

vol.  7,   p.  62.] 

(No    Proving.) 

CHEST. 

o  Pain  in  the  chest  ;  cough,  with  tightness  on  the  breast. 

O  Dryness  in  the  throat  ;  pains  in  the  throat  and  chest,  with 

expectoration  of  blood. — {Hbgr). 
o  Acute  pain  in  the  chest  ;  pressing  pain  in  the  chest. — (7/5.) 
•  Stitches  in  the  left   breast,  running  through  to  the  shoulder 
blade,  as  they  often  occur  in  tuberculosis.     Relieved 
when  no  other  remedy  would. — (  Wa/ile). 
o  Hepatization  of  left  lobe  of  the  lung. — {lb). 

Catarrhal  fever  with  pain  in  the  elbows  and  knee-joints. — 

{Jby 


* 


332  NABULUS   SERPENTARIA. 

o  Dry,  hollow  cough,  from  tickling  in  the  upper  anterior  lobes 
of  the  left  lung  ;  worse  in  the  morning,  less  tickling  in 
the  evening  ;  great  lassitude  during  the  afternoon  hours. 

o  Cough,  with  tickling  in  the  chest. — {Pehrson). 

O  Several  homoeopathic  physicians  besides  myself  have  used 
the  3d  in  cases  like  the  above,  with  great  success. — 
(Hering). 

o  Throbbing  ache,  and  stitching  pain  in  the  left  infra-clavicular 
region,  extending  thence  through  to  the  left  shoulder 
blade,  aggravated  by  making  a  deep  inspiration,  sensa- 
tion of  burning  in  the  left  breast. — (  W.  E.  Paine). 

O  Stitching  pain  in  the  left  chest,  from  the  upper  portion 
straight  through  to  the  left  shoulder  blade,  worse  from 
breathing,  yawning  and  coughing. — (Raue). 

o  "  I  have  confirmed  the  above  symptoms." — {McClatchey). 


NABULUS   SERPENTARIA. 
(Lion's  Foot.) 


Analogues  : — ^thusa,  Dulcamara,  Eryngimn,  Hepar  sulph., 
Ipecac,  Pulsatilla,  Sulphur. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  whole  plant ; 
dilutions. 

HEAD. 
Headache  in  frontal  and  vertebral  region,  with  irritability  in 
connection  with    persisting  irritation  of  the  throat,  eye- 
lids and  skin. 
Frontal  pains,  deep-seated,  behind  the  right  eyeball. 
Sharp,   neuralgic,  occipital  pains,  with   pain   and  feeling  of 
stiffness  in  the  neck,  increased  by   turning  the  head ; 
worse  in  the  evening. 

EYES. 
Weakness  of  sight ;  she  cannot  use  her  eyes  to  sew  or  read, 
without  pain. 

NOSE. 
Right  nostril  sore,  with  catarrh. 

THROAT. 

Sore  throat,  tickling  and  scraping  only  on  the  left  side. 

STOMACH. 

Acid,  burning  eructations  in  forenoon. 
No  appetite ;  prefers  acids,  lemons. 


NAJA  TRIPUDIANS.  333 

STOOL. 
Constipation  ;  three  stools  in  twelve  days,  (p) 
Stool  hard  and  painful,   followed   by  languor  and  prostra- 
tion, (p) 
o  Diarrhoea — profuse — in  summer. 
O  Dysentery,  epidemic. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 
Urine  diminished,  and  no  desire  to  urinate. 
Sharp  pains  in  the  right  kidney. 

UTERUS. 
Sharp,  throbbing  pains  in  uterus,  with  discharge  of  a  white» 

jelly-like  matter  from  the  vagina. 
Catamenia  retarded  nine  days. 
O  Uterine  leucorrhoea. 

TRUNK. 
Dorsal  pains. 

Dull  pains  in  the  joints,  and  numbness  on  awakening. 

FEVER. 

Chilliness  not  removed  by  heat. 

SKIN. 
Pimples  on  the  face  itch  about  the  nose,  upper  lip  and  cheek. 
Pricking  sensation  over  the  body. 

MENTAL. 
Depression  of  spirits,  not  deep,  but  persisting. 
Vague  and  sensitive  presentiments. 
Sensation  of  tipsiness. 


NAJA    TRIPUDIANS. 

(Virus  of  Cobra.) 


Analogues: — Arsetiicum,  Cactus,  Crotalus,  Iberis,  Lachesis, 
Mygalcy  Sumbul,  Spigelia. 

Officinal    Preparations  : — Triturations  of   the  virus  ; 
dilutions. 

mental  sphere. 
Depression  of  spirits. 
Broods  over  imaginary  [[trouble. 
Suicidal  insanity. 

HEAD. 
Waking  with  dull  pain  in  head,  attended  by  fluttering  of  the 

heart. 
Heaviness  over  the  eyes,  with  dryness  of  the  throat. 


334  NAJA    TRIPUDIANS. 

*  Temporo-frontal  headache,  accompanied  with  great  depres- 

sion of  spirits,  and  associated  with  spinal  pain  and  pal- 
pitation of  the  heart. — (Russell.) 
FACE    AND    EYES. 

Livid  face. 

Eyelids  of  right  eye  swollen  and  livid. 
Eyes  fixed,  pupils  large,  acting  sluggishly  to  light. 
MOUTH   AND   THROAT. 

*  Grasping  at  the  throat,  with  sense  of  choking. 
Convulsive  movements  of  the  mouth. 

Clonic  contraction  of  the  sterno-mastoid  muscles. 
Pressure  and  gagging  in  the  throat. 
Rawness  of  the  throat. 

*  Soreness  and  pricking  in  the  left  side  of  the  throat. 

*  Constriction  and  dryness  of  the  throat. 

A  constricted  feeling,  with  dryness  of  the  throat. 
Slight  pricking  in  left  side  of  the  pharynx. 

*  Pharyngo-laryngeal  inflammation,  with  dark  red  color  of  the 

fauces,  and  spasmodic,  irritable  cough. — (Russell.) 
STOMACH    AND    ABDOMEN. 
Tearing  pain  in  the  abdomen. 

Pressure  as  from  stones  in  the  stomach,  after  each  meal. 
Dyspepsia,  with  foul,  white  or  yellowish-white  tongue. 

RECTUM  AND  STOOL. 

Sudden  desire  to  evacuate  the  bowels ;  stool   light  color, 

watery,  and  discharged  with  great  force. 
Diarrhoeic  stools. 

UTERUS. 
O  Violent  crampy  pain  in  region  of  left  ovary, 
o  Ovarian  congestive  neuralgia,  with  violent  palpitation  of  the 
heart. 

LARYNX   AND   TRACHEA. 
Failure  of  the  respiratory  function,  pulse  32. 
Constriction   or   irritation    of    the    larynx,    giving    rise  to 

coughing. 
Short,  hoarse  cough,  with  rawness  in  larynx  and  upper  part 
of  trachea. 

CHEST   AND   HEART. 

Palpitation  of  the  heart,  with  uneasy  dryness  of  the  fauces. 

Valvular  disease,  with  loud  regurgitation  sounds  ;  pulse  60, 
with  general  anasarca. 

Fluttering  of  the  heart,  with  rising  in  the  throat. 

A  dull,  warm  pricking,  in  a  multitude  of  points,  in  the  right 
side  of  the  chest,  from  fifth  rib  downwards,  with  heat 
extending  up  the  bronchia  into  pharynx ;  a  hard  cough 


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NITRATE   OF   URANIUM.  335 

«  -  - 

came   on    immediately,  ending   in    expectoration  of  a 
little  thick  mucus. 
Asthmatic  constriction  of  chest  for  half  an  hour,  with  mucus 
expectoration. 
o  Dyspnoea  and  prostration   in  organic   diseases  of  the  heart. 
Great  pain  near  heart ;  swelling  of  the  whole   body ;  wan- 
dering of  the  mind. 
Sense  of  dragging  and  anxiety  at  praecordia,  occurring  in 
great  grief 
o  Irritating,  sympathetic  cough  in  acute  stage    rheumatic  car- 
ditis. 
Naja  acts  primarily  upon  the  nervous  system.     Especially 
upon    the   respiratory   nerves,    the    pneumagastric  and 
glosso-pharyngeal. — (Dr.  Russell.) 
o  For  this  reason  we  should  expect  this  medicine  to  be  of  ser- 
vice in  the  irritating,  sympathetic  cough  which  attends 
organic  disease  of  the  heart. — (Ib)j 
o  Of  the  great  value  of  Naja  in  organic  disease  of  the  heart, 

we  are  convinced  by  experience. — (lb.) 
o  The  indications  for  Naja  are  the  presence  of  an  irritating, 
sympathetic  cough,  in  the  acute  stage  of  rheumatic  car- 
ditis, and  afterwards,  organic  chatiges  in  the  valves^ 
giving  rise  to  tumultuous  action  of  the  heart,  violent, 
sudden  throbbing,  attended  with  endocardial  murmur, 
and  increased  size  of  the  organ. — {lb.) 


NITRATE    OF   URANIUM. 


Analogues  : — Arsenicum,Mercurius  cor., Kali  bichromicum. 
Plumbum,  Phosphorus,  Argentum  (^DR.  BLAKE j,  Helonias  (f), 
Eupatorium  purpureum  {?),  Nittic  acid{?), — HALE. 
■  Officinal  Preparations  : — "  The  best  preparation  is  a 
recent  aqueous  solution,  prepared  with  carefully  distilled  water, 
{by  artificial  light,)  and  then  preserved  in  stoppered  amber 
vials," — {Blake.)  (Triturations.)  "  It  is  an  extremely  acrid 
drug  ;  two  drops  of  the  ix  being  sufficient  to  kill  a  full-grown 
cat." — {Blake.)  A  trituration  with  coarse  sugar  of  milk  is 
reliable. — Hale. 

[The  following  is  a  condensation  of  Dr.  Blake's  admirable  monograph, 
prepared  for  the  "  Hahnemann  Materia  Medica,"  English,  and  containing 
rtiy  first  paper  on  the  remedy. — Hale.] 

MENTAL    SYMPTOMS. 

*  111  temper  and  humor  ;  he  is  cross  with  everybody. 

*  General  malaise  ;  he  feels  cross  and  disagreeable. 


336  NITRATE    OF    URANIUM. 

HEAD    AND    SENSORIUM. 

Head  heavy  on  waking  ;  general  languor ;  aching  at  occipi- 
tal protuberance,  occipital  and  frontal  headache. 

Woke  with  occipital  headache  ;  vertigo  twice  in  the  evening. 

In  the  evening  pain  shooting  from  right  orbit  to  occipital 
protuberance. 

Frontal  headache  for  two  days. 

Dull  aching  in  right  temple,  immediately  after  taking  it. 

Slight  pain  over  left  eye,  with  contracted  feeling  in  the 
throat,  and  eruci  ations,  followed  by  diuresis. 

Heavy,  burning  pain  in  right  side  of  vertex  ;  fullness  of  head 
and  sensation  of  blood  flowing  to  that  part,before  eating. 

Giddy,  faint,  flushing  of  upper  body  during  the  catamenia. 

Headache  in  the  left  temple,  with  feeling  as  if  he  had  taken 
cold,  though  there  had  been  no  exposure. 

Severe  pain  at  posterior  edge  of  right  and  left  temporal 
bone,  lasting  from  2  to  4  P.  M. 

Pathological. — Brain  never  affected. 

Medulla  oblongata  not  once  affected. — {Black.) 

Spinal  cord,  lower  portion  slightly  congested. 

EYES. 
Pain  over  left  eye  (a  characteristic  symptom). 
Left  eyelid  inflamed  and  agglutinated. 

NOSE. 
Dry  coryza  ;  left  nostril  stuffed. 

Itching  in  nose  ;  small  scab  in  right  nostril ;  purulent  dis- 
charge from  left  nostril. 
o  Scabbing  of  the  inner  nostril — chronic — {J.  N.  Blake.) 

FACE. 
Acne  on  forehead. 

MOUTH. 
Small,  painless  ulcer  on  buccal  aspect  of  left  cheek,  opposite 
left  anterior,  upper  molar,  more  tender  in  evening,  last- 
ing a  week. 
Copious  salivation. 
Red  spots  on  hard  palate,  which  feels  raw. 

THROAT. 
Cutting  feeling  at  back  of  fauces. 

NAUSEA,   VOMITING. 
Vomiting,  with  much  nausea,  during  catamenia ;  no  appetite. 
Intermittent  vomiting,  with  great  thirst,  for  four  days,  then 

death. 
Occasional  vomiting,  vomits  white  fluid. 
jjVQmiting  did  not  appear  in  the  animals  in  which  ulctration  was  found.] 


NITRATE    OF     URANIUM.  337 

STOMACH. 

Tasteless  and  putrid  eructations,  with  excessive  flatulency  in 

stomach  and  bowels. 
Loss  of  appetite  during  catamenia. 
Very  thirsty,  with  dislike  for  meat. 

For  two  days  intermittent  attacks  of  pain,  radiating  from 
the  left  side  of  the  ensiform  cartilage  ;  aggravated  by 
fasting  ;  slight  constipation,  with   occasional  twisting, 
gnawing  feeling,  rather  lower  down,  relieved  by  food. 
*  Dyspeptic  feelings  a  quarter  of  an  hour  before  dinner,  with 
gnawing,  sinking  at  cardiac  end  of  stomach ;  but  with- 
out hunger  or  faintness. 
Pathological. —  Ulceration  of  the  stomach  has  been  produced  in 
three  out  of  ten  rabbits ;  this  seems  to  be  a  specific 
effect,  for  it  appears  even  when  the  drug  was  introduced 
under  the  skin  of  the  leg.     The  ulceration  was  near  the 
pylori  s ;   even   in   non-ulcerated   rabbits,   the   mucous 
membrane  of  pylorus  was  diseased.     Stomach :  Mucous 
coat  thickened  and  softened.     Haemorrhagic   spots  (J) 
O  Ulceration  of  the  stomach. — {Dr.  Drysdale,  British    Journal 

of  Homceopathy,  vol.  xxviii.) 
O  Hcsmatemesis  from  gastric  ulcer. — {E,  F.  B.) 
ABDOMEN. 

Woke  at  2  a.  m.,  with  an  urgent  desire  to  evacuate  bladder 
and  rectum  ;  borborygmi ;  small,  soft  stool. 

Constipation, with  excessive  flatulency  in  stomach  and  bowels. 

Sharp  colic  and  tenesmus,  raw  feeling  in  rectum.  Tight 
feeling  around  waist ;  pain  all  over  abdomen. 

Pathological. — Ascites  in  animals.  Ulceration  of  duodenum. 
Enteritis. 

[May  be  useful  in  extensive  cutaneous  burns,  with  ulceration  of  duo- 
denum.— {Blake.) 

BLADDER    AND    URINE. 

Burning  in  the  urethra  ;  with  very  acid  urine. 
Desire  to  urinate  again  immediately  after  voiding  bladder. 
Chlorides  increased,  all  other  constituents  remain  unchanged. 
Micturition  increased  in  frequency  (12  times  in   24  hours), 

preceded  by  pain  over  left  eye  ;  contracted   feeling  in 

throat,  eructations. 
Sore  feeling  in  pubic  region. 

Average  daily  quantity  of  urine  increased  by  three  ounces. 
Urinary  tenesmus. 

[Dr.  Blake,  in  remarking  on  the  results  of  the  provings,  says  :  "  The 
results  put  glycosana  quite  out  of  the  court,  as  a  condition  theoretically 
calling  for  this  medicine."  It  did  not  cause  the  urine  to  contain  sugar  in  a 
single  instance.  In  animals  it  caused  "  kidneys  pale.  Tint  of  medullary 
layer  deepened.  The  peri-renal  tissue  was  infiltrated  with  reddish,  jelly-like 
material.    Bladder  greatly  distended,  full  of  pale,  alkaline  urine,  with 

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3-38  NITRATE    OF     URANIUM. 

copious  flocculent  deposit.  Bladder  full  of  acid,  albuminojis  urine."  Dr. 
Blake  says  "  It  ought  to  be  useful  in  J3right's  disease  and  kindred  renal 
maladies  ;  in  contracted  kidneys,  with  gastric  disturbance  ;  in  irritable 
conditions  of  the  renal  plexus  of  the  sympathetic."  It  seems  singular  that 
it  should  have  cured  veritable  cases  of  "  sugar  diabetes,"  which  it  undoubt 
edly  has  done.  It  is  homoeopathic,  however,  to  diabetes  generally,  as  wit- 
ness the  following  : 

o  Diabetes  with  albuminuria  (.-') 

[A  corpulent,  temperate  old  man,  had  constantly  increasing  debility  and 
emaciation  ;  ccdema  of  the  legs  ;  great  pain  and  weariness  in  legs ;  crawl- 
ing and  formication  in  the  limbs  ;  clammy  state  of  mouth  and  tongue  ; 
tongue  coated  with  white  fur  ;  sensation  of  dryness  in  mouth  and  fauces, 
with  intense  thirst ;  severe  acid  dyspepsia  ;  burning,  cramps,  and  faintness 
in  pit  of  stomach  ;  bowels  constipated,  feeces  pale,  odorless  and  dry ;  con- 
stant desire  to  urinate  ;  enormous  quantities  of  urine  (i6  pints  in  24  hours). 
Perspiration  and  breath  have  a  sweet  odor.  Skin  dry  and  hard,  and  he 
has  night  sweats.  Pulse  90,  small.  Greatly  relieved  by  the  ist  trit.,  (cent.) 
which  kept  him  comfortable  several  months. — Halei\ 

o  Bright' s  Disease  {?)  Profuse  urination — nocturnal — since 
six  months,  in  a  man  of  40,  accompanied  by  burning 
and  scalding;  milky  at  times — often  straw-colored, 
foetid  ;  voids  loor  12  pints  in  24  hours ;  he  is  dispirited, 
morose  ;  constipation ;  mouth  dry  ;  saliva  tenacious  ; 
tongue  coated  white  ;  good  appetite,  but  distress  after 
eating.  A  constant  sensation  of  faintness  at  stomach, 
even  after  a  hearty  meal ;  debility ;  renal  pain,  etc. 
Cured  in  three  weeks  by  Uranium  nit.  2x. — (Hale.) 

O  Brighfs  Disease :  Urination  profuse,  painful,  pale,  milky, 
with  ammoniacal  odor  ;  nocturnal  urination  frequent  ; 
great  debility ;  night  sweats  ;  constant  pain  and  sore- 
ness in  lumbar  region ;  legs  ache  and  feel  heavy  and 
weary  ;  worse  towards  evening ;  almost  complete  loss 
of  sexual  power ;  sexual  organs  cold  and  relaxed,  and 
sweaty ;  afternoon  fever ;  great  thirst ;  canine  hunger ; 
bloated  abdomen  and  constipation.  Cured  by  the  2x 
trit.— {Hale.) 

0  Diabetes  insipidus,  (Hysterical  diuresis  .-■)  A  delicate,  nerv- 
ous female,  had  sudden  attacks  of  diuresis,  followed  by 
scanty  urine,  dark  colored,  and  fever.  The  diuresis  was 
much  relieved,  and  was  not  followed  by  the  usual  fever. 
{2x  trit.) — Hale. 

o  Diabetes :  (Sugar  was  found  in  the  urine.)  Constipation ; 
distressing  thirst ;  canine  hunger ;  tongue  red  and 
angry  ;  loss  of  sleep  ;  all  greatly  improved  under  Ura- 
nium 2x. — [Dr.  Loiuder.) 

o  Diabetes.  In  three  cases  of  glycosurea,  one  was  cured,  and 
in  two  the  sugar  was  reduced  one-half. — {Dr.  Curie  of 
Paris.) 

o  Diabetes :  Two  cases  greatly  improved  under  the  $th  and 
1 2th  dil. — {Dr.  Jorenet.) 


NITRATE  OF   URANIUM.  339 

O  Diabetes :  In  two  cases  the  specific  gravity  decreased  ;  in 
one  from  1042  to  1030,  in  the  other  from  1039  ^o  103 1  ; 
the  thirst,  hunger  and  quantity  of  urine  decreased 
greatly. — {Dr.  Bacr,  Science  of  Therapeutics.) 

[Drs.  Dudgeon  and  Miller,  of  England,  used   the  Uranium  nit.,  in  five 
cases,,  unsuccessfully.] 

o  Diabetes  :  (Saccharine.)  Five  cases  all  improved  under  the 
medicine. — {Dr.  HugJies,  British  Jour,  of  Horn.,  vol.28.) 

[Dr.  Drysdale  has  found  it  useful  in  one  case. — (lb.,  vol.  xxv.) 

O  Incontinence  of  urine  at  night,  and  frequency  during  the  day, 
in  a  young  girl  who  had  been  troubled  from  infancy. 
Cured  by  the  3d  and  ist. — Dr.  Cook. 

COUGH    AND    CHEST. 

Pain  at  lower  angle  of  left  scapula,  aggravated  by  taking  a 

deep  inspiration. 
Double  hydrothorax  and  congestion  of  lungs. 
Pathology. — Cough,  with  purulent  discharge  from  left  nostril  ; 

loss  of  appetite  and  great  prostration  ;    lung  infiltrated 

with  grey  tubercle  ;  no  vomica. 

BACK,  KIDNEYS   AND    LOINS. 

Stiffness  in  loins. 

Increased  frequency  of  micturition  ;  twelve  times  in  twenty- 
four  hours. 

Pressure  on  loins  caused  a  rabbit  to  fall  on  left  side,  as  if 
moribund,  then  to  defecate. 

UPPER   AND   LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 

Pain  at  lower  angle  of  left  scapula,  aggravated  by  taking  a 

deep  inspiration. 
White  vesicles  on  hands  and  legs,  with  red   areolae ;  they 

burn  and  itch. 

GENERAL   DEBILITY  AND    LANGUOR. 

Head  heavy  on  waking ;  general  languor,  with  aching  at 
occipital  protuberance. 

Extreme  languor  on  rising  from  bed,  Avith  fishy  odor  of  urine. 

Great  prostration  and  drowsiness  during  the  catamenia. 

Debility  and  cold  feeling,  with  vertigo, 
o  Obstinate  sleeplessness — in  diabetes. 

FEVER. 

Shivering  alternately  with  heat  at  night,  and  great  rest- 
lessness. 

Prostration,  somnolence,  and  shivering,  during  the  day ; 
restless  at  night  at  the  menstrual  period. 


340  NEW   REMEDIES. 

NUPHAR  LUTEA. 

(Small  Yellow  Pond  Lily.) 


Analogues: — Anacardium,  Arsenicum,  Agnus  castus,  Ba- 
ryta, Camphor  (?)  Conium,  Gelsemifium,  Podophyllum,   Rumex. 
Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  rootfdilutions. 

HEAD. 

Pressive  headache  in  forehead  and  temples,  ceasing  in  the 

open  air. 
Dull,  deep,  lancinating  pains  behind  the  left  frontal  eminence. 
Painful,  bruising,  shaking  in  the  brain  at  every  step,  when 

walking. 
Painful  heaviness  in  the  orbit  and  at  the  base  of  the  brain. 

MENTAL, 

Excessive  moral  sensibility. 

Great  impatience  at  the  slightest  contradiction. 

EYES. 
Dull  pain  and  sensation  of  weight  in  the  orbit. 
Discolored,  (around  the  eyes). 

ABDOMEN   AND   STOOL. 

Soft  stool,  preceded  by  colic. 
o  Diarrhoeic  stools,  morning  and  evening,  preceded  by  colic- 
like pains. 
Yellow  diarrhoea  in  the  morning. 

Smarting  and  burning  pains  at  the  anus,  after  every  stool. 
Stitches,  as  from  needles,  in  the  rectum, 
O  Entero-colitis,  chronic. 

o  Painless  morning  diarrhoea. — {Dr.  Petitt,  seven  cases,  also 
Dr.Shipman  ajid Barker. 

URINE. 
Urine  deposits  a  copious  reddish  sand,  which  adheres  to  the 
vessel. 

GENERATIVE  ORGANS. 
Male. — *  Complete   absence   of  sexual  desire  ;  voluptuous 

thoughts  do  not  cause  erection. 
Severe  lancinations  in  both  testicles,  with  pains  in  extremity 
of  penis. 
O  Impotency,  with  involuntary  sexual  losses — during  sleep,  at 

stool,  and  when  urinating. — {Petlit.) 
0  Spermatorrhoea,  even  with  erections, 

SKIN. 
Eruption  resembling  psoriasis,  itching  violent  (.?) 
[See  remarks  in  2d  edition  of  New  Remedies.] 


NEW   REMEDIES.  34 1 

CEONTHERA   BIENNIS. 

(Primrose .) 


Analogues  : — (?) 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  whole  plant ; 
dilutions. 

(No  provings.) 

o  Summer  diarrhoea  of  Children. — "  Its  use  was  attended  in 
all  cases  by  surprising  results.  In  many  cases  where 
the  evacuations  had  been  for  days  from  one  to  two 
hours  apart,  they  became  six  and  eight  hours,  after  the 
first  dose,  and  in  some  instances  a  single  dose  effected  a 
cure.  There  were  few  instances  of  the  disease  continu- 
ing more  than  two  or  three  days,  the  evacuations  stead- 
ily decreasing  in  frequency.  Dose  one  drop  of  the  0 
after  each  evacuation. — {Dr.  J.  S.  Douglas.) 

o  Exhausting  watery  diarthcea,  every  two  hours — after  typhoid 
fever,  cured  by  QEnothera  d  after  Arsenicum,  Veratrum, 
Mercurius,  Phosphoric  acid,  etc.,  had  been  given  for 
five  days  unavalingly. — (lb.) 

o  Chronic  diarrhoea  (every  summer),  in  a  thin,  emaciated 
woman,  cured  in  a  week. — (Dr.  Perrine.) 

O  Diarrhoea  after  confinement,  with  great  despondency,  pale- 
ness and  emaciation. — (Douglas.) 

O  Chronic  diarrhoea — for  twelve  months — about  twelve  evacu- 
ations daily. — (lb.) 

[Dr.  Douglas' experience,  above,  was  written  in  Feb.,  187 1.  In  June, 
1872,  he  writes  me  that  "up  to  the  present  time  it  continues  to  justify  my 
early  excpectations  of  it." — Hale. 


OIL  OF  SANDALWOOD. 


Analogues  : — Copaiva,  Cubebs,  Erigeron,  Erechthites,  Tur- 
pentine, etc. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Oil ;  dilutions  or  triturations. 

P  [This  is  probably  an  oil  extracted  from  the  wood  of  the  Santalum  album 
of  India.] 

URINARY  ORGANS. 

O  Chronic  catarrhal  states  of  the  mucous  membrane  of  the 
urinary  organs. 

o  Gonorrhcea — after  the  few  first  days  (after  Cannabis  and 
Gelseminum). — Hale. 

O  Gleet,  when  the  discharge  is  profuse,  painless,  thick  and  yel- 
low or  green, — {lb) 


342  ORIGANUM  VULGARE. 

O  Chronic^  mucus  sediment  in  the  urine. 

[This  remedy  was  introduced  into  practice  by  physicians  in  India.  It  is 
far  superior  to  Cubebs  and  Copaiva,  and  experience  has  demonstrated  that 
it  is  the  nearest  a  specific  for  Gonorrhcea  of  any  drug  known.  It  is  usually 
given  (allopathically)  in  capsules,  (three  a  day,)  each  containing  about  thirty 
drops,  and  very  successfully.  My  own  experience  with  the  oil  is  that  it 
acts  best  after  Gelseminum  and  Cannabis  have  reduced  the  active  inflam- 
mation. I  use  the  i  Xtrit.,  or  dilution,  a  dose  (ten  grs.  or  gtts.,)  every  two 
or  three  hours.     It  generally  cures  in  eight  or  ten  days. — Halei\ 


ORIGANUM    VULGARE.* 


Analogues  : — Cantharis,  Cannabis  indtca,  Collinsonia, 
Hedeoma,  Helonias,  Platinum^  Valerian. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  plant ;  the 
oil ;  dilutions, 

MIND. 

She  is  very  quiet,  full  of  thoughts,  sad,  despairing ;  wants 
to  throw  herself  out  of  the  window ;  wants  to  walk 
about  all  the  time ;  impossible  to  rest.  Everything  dis- 
gusts her  ;  desire  for  death ;  disgust  for  life ;  nothing 
amuses  her.     Cannot  fix  the  thoughts. 

Lascivious  ideas,  with  great  heat  in  the  head. 

Dreams  lascivious,  with  frequent  waking  ;  wakes  trembling. 

Moroseness  and  debility  one  day,  vivacity  the  next. 

Sadness,  followed  by  good  humor,  (opposite  of  coffee). 
*  Lascivious  ideas,  with  sexual  irritation. 
O  Deep  moroseness,  with  an  idea  that  she  was  lost  and  despised. 
When  awaking  from  a  stupor  she  cries  out  that  the  devil 
comes  near  her.  She  believes  herself  in  hell,  in  chains. 
Considered  herself  crazy ;  has  thoughts  of  suicide,  (in 
a  hysterical  girl  with  sexual  irritation). 

HEAD. 

Great  heat  of  the  head  ;  when  this  increases,  the  head  invol- 
untarily turns  from  one  side  to  the  other. 
Headache  in  the  temples,  with  lasciviousness. 
Vertigo  when  going  to  bed, 
Epistaxis  in  the  morning. 

URINARY  AND  SEXUAL  ORGANS. 
Frequent  calls  to  urinate  at  night,  waking  him. 
Incf  eased  sexual  desire. 
Lascivious  ideas  and  dreams. 


*  From  the   French  of   Dr.  Gallasardin  of  Lyons.     A^.  A.  yoiirnal  of 
Hotnoeopathy,  vol.  7j,  page  62. 


OXALATE  OF    CERIUM.  343 

Itching  on  and  about  the  bosom. 

O  Onanism  in  girls — under  ten  years. 

o  Masturbation,  with  mental  weakness. 

o  A  young  girl,  well  every  other  way,  masturbated  every  day. 
She  tried  her  utmost  to  fight  those  sexual  inclinations, 
but  in  vain.     (Cured  by  the  3d.) 

O  Sexual  irritation,  with  leucorrhoea  and  itching  of  the  puden- 
da in  an  old  maid  of  forty  years.  (Cured  by  3d.) — Dr. 
Emory. 

O  Leucorrhoea,  with  sexual  irritation,  in  a  woman  of  35,  mar- 
ried. She  had  suffered  several  months  from  powerful 
lascivious  impulses,  producing  anxiety  and  aversion  to 
religious  duties. — (Id.) 

u  A  widow  had  neither  rest  nor  quiet  from  voluptuousness. 
(Cured  by  the  30th.) 

o  Tormenting  voluptuous  desires,  in  a  girl. 

o  Leucorrhoea,  sterility,  "  flatulency  of  the  uterus." — Diosco- 
rides. 

GENERAL    SYMPTOMS. 

Rheumatic  pains  in  arms,  legs,  hands  and  feet,  wandering 
about. 

Vividly  red  efflorescnce,  and  spots  on  skin  of  legs  and  abdo- 
men. 

No  appetite,  but  great  thirst,  and  pains  in  stomach  and 
bowels. 

Wants  to  run  or  walk  in  fresh  air,  which  does  her  good. 


OXALATE  OF   CERIUM. 


Analogues: — Arsenicum,  Bismitth,  Kreosotmn,  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Triturations. 

[This  medicine  was  introduced  to  the  profession  by  Prof.  J. 
Y.|Simpson  of  Edinburg,  (see  "  Simpsoti's  Memoirs")  He 
recommended  it  in  very  obstinate  cases  of  vofnitifig  during 
pregnancy,  and  also  in  some  particularly  intractable  cases  of 
chronic  vomiting,  which  he  imagined  to  be  caused  by  some 
eruption  on  the  mucous  membrane  of  the  stomach.  The  allo- 
pathic school  have  used  it  quite  extensively  in  such  cases,  and 
their  testimony  is,  that  while  it  gives  prompt  relief  in  some 
cases,  in  others  quite  similar  it  seems  to  have  no  effect  what- 
ever. 


344  OXALATE    OF    CERIUM. 

No  proving  has  been  made  by  the  homceopathic  school,  but 
it  has  been  resorted  to  by  many  in  obstinate  cases.  In  the 
"  Homceopathic  Medical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,"  1872, 
during  a  discussion  on  "  morning  sickness,"  Dr.  Charlton  stated 
that  for  several  years  he  had  used  the  Oxalate  of  Cerium  in 
all  cases  of  morning  sickness  of  pregnancy  with  unvarying 
success.  Dr.  B.  W.  James  had  experience  in  its  use.  He  said  : 
"  It  very  seldom  fails  in  relieving  the  vomiting  of  pregnancy* 
when  given  in  good  sized  doses  of  the  2  x  trit."  Dr.  McClel- 
land had  tried  it  and  got  no  good  effects.  Dr.  Moore  relieved 
some  cases  with  it.  Dr.  J.  E,  James  used  it  in  three  cases, 
without  results.  Dr.  McClatchley  had  the  same  results  from 
its  use.  Scattered  through  our  journals  a  large  amount  of 
testimony,  for  and  against  this  drug  is  to  be  found.  AH  agree 
that  if  it  does  no  good,  it  does  not  aggravate  the  symptoms. 
My  experience  with  it  is,  that  in  the  worst  cases  of  vomiting 
of  food,  half-digested  matters,  mixed  or  not  with  blood,  with 
.great  pain  during  or  after  vomiting,  it  sometimes  affords  mag- 
cal  relief.  In  some  cases  it  arrests  the  vomiting,|,but  the  nau- 
sea remains.  This  would  seem  to  indicate  that  its  action  was 
on  the  motor  nerves  of  the  stomach,  (or  perhaps  the  oesopha- 
gus). In  mild  cases  of  morning  vomiting,  it  often  affords 
prompt  relief.  It  is  probable  that  the  reason  of  the'uncertainty 
of  its  action  lies  in  the  fact  that  we  have  no  proving  to  disclose 
its  characteristic  indications.  A  characteristic  indication  is 
often  discovered  by  close  observation  during  the  empirical  use 
of  a  medicine.  Some  acute  observer  may  observe  the  key- 
note of  Oxalate  of  Cerium. 

Dose: — Allopathic  physicians  give  about  five  grains  of  the 
crude  drug,  before  meais.  Homoeopathists  have  usually  used 
the  lower  triturations.  I  have  obtained  the  best  results  from  the 
1st  decimal  trituration.  Believing  that,  like  Bismuth  and  some 
other  agents,  the  drug  has  to  come  in  contact  with  the  coats  of 
the  stomach,  in  order  to  act  on  that  organ,  I  think  it  should 
be  given  suspended  in  water,  or  some  bland  liquid.  (Two  or 
three  grains  of  the  ist,  before  each  meal.)— //a/^. 


NEW    REMEDIES.  345 

PAULLINIA    SORBILES. 

(Guarana.) 


Analogues  : — Agaricus,  Coffea,  Cypripedium,  Coca,  Iris 
versicolor,  Pulsatilla,  Scutellaria,  Tlica,  Valeriana,  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Triturations  of  the  seeds; 
tincture ;  dilutions. 

\GHarana  consists  of  the  seeds  (powdered)  of  a  tree  or  climbing  shrub 
growing  in  Brazil  ;  these,  according  to  Johnson,  in  his  "  Chemistry  of 
Common  Life,"  are  used  as  we  do  cocoa.  They  contain  an  alkaloid  said 
to  be  identical  with  that  found  in  tea  and  coffee  (theine).  In  the  Materia 
Medica  of  Trusseau  and  Pideaux  is  an  account  of  its  use  in  7ni^raine  or 
sick-headache.  At  one  time  it  attained  much  popularity  in  Paris,  in  the 
treatment  of  sick-headache.  It  has  lately  been  called  up  by  Dr.  Wilks, 
of  Guy's  Hospital,  London.  It  has  been  used  successfully  by  Dr.  Wood, 
of  Montreal,  and  Dr.  Helmeken,  of  British  Columbia.  No  provings  have 
yet  been  made,  and  the  following  observations  are  given  instead.] 

O  Sick-headache — If  the  attacks  are  frequent  (several  in  a 
month),  a  few  grains  of  the  powder  should  be  taken 
every  morning,  half  an  hour  before  the  first  meal,  as  a 
preventive ;  at  the  commencement  of  an  attack  the 
same  dose  may  be  repeated  every  quarter  or  half  an 
hour  until  relief  appears. — (Trousseau.) 

O  The  most  violent  attacks  of  sick-headache  will  sometimes 
yield  at  the  end  of  five  or  ten  minutes,  not  to  return. — 

o  Used  by  the  natives  of  Brazil  to  relieve  nervousness  and 

weariness,  as  we  ufe  tea  or  coffee. — (JoJinson.) 

o  Used  for  the  cure  and  prevention  of  bowel  complaints. — (lb.) 

o  Diarrhoea  of  phthisis. — (Gavaelle.) 

o  Chlorosis. — (lb.) 

o  Paralysis. 

o  Convalescence  from  prostrating  diseases. — (lb.) 


PHOSPHIDE  OF  ZINC. 

Analogues: — Bromides  of  Potash,  A  imnonia,  and  Lithium, 
Conium,  Gelseminum,  Zinc  ox.  and  met. 

Officinial  Preparations: — Triturations.  (Even  in  the 
2  X  and  3  X  trit.  its  offensive  taste  and  odor  will  prove  an 
obstacle  to  its  administration,  but  it  can  be  disguised  by  pre- 
scribing it  in  the  form  of  a  pill,  very  rapidly  prepared  if  the  tri- 
turation is  made  with  equal  parts  of  sac.  lac.  and  pulv.  gum 
acacia. 

43 


346  PHOSPHIDE  OF  ZINC. 


HEAD. 

o  Useful  for  the  secondary  effects  of  cerebral  congestion  and 
apoplexy,  or  for  the  debility,  paralysis  and  mental  depression — 
preferable  to  Phosphorus.  "  My  experience  with  this  medi- 
cine has  been  very  extensive.  I  have  never  known  it  to  pro- 
duce the  least  unpleasant  effect,  and  have  rarely  been  disap- 
pointed in  obtaining  the  full  results  to  be  expected  from  Phos- 
phorus in  doses  of  one-tenth  of  a  grain  three  times  a  day. — 
{Hammond  on  Nervous  Diseases.) 

o  Useful  in  passive  cerebral  congestion. 

[It  is  perfectly  homoepathic  to  the  so-called  hj'drocephaloid  di&ease  of 
children,  from  loss  of  fluids,  fever  etc.  In  the  "  brain-fag  "  of  literary  men, 
in  conditions  threatening  paralysis  of  the  cerebral  functions,  and  the  dread- 
ful periodical  headaches  to  which  teachers,  clerj^ymcn  and  others,  who, 
from  over-study,  have  produced  cerebral  anjemia,  passive  congestion,  with 
irritation.     In  such  case  the  3X  trit.  will  prove  efficient.] 

GENERALITIES. 

o  Mercurial  Trembling,  with  the  following  symptoms  : 
Nearly  all  the  muscles  of  locomotion  seemed  agitated  by  reg- 
ular and  spasmodic  oscillations,  which  seemed  due  to  the 
alternate  contraction  and  relaxation  of  the  muscles.  This 
trembling,  more  marked  in  the  upper  than  the  lower  extremi- 
ties, was  increased  by  any  attempt  at  motion.  His  walk  was 
hesitating  and  difficult.  He  could  neither  feed  or  dress  him- 
Sflf,  and  he  could  not  speak  distinctly.  He  was  emaciated 
and  cachectic,  and  looked  prematurely  old ;  no  appetite,  pain- 
ful digestion,  and  the  generative  faculties  were  wholly  lost. 
He  was  much  discouraged  and  attempted  to  commit  suicide. 

[Cured  in  twenty-one  drys  by  ^th  grain  three  times  a  day. 
But  three  doses  caused  diarrhoea.  Grain  doses  of  the  2d  or 
3d  trit.  would  have  cured  more  safely  and  promptly]. — Gazette 
de  Hopit. 

The  above  case  strongly  resembles  the  symptoms  of  zinc, 
especially,  also  phosphorus.  This  remedy  ought  to  prove  use- 
ful in  Chorea. 

The  chemical  formula  of  Phosphide  of  Zinc  is  P.  Z  n  3., 
and  one  grain  represents  little  more  than  one-seventh  of  a  grain 
of  Phosphorus.  Nine-tenths  of  a  grain  killed  a  rabbit  of 
seven  pounds  weight. — lb. 


NEW    REMEDIES.  347 

PHYTOLACCA   DECANDRA. 

(Poke- Root.) 


Analogues  : — Arsenicum,  Arum  tri.,  Belladofina,  Iris  ve,r., 
Kali  bich.,  Lachesis,  Mercurius  iod.,  Mercurius  hydro..  Nitric 
acid,  Stillingia,  Sanguinaria,  SulpJiur. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  fresh  root ; 
tincture  of  the  ripe  berries ;  dilutions. 

MENTAL   SPHERE. 

Mind  very  gloomy  and  irritable. 

Stupefaction,  with  vertigo  and  dimness  of  vision. 

HEAD. 

Dull,   steady,  aching  pain,  in  the  head,  principally  in  the 

forehead. 
One-sided  pain  Just  above  the  eyebrows. 
Sensation  as  if  the  brain  were  bruised,  when  stepping  from  a 

high  step  to  the  ground. 
Pressure  in  the  temples  and  over  the  eyes,  with  nausea. 
O  Cephalalgia — rheumatic,  syphilitic,  or  neuralgic. 
O  Syphilitic  nodes  of  the  skull. 

Heaviness  in  the  head  and  pressure  in  vertex,  with  vertigo. 
Pain  in  the  occiput,  aggravated  by  walking  or  riding, 
o  Weekly  attacks  of  sick  headache, 
o   Tinea  capitis  ;  also  scaly  eruption  on  scalp. 

EYES. 
Double  visiofi,  with  giddiness  and  headache. 
Burning,  smarting  and  itching,  in  the  eyes,  as  if  sand   were 

in  them,  with  profuse  lachrymation. 
Reddish-blue  swelling  of  the  lids  ;  worse  on  left  side,  and 

in  the  morning. 
Dull,  heavy  pain  in  eyeballs,  worse  from  motion,  light  and 

reading. — Bicrt. 
Dimness  of  sight  and  long-sightedness. 
Catarrhal  ophthalmia,  with  flow  of  tears,  and  photophobia. 

— Neidhard. 
Eyes    brilliant  and   dancing,  pupil    contracted,    lower    lids 

drawn  down. 
Eyelids  cedematous  and  agglutinated. 
O  Granular  conjunctivitis,  withcircumorbital  pain,  soreness  in 
the  periosteum    and    scalp,  as  of  rheumatic  origin  ;   it 
prevents  the  relapses,  so  common. — Fenner^  and  others. 
o  Fistula  lachrymalis  (i*) 

EARS. 
Shooting  pain  in  the  ears,  when  swallowing. 


348  PHYTOLACCA   DECANDRA. 

Sense  of  irritation  and  obstruction  in  eustachean  tubes. 
Rushing  sounds  in  ears,  with  feeling  as  if  the  hearing  was 

dull,  while  it  is  really  over-sensitive. 
Exaltation  of  the  sense  of  hearing  during  the  pain  in  the 
forehead. 

NOSE. 
Feeling  in  nose  and  eyes  as  if  a  cold  would  come  on. 
Coryza  ;  flow  of  mucus  from  one  nostril  while  the  other  is 

stopped. 
Fluent  coryza,  with  discharge  from  posterior  nares. 
O  Syphilitic  ozoeena.with  bloody,  sanious  discharge,and  disease 

of  the  bones. 
o  Noli  me  tangere,  and  cancerous  affections  of  the  nose. 

FACE. 
Paleness  of  the  face. 

Heat,  with  redness  of  the  face  and  coldness  of  the  feet. 
Sickly  look  of  the  face  ;  dark  yellow  color  of  the  face  and 
sclerotica. 
O  Prosopalgia,  in  syphilitic  and  rheumatic  subjects, 
o  Ulcers  and  eruptions  (scaly)  on  the  face. 

MOUTH,  TEETH   AND   TONGUE. 
Small  ulcers  on  the  inside  of  the  right  cheek. 

*  Profuse    flow   of    saliva,    tenacious,    yellowish,    ropy,    with 

metallic  taste. 
o  Irresistible  inclination  to  bite  the  teeth  together  (in  teething 

children). 
Tongue  feels  rough,  white-coated  blisters  on  both  sides,  and 

very  red  tip. 
o  Rheumatic  odontalgia,  also  mercurial  and  syphilitic. 

*  Great  pain  in  root  of  tongue,  when  swallowing. — Ha/e. 
Salivation,  with  thick,  ropy  discharge. 

Teeth  all  ache  ;  they  feel  sore  and  elongated. 
PHARYNX    AND    OESOPHAGUS. 

*  Sore  throat,  swelling  of  the  soft  palate  in  the  morning ;  on 

removing  the  mucus,  throat  feels  better. 

*  Feeling,  when  swallowing,  as  of  a  lump  in  the  throat. 

*  Great  dryness  in  the  throat,  inducing  coughing. 

o  Right  tonsil  much  enlarged,  dark  red,  burning  sensation  in 

the  fauces  and  whole  length  of  the  cesophagus. 

Sensation  as  if  the  trachea  were  being  strongly  grasped. 

*  Dryness,  soreness,  dullness,  and  roughness  of  the  throat,  all 

the  time. 
o  Sensation  of  scraping  and  rawness  in  the  throat  and  tonsils. 
Diphtheria,  especially  with   severe  pains    in    nape  of  neck, 

ears,  and  root  of  tongue. 
0  Ulcers  on  one  side  of  the  throat,  constant  desire  to  swallow. 


PHYTOLACCA   DECANDRA.  349 

o  Scarlatina  with  diphtheritic  comphcations. 

o  Parotitis  ;  inflammation  of  sub-maxillary  glands. 

[One  of  our  most  reliable  remedies  in  non-malignant  diphtheritic  condi- 
tions; as  the!experience  of  many  American  and  British  homoepathists  have 
proven. — Hale. 

STOMACH. 

*  Cutting  in  the  pit  of  the  stomach,  which  is  tender  to  the  touch. 
Eructations  of  sour  fluid,  with  great  distress  in  stomach  and 

bowels. 

*  Pains  in  cardiac  portion  of  stomach,  aggravated  by  a  full 

inspiration  and  by  walking. 
Violent  pressure  in  the  stomach  on  waking,  disappears  after 
rising. 

*  Nausea,  with  severe  pain  in  the  umbilical  region. 
Vomiting  of  abundant,  dark,  bilious  substance. 
Vomiting  and  purging,  with  griping  pains  and  cramps  in  the 

abdomen, 
o  Vomiting  comes  on  slowly,  preceded  by  nausea,  and  is  ex- 
cessive, 
o  Vomiting  of  food,  and  milk,  in  teething  children. — Hale. 
Burning  in  the  stomach,  with  tenderness  of  the  bowels,  and 
heat  in  the  rectum,  and  bloody  stools,  with  tenesmus. 
LIVER,  HYPOCHONDRIA. 

*  Digging  pain  in  right  hypochondrium,  in  the  upper  and  low- 

er portions  of  the  liver. 

*  Cannot  lie  on  the  right  side,  on  account  of  penetrating  pain 

in  right  hypochondrium. 
Violent,  dull,  piercing  pain  in  left  hypochondrium. 
o  Soreness  and  pain  in  right  hypochondrium,  during  pregnancy, 
o  Chronic  hepatitis,  with  enlargement  and  induration. 

ABDOMEN. 
Burning  pain  near  the  umbilicus. 
Neuralgic  pain  in  left  groin. 

Griping  pain,  followed  by  passage  of  offensive  flatus. 
Rumbling  noise  in  the  bowels, 
o  Chronic  inflammation  of  the  bowels. 

Severe  colicky  pains  in  the  bowels,  with  or  without  desire  for 

stool. 
Great  distress  in  the  umbilical  and  hypogastric  regions. 
o  Burning  distress  in  the  umbilical  region,  with  vomiting  and 
diarrhoea. 

STOOL  AND  ANUS. 

*  Cojtstipation  of  long  standing. 

o  Intense  vomiting  and  purging,  with  prostration  and  cramps, 
as  in  cholera. 
Copious  discharge  of  bile  from  the  bowels. 


3  so  PHYTOLACCA    DECANDRA. 

Stool  soft,  undigested,  dark,  lumpy. 

Diarrhoea  early  in  the  morning  for  three  mornings. 

Emission  of  flatus  relieves  the  pain  in  the  bowels, 
o  Cholera  and  cholera  morbus  ;  also  cholera  infantum. — Hale. 
O   Ulceration  and  fissure  of  the  rectum. 

*  HemorrJioidSy  permanent  and  obstinate. 

Bloody  discharge^  with  heat  in  the  rectum,  tenesmus  and  haem- 
orrhoids. 

Pain  shooting  from  the  anus  and  lower  rectum,  along  the 
perinaeum  to  the  middle  of  the  penis. 

URINARY  ORGANS 

Urgent  desire  to^  pass  water. 
Copious  nocturnal  urination. 
Weakness,  dull   pain   and   soreness    in   the   region   of   the 

kidneys,  most  on  the  right  side,  attended  with  heat  and 

uneasiness  down  the  ureters. 
Chalk-like  sediment  in  the  urine. 

*  Pain  in  the  region  of  the  bladder,  before  and  during  urina- 

tion. 

*  Dark  red  urine,  which  stains  the  chamber  of  a  mahogany 

color, 
o  Urine  double  in  amount  and  clear  as  water. 

Retention  of  urine. 

Urine  acid  and  albuminous. 
O  Bright's  disease, — Burt,  H.  N.  Martin. 
o  Albuminuria,  after  scarlatina  and  diphtheria. — Hale. 

GENERATIVE     ORGANS. 

Female. — *  Metorrhagia. — J  canes. 
o  Menstruation  too  copious  and  too  frequent, 
o  Violent  pains  in   the   abdomen    during   menstruation,  in  a 

barren  woman, 
o  Leucorrhoea  ;  uterine,  thick,  tenacious,  and  irritating — Hale. 
o  Inflamviation,  szvelling,  and  suppuration  of  the  mammce.  ■ 
o  Abscesses  or  fistulous  ulcers  oftJie  mammcz. 
o  Nipples  cracked  and  excoriated. 

o  Irritable  mamincs  during  menstruation  and  lactation.- — Fair- 
banks. 
o  Ovaritis,  with  or  without  rheumatic  complications, 
o  Tumors  ;  scirrus,  and  cancer  of  the  mammae. 

Male. — Complete  loss  of  sexual  desire,  for  two  months. 

Continued  pain  in  spermatic  cords,  running  up. 
o  Orchitis,  acute  and  chronic,  with  suppuration  and   fistulous 

ulcer. 
o  Syphilitic  rheumatism,  and  eruptions. 
o  Syphilis,  primary  and  secondary. 
O  Chancres  on  the  penis. 


PHYTOLACCA  DECANDRA.  3-^1 

LARYNX  AND  TRACHEA. 

o  Tickling  in  left  side  of  the  larynx,  with  hacking  cough. 
Sensation  of  roughness  and  dryness  in  the  larynx. 
Bronchial  cough,  which  is  very  dry. 
O  Hard   cough,  accompanied  by  scraping  and  tickling  in  the 

throat. 
o  Chronic  coughs ;  generally  hard  and  dry,  with  scraping  and 

tickling. 
O  Constant  coughing,  with  vomiting,  with  sensation  as  of  an 

ulcerated  spot  in  the  trachea  ;  could  only  expectorate 

(pus)  by  pressing  on  this  spot. — Marshall. 

CHEST.  .      ■ 

*  Aching  pain  in  the  right  side  of  the  breast,  passing  through 

to  the  back  ;  worse  on  taking  a  long  breath,  aggrava- 
ted by  lying  on  right  side. 
Bruised  feeling  of  muscles  of  chest  and  ribs. 
Shocks  of  pain  in  the  region  of  heart  ;  as  soon  as  the  pain 

ceases,  a  similar  pain  appears  in  the  right  arm. 
Respiration  difficult  and  oppressed  ;  mucous   rale  audible 
everywhere  in  the  room, 
o  Chronic  rheumatic  endocarditis  (}) — Hale. 
o  Angina  pectoris,   when  the  pain  goes  from  heart  to  right 

arm. — lb. 
o  Fatty  degeneration  of  the  heart  (.^) 

BACK.  I 

Pain  in  left  lumbar  region,  followed  by  severe  itching. 
Pain  in  left  shoulder  blade,  as  if  from  a  blow. 
Sensation  of  weight  and  pressure  on  both  shoulders. 
Sensation  as  if  a  piece  of  cold   iron  were    pressed   on   the 
painful  shouider-blade. 

*  Hardness  of  the  glands  on  the  right  side  of  the  neck. 

*  Stiff  neck ;  worse  on  right  side,  and  in  bed,  after  midnight. 
Dull,  heavy  pain  in  lumbar  and  sacral  regions,  worse  from 

motion. 
o  Lumbago;  the  back  is  very  stiff  every  morning. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES 

O  Pain  in  the  muscles  of  both  arms. 

Twitching  of  the  muscles  of  the  right  arm. 
o  Rheumatic  drawing  in  both  fore-arms, 
o  Rheumatic  pains  in  the  hands  ;  sudden  pricking. 

Arms  ache  and  ends  of  the  fingers. 
o  Glandular  enlargements  in  the  axillae. 

LOWER   EXTREMITIES. 

*  Neuralgic   pain   in  outer  side  of  both  thighs  and  left  groin. 

*  Rheumatic  pain  in  right  knee,  worse  in  open  air  and  damp 

weather. 


352  PLANTAGO  MAJOR. 

o  Rheumatic  pain  in  left  limb,  with  sensation  of  shortening  ol 
tendons  when  walking. 
Coldness  of  the  feet,  with  increase  of  the  capillary  circula- 
tion about  the  head  and  face. 
O  Neuralgic  pains  in  the  toes. 

Sticking,  stinging  pains  in  the  extremities. 
o  Chronic  rheumatism  of  lower  extremities, 
o  Chronic  inflammation  of  the  knee  joints. 
O  Sciatica;  periostitis;  and  nodes  on  the  tibia, 
o  Ulcers  on  the  leg — syphilitic. 
O  Pains  running  from  hip  down  the  limb. 

SKIN. 

*  Itching  of  the  skin,  with  a  litchen-like  eruption. 

*  Boils,  painful,  on  the  back,  behind  the  ears, 
o  Chronic  disposition  to  boils. — Searle. 

o  Squamous  eruptions,  pityriasis  ;  psoriasis,  etc. 
o  Tinea   capitis  ;  crusta  lactea ;  lupus,  ulcers,  etc. 
o  Scarlatina,  with  anginous    symptoms ;  nose  and    upper  lip 
excoriated  ;  acrid  discharge  from    nose  ;  delirium,  and 
non-appearance  of  eruption. — Mandeville. 
o  Syphilitic  eruptions — secondary  and  tertiary. 
GENERALITIES. 
Loss  of  all  the  adipose  matter  of  the  body  (in  animals.) 
Great  prostration  ;  as  in  collapse  of  cholera. 
Tetanus  and  trismus,  after  the  vomiting  and  purging. 
o  Swelling,  inflammation,  and  induration  of  glands. 
o  Inflammation  and  swelling  of  the  bones. 
o  Rheumatic  and  neuralgic  afl"ections  (after  diphtheria.) — Hale. 

Tingling  and  prickling  sensation  all  over  the  body. 
O  Nightly  pains  in  the  bones  and  nodes. 

The  pains  fly  from  one  part,  and  go  like  an  electric  shock  to 

another  part. — Dr  Preston. 
The  pains  are  always  worse  at  night. 


PLANTAGO    MAJOR. 
(Plantain .) 


Analogues  : — Arnica,  (?)  Hepar,  (?)  Mercurius,  (?)  Phy- 
tolacca, (?) 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  root  and 
leaves  ;  dilutions. 

[These  symptoms  are  selected  from  the  pathogenesis  published  by  Dr. 
F.  Humphreys,  (New  York,  1871).  Twelve  persons  engaged  in  the  prov- 
ings . — Hale. 


PLANTAGO  MAJOR.  353 

MORAL  SYMPTOMS. 

General  depression  and  despondency,  though  the  weather  is 
bright  and  beautiful. 

Impatient  and  restless  mood,  with  dull,  stupid  feeling  in  the 
brain  ;  very  irritable  and  morose  temper ;  worse  in  the 
evening. 

Feeling  of  great  prostration,  with  a  meditative  mood,  and 
unable  to  associate  the  mind  with  any  external  object. 

Attempting  to  exercise  the  mental  faculties  would  increase 
the  depression  and  occasion  rapid  respiration,  with  a 
feeling  of  great  anxiety. 

Great  mental  anxiety,  pacing  backward  and  forward  in  the 
room  ;  then  throwing  one's  self  on  the  bed  and  rolling 
from  one  side  to  the  other  in  the  greatest  mental  agita- 
tion ;  sleep  with  the  most  horrible  and  frightful  dreams, 
which  awaken  me. 

Mind  inactive,  with  a  dull,  muddled  feeling  in  the  head. 

HEAD. 

Twinges  of  pain  in  different  parts  of  the  head;  now   through 

the  right  temple,  extending  backward,  then  through  the 

occiput,  from  ear  to  ear,  then  in  other  parts  of  the  head, 

more  or  less  severe. 
Oppression  deep  in  the  head,  and  sense  of  something  lying 

in  the  head  from  one  ear  to  the  other. 
Dull,  oppressed  feeling  through  the  forehead,  with  sometimes 

a  deep  pain  extending  across  from  the  temporal  bones, 

apparently  at  the  base  of  the  brain. 
Pains  in  the  head,  (of  a  shooting  character,)  sometimes  in  the 

right  parietal  region,  sometimes  in  the  left ;  also  in  the 

mastoid  processes. 
Pretty  severe  pain  in  the  left  side  of  the  head,  from  the 

forehead  extending  deep  into  the  brain,  coming  on  in 

paroxysms. 
Pain  in  the  left  side  of  the  head,  from  over  the  left  eye  back 

toward   the  occiput ;  somewhat  sharp,  but  soon  pass- 
ing off. 
An  intermittent,  pulsativc  pain  at  the  vertex  of  the  head,  in 

a  small  spot  beneath  the  scalp. 
Itching  of  the  scalp,  with  slight  eruption  on  the  forehead, 

which  soon  disappeared. 

EYES. 

Occasional  dull,  stupefying  pain,  deep  in  the  orbits,  worse 

on  pressure. 
Dull,  aching  pain,  deep  in  right  orbit,  lasting  only  a  few 

moments  ;  fifteen  minutes  after  taking  the  tincture. 

44 


354  PLANTAGO   MAJOR. 

Sharp,  darting  pain  in  the  external  and  superior  side  of  the 
orbit  of  the  right  eye. 

CEdema  and  redness  of  the  eyehds  after  rising. 

Unnatural  sense  of  dryness  of  the  eyehds,  continuing  for 
several  hours. 

Severe  painful  stitches,  first  in  the  left,  then  in  the  right  eye- 
ball, more  at  the  internal  canthus,  for  an  hour. 

EARS. 
Pains  in  the  head,  apparently  running  from  one  ear  through 

to  the  other. 
Pains  often  in  the  centre  of  the  ear,  most  in   the  left,  begin- 
ning in  the  head. 

NOSE. 

Sensation  across  the  bridge  of  the  nose  as  if  the  nasal  bones 
were  being  pressed  together  or  pressed  inward. 

Frequent  sneezing,  with  discharge  of  sanious  mucus  from 
left  nostril. 

Profuse  discharge  of  sanious  mucus  from  left  nostril,  contin- 
uing all  day,  then  gradually  diminishing  and  affecting 
the  right  nostril. 

FACE    AND    LIPS. 

Unpleasant  sensation  of  bruised  soreness  and  tension  in  the 
integuments  of  the  face,  on  rising,  especially  on  the 
forehead,  above  the  left  eye,  and  around  it ;  somewhat 
sensitive  when  pressed  or  rubbed  ;  continued  some  time. 

Eruption  on  the  face  of  small,  reddish,  rough,  scaly,  eryth- 
ematous patches  the  size  of  a  pea ;  on  the  left  side  of 
the  face  and  most  near  the  commissure  of  the  lips ;  no 
decided  pain  or  itching,  but  an  unpleasant  sense  of 
tension. 

Several  papulae  around  the  nose,  which  are  red,  and  smart 
when  touched. 

Eruptions  on  the  lips,  dry,  scaly,  with  violent  burning  and 
tension  ;  more  the  inferior  one. 

Lips  have  been  livid,  dark,-  sickly,  and  rough,  for  many  days. 

JAWS   AND    TEETH. 

Aching  of  some  decayed  teeth  in  the  lower  jaw  of  the  left 
side,  after  dinner. 

Toothache  in  left  side  of  the  face,  before  and  after  break- 
fast ;  went  off  in  the  forenoon,  and  returned  again  after 
•     dinner,  for  an  hour  or  two. 

Slight  toothache  on  rising,  scarcely  to  be  noticed,  but  after- 
ward increased  until  noon,  when  it  was  very  severe  ; 
cheek  considerably  swelled  ;  constant  discharge  of  saliva 
from  the  mouth  after  12  M, 


PLANTAGO   MAJOR.  355 

Pain  was  in  decayed  tooth,  but  the  teeth  on  each  side  sound  ; 
teeth  on  each  side  were  so  elongated  and  sore  that  it 
was  difficult  to  eat. 

Excessive  boring,  digging  pain,  profuse  flow  of  saliva,  aggra- 
vated by  walking  in  the  cold  air,  and  by  contact ;  also 
high  degree  of  heat,  partial  ease  obtained  only  by  lying 
down  in  a  moderately  cool  room.  Could  not  endure 
the  pain  ;  took  Mercury  30  with  relief. 

Teeth  of  the  left  side  elongated  and  sore ;  violent  pain  in 
the  upper  molars  of  the  left  side,  (sound  teeth). 

Sensitive  feeling  in  the  teeth,  sort  of  tingling,  as  if  in  the 
nerves  of  the  front  teeth  of  the  upper  jaw  ;  these  symp- 
toms came  on  before  going  to  sleep,  but  were  not  long 
continued  or  very  violent. 

Soreness  and  cold  sensation  in  the  front  incisor  teeth,  as  if 
they  had  been  chilled  by  inhaling  cold  air. 

Teeth  feel  elongated  in  the  morning,  and  then  ache  from 
half-past  two  until  four  P.  M.,  each  day  ;  the  pain  is 
sharp,  stabbing,  and  severe  along  the  course  of  the  supe- 
rior branch  of  the  trifacial  nerve  ;  is  sensitive  and  readily 
excites  pain,  and  cannot  lie  on  that  side  of  the  face  at 
night. 

Toothache  and  dull  face-ache  during  the  morning,  until  after 
two  P.  M. 

Toothache  gone,  but  swelled  cheek  remains.  The  tooth  was 
the  second  submaxillary  molar  of  the  left  side. 

Very  rapid  decay  of  the  teeth.  The  filling  has  fallen  out  of 
two. 
o  Toothache. — The  leaf  fibres  of  this  plant  have  long  been  used 
in  Switzerland  for  toothache,  in  the  following  singular 
manner.  The  fresh  leaves  of  the  plant  are  torn,  and 
1  he  green  thread-like  fibes  put  into  the  ear  of  the  ach- 
ing side.  Curiously  enough,  in  cases  benefitted  by  the 
remedy,  these  fibres  become  black,  and  are  then  renewed, 
while,  if  no  relief  is  experienced,  they  remain  green. 
During  last  year  I  prepared  a  tincture  of  the  whole 
plant,  and  from  it  made  the  second  decimal  attenuation 
About  seven-tenths  of  the  cases  of  odontalgia  which 
have  come  under  my  treatment  have  been  cured  by  the 
administration  of  this  remedy,  in  about  fifteen  minutes  ! 
Many  other  cases  have  been  much  benefited.  From 
the  wide  range  of  usefulness  in  this  disease,  I  conclude 
it  will  become  useful  in  other  diseases. — Dr.  Reutlinger. 
o  I  have  for  many  years  used  the  Plantago  successfully  in  vari- 
ous forms  of  odontalgia.  I  doubt  not  this  use  of  the 
Plantago  has  been  confirmed  by  all  who  took  part  in  the 
proving  during  these  intervening  yeaj-s. — Humphreys. 


356  PLANTAGO   MAJOR. 

MOUTH   AND  THROAT. 

Dryness  of  the  mouth  and  throat. 

Sensation  of  dryness  in  the  fauces  and  pharynx. 

Tongue  sHghtly  coated  with  a  whitish  coating. 

Unpleasant  and  constrictive  sensation  in  the  pharynx,  on 
awaking  in  the  morning,  soon  passed  off. 

Hemorrhage  from  the  gums. 

Rawness  and  soreness  in  the  pharynx  in  the  night ;  this 
symptom  continuing  all  the  next  day,  in  a  modified 
degree,  with  dryness  and  tickling  in  the  throat,  inducing 
a  dry,  hacking  cough. 

Hoarseness,  as  if  from  dryness  in  the  larynx,  on  rising  in 
the  morning. 

CHEST. 

Orgasm,  or  flow  of  blood  to  the  chest,  with  sensation  of 
heat. 

Great  weakness  and  oppression  of  the  chest,  with  'shortness 
of  breath,  and  followed  by  nausea,  almost  to  vomiting. 

On  talking  or  reading  aloud,  obliged  to  stop  several  times  in 
a  sentence  to  take  a  breath  ;  continued  all  the  evening. 

Difficulty  of  breathing,  as  if  there  were  no   air  in  the  room. 

Frequent,  involuntary,  deep  breathing,  approaching  to 
yawning. 

Panting  breathing,  on  the  least  exercise,  particularly  on 
ascending  stairs,  with  violent  palpitation  of  the  heart, 
and  accelerated  pulse. 

Stitch  in  the  heart  after  dinner. 

Violent  beating  of  the  heart  on  ascending  stairs,  which  lasted 
about  five  minutes. 

Dull,  aching,  sub-cutaneous  pain  near  the  left  side  of  the 
sternum ;  a  little  below  its  centre ;  worse  by  pressure, 
and  also  on  sitting,  but  passing  off  on  moving. 

Sharp,  darting  pain  in  the  left  side,  several  times  during  the 
day ;  then  in  the  right  side  ;  at  one  time  a  very  sharp, 
darting  pain  passed  up  the  right  side  ;  very  peculiar  in 
its  character. 

Sharp  stitch  or  catching  pain  in  the  lower  lobe  of  the  left 
lung,  on  drawing  a  long  breath  at  night  in  bed. 
o  I  have  repeatedly  used  an  application  of  Plantago  with 
prompt  and  decided  benefit,  in  erysipelatous  inflamma- 
tions of  the  female  breast.  Its  action  has  proved  far 
more  satisfactory  in  allaying  and  arresting  the  inflam- 
matory process  than  Arnica  or  Hamamelis. 

GASTRIC     SYMPTOMS. 
Constant  eructations  in  the  morning,  which  taste  strongly  of 
sulphur  ;  lasted  all  day,  and   during  the  forenoon  the 


PLANTAGO    MAJOR.  357 

sulphur  taste  always  present ;  taste  changed  in  the 
afternoon ;  strong  taste  of  carbonic  acid,  as  much  so  as 
if  a  bottle  of  well-charged  soda-water  had  been  drank ; 
this  gas  eructated  in  large  quantities,  at  intervals  of  five 
to  fifteen  minutes,  during  the  afternoon  ;  the  gas  passed 
down  into  the  bowels  after  supper:  causing  great  borbo- 
rygmi,  and  passing  off  with  a  strong  effusion  of  sulphu- 
retted hydrogen. 

Sensation  of  heat  in  the  pra^cordia,  with  fullness  of  the 
abdomen  in  the  afternoon,  while  walking  in  the  open 
air,  going  off  soon  after  sitting  down. 

Peculiar  indescribable  feeling  in  the  region  of  the  right  car- 
diac orifice  of  the  stomach ;  especially  after  eating  a 
hearty  meal,  there  would  be  a  coolish,  painful  sensation, 
as  if  the  parts  were  distended  ;  this  symptom  lasted 
about  a  week. 

Faint  and  trembling  feeling,  with  nausea. 

HYPOCHONDRIA    AND     ABDOMEN. 

Slight  uneasiness  in  epigastrium;  frequent  empty  eructa- 
tions, with  slight  rumbling  in  the  bowels  and  occasional 
emissions  of  flatus. 

Griping  pain  in  the  bowels,  with  nausea  almost  to  vomiting, 
continued  half  an  hour  in  the  evening. 

Severe  colic  pain  in  the  left  side  of  the  abdomen,  deep 
beneath  the  cartilage  of  the  floating  ribs,  increased  by 
deep  inspiration,  and  by  lying  on  that  side. 

Occasional  eructations,  which  do  not  relieve  the  pain,  * 

Pain  during  the  day  in  the  right  iliac  region,  as  if  a  stone 
was  in  the  right  inguinal  canal. 

Acute  pain  in  the  right  hypochondria  and  abdominal  mus- 
cles, manifest  themselves,  and  continue  in  a  greater  or 
less  degree  during  the  afternoon  and  evening. 
URINE. 

Unusually  free  and  profuse  discharge  of  urine. 

Urine  of  a  deep  orange  color ;  secretion  increased. 

Frequent  micturition  of  colorless  urine. 

Nocturnal  enuresis  ;  arose  twice  during  the  night,  passed 
each  time  a  pint  or  more  of  light-colored  urine,  (never 
before). 

Passed  a  large  quantity  of  very  dark  red  urine,  of  a  very 
strong  odor,  on  rising  in  the  morning. 

Urine  very  profuse  and  light-colored,  and  deposits  a  white 
sediment. 

Urgent  desire  to  urinate  on  arising  in  the  morning,  with 
slight  tenseness  of  the  bladder,  but  passing  very  little 
urine. 

TickHng,  with  unpleasant  itching  in  the  orifice  of  the  urethra ; 


358  PLANTAGO    MAJOR. 

came   on   suddenly   and   lasted  a   few  minutes  in  the 
morning,  and  again  in  the  evening. 

Sudden,  darting,  stinging  pain,  running  up  the  urethra  while 
sitting. 

Tenderness  over  the  region  of  the  bladder,  on  pressure. 
O  In  enuresis. — "  Since  my  attention  was  called  to  the  subject, 
some  fifteen  years  ago,  I  have  used  this  remedy  with 
great  success,  in  enuresis.  It  is  especially  applicable  to 
the  nocturnal  enuresis  of  children,  particularly  when 
depending  upon  laxity  of  the  sphincter  vesica.  In  most 
of  these  cases  the  children  usually  secrete  a  larger 
quantity  than  normal,  of  a  pale,  watery  urine,  and 
though  great  pains  are  taken  to  have  the  bladder  thor- 
oughly emptied  before  retiring,  yet  the  pressure  on  the 
weak  sphincter  will  cause  its  escape  before  morning.  It 
has  seemed  of  no  effect  when,  instead  of  laxity,  there 
was  paralysis  of  the  sphincter.  We  think  it  not  so  use- 
ful when  the  urine  is  scanty,  rather  than  abundant,  and 
loaded  with  uric  acid  and  its  deposits.  The  bladder 
itself  and  the  sphincter  are  in  an  irritable  condition, 
and  cause  frequent  micturition  by  night  as  well  as  by 
day  ;  in  this  condition,  while  the  Plantago  affords  no 
relief  to  adults,  children  frequently  receive  great  benefit 
from  it." — Dr.  E.  W.  Jofies. 

STOOL   AND    ANUS. 

Unpleasant  sensation  of  uneasiness  in  the  bowels,  and  yet 
no  stool. 

Uneasiness  in  bowels,  as  if  compelled  to  go  to  stool  before 
eating. 

Looseness  of  the  bowels,  with  feeling  of  weakness. 

Loose  stool  every  day,  and  sometimes  twice  per  day,  with 
some  pain  in  the  rectum  and  slight  colic  before  stool. 

Very  watery  stool,  with  very  little  pain  or  desire  for  stool, 
about  ten  P.  M.     Eructations  still  continuing. 

Frequent  discharge  of  stinking  flatus,  with  uneasiness  of  the 
bowels,  and  followed  by  loose  stool. 

Stool  at  one  A,  M.,  and  at  daylight ;  stools  watery  at  first, 
thin  ;  then  thicker  and  more  papescent ;  then  thin 
again,  and  so  on  ;  also  passed  large  quantities  of  wind. 

Passage  of  some  blood  during  an  easy  stool. 

Partial  prolapsus  of  the  rectum  during  stool. 

Pain  in  the  rectum  and  lumbar  region  ;  stools  of  a  normal 
character. 
o  A  physician.  Dr. ,  remarked  at  the  Illinois  State  Medi- 
cal Society  that  he  had  cured,  during  the  season,  every 
case  of  cholera  infantum  in  his  practice  with  the  3d  of 
Plantago. — Dr.  Hale. 


,  PLANTAGO  MAJOR.  359 

MALE    ORGANS. 
Diminished  sexual  excitement  all  through,  thus  far. 
Unconscious  emission  of  semen  at  night  whilst  asleep. 

NECK,  BACK    AND   LOINS.       « 

Soreness  and  stiffness  of  the  neck,  upon  moving  or  turning 

the  head,  passing  off  after  some  time. 
Soreness  and  stiffness  of  the  sterno-cleido  muscles  of  the  right 

side  of  the  neck  ;  worse  on  moving  the  head  to  side 

affected,  and   relieved    on    moving  it  to  opposite  side ; 

continued  for  ten  days. 
Great  weakness  across  small  of  the  back,  extending  around 

the  body,  as  if  the  body  were  broken. 
Sharp  pain  in  the  left  side,  sometimes  extending  to  the  right 

shoulder,  then  to  the  right  side,  then  spreads  over  the 

upper  part  of  the  back. 
Pulsative  pain  between  the  scapula,  passing  from  one  to  the 

other,  and  from  thence  to  the  dorsum  of  the  right  arm, 

in  the  extensor  muscles,  darting  from  above  toward  the 

elbow. 
Dull,  aching  pain  in  the  sacrum,  a  little  below  its  union  with 

the  lumbar  vertebrae  ;  worse  during  motion  or  standing. 
Tenderness  on  pressure  along  the  spinal  column. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 

Lead-like  weight  and  heaviness  of  the  extremities,  arms  and 

legs.     Great  weariness  and  desire  to  lie  down. 
Aching  rheumatic  pains  in  left  shoulder,  going  off  in  a  few 

minutes. 
Rheumatic  pains  in  right  shoulder,  came  on  while  sitting, 

lasted  for  an  hour. 
Pains  in  the  muscles  of  right  arm,  chiefly  below  the  elbow. 
Rheumatic  drawing  or  sticking  pains  in  the  joints  of  the 

fingers. 
Itching  in  the  commissure  of  the  fingers  of  the  left  hand  ; 

worse  at  night,  but  more  or  less  constant. 

LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 
Pain  and  uneasiness  of  the  loins  and  lower  extremities. 
Dull,  aching  pain  in  the  right  shoulder,  alternating  with  a 

dull,  aching  pain  in  the  right  hip,  which  passes  down 

the  limb. 
Pain  in   the  right  side  and  right  knee-joint,  continued  at 

irregular  intervals. 
Drawing-  pains  in  the  posterior  muscles  of  the  right  thigh, 

with  tenderness  on  pressure. 
Sharp,  shooting  pain,  passing  from  the  trochanter  major  of 

the  right  leg  into  the  hip  joint. 


360  PLANTAGO  MAJOR. 

Painful  soreness  of  the  left  leg,  below  the  knee,  as  if  it  had 
been  strained. 

SKIN. 

The  skin  of  the  whole  body  is  sensitive,  and  leaves  a  burning 
sensation  when  scratched. 

Itching  in  the  lower  limbs,  also  in  other  parts  of  the  body ; 
rubbing  feels  grateful,  but  does  not  relieve  ;  when  the 
rubbing  ceases,  a  burning  sensation  is  experienced. 

Prickling  or  stinging  pains  in  the  skin  of  different  parts  of 
the  body  and  limbs ;  these  pains  are  sometimes  of  a 
prickling  character,  as  if  produced  by  very  fine  needles  ; 
at  others  with  a  burning  sensation,  as  if  from  nettles, 
never  appearing  in  different  parts  of  the  body  simulta- 
neously, but  always  confined  to  one  spot  at  a  time; 
they  manifest  themselves  chiefly  in  the  afternoon  and 
evening,  and  almost  exclusively  while  sitting  in  a  warm 
room,  and  seldom  felt  during  exercise  in  the  open  air. 

Eruption  about  the  hips  and  thighs,  particularly  on  the 
inside  of  the  thighs  ;  the  papulae  are  isolated,  hard, 
white,  and  flattened  ;  some  of  them  have  a  small  red 
point  in  the  centre ;  they  itch  slightly  on  first  making 
their  appearance  ;  when  scratched,  the  itching  becomes 
more  violent ;  and  a  burning  sensation  supervenes,  and 
deep  redness  is  diffused  through  the  part,  which  lasts 
about  five  minutes  ;  in  several  hours  they  become  more 
elevated  and  acuminated,  and  finally,  in  about  twenty- 
four  hours,  gradually  disappear,  without  suppuration  or 
desquamation,  and  others  spring  up.  Several  appeared 
on  the  wrist  and  between  the  fingers. 

Papulae  exude  a  yellowish  humor,  soon  forming  a  crust. 

Soreness  and  slight  tumefaction  of  the  submaxillary  glands 
on  each  side. 
*  The  hand  and  a  portion  of  the  face,  in  the  case  of  a  young 
lady,  were  red.  swelled,  itching  violently,  and  in  places 
covered  with  vesicles  ;  she  took  pellets  medicated  with 
Plantago  1st,  and  applied  a  lotion  made  by  a  teaspoon- 
ful  of  the  tincture  to  a  cup  of  water.  The  relief  was 
prompt,  and  a  cure  was  effected  in  three  days. 
o  It  is  reported  to  have  cured  cases  of  poisoning  with  ivy, 
poison  sumach,(Rhus  ven.,)where  the  face  has  been  fear- 
fully swollen  and  red  like  erysipelas.  The  leaves  were 
wilted  under  a  roller  and  applied  to  the  part,  with 
prompt  relief  and  subsidence  of  the  swelling. 
O  The  Plantago  is  used  with  benefit  as  an  application  for 
lacerated  or  incised  wounds  or  injuries,  and  especially 
when  attended  with  painful  swelling  and  tendency  to 
erysipelatous  inflammations  or  sphacelus. 


PLANTAGO   MAJOR.  36 1 

o  A  young  man  cut  his  thumb  through  the  root  of  the  nail  ; 
it  was  dressed  and  treated  by  an  allopathic  physician 
for  two  or  three  weeks  ;  it  became  inflamed,  fearfully 
swelled,  and  was  very  painful.  I  made  two  prescrip- 
tions, using  the  Plantago  externally,  with  the  tincture, 
and  cured  it. 

The  second  was  a  young  man  who  had  his  finger  bitten 
through  the  first  joint,  so  as  to  almost  sever  the  end  of 
the  fipger.  When  I  first  saw  it,  it  was  swollen  to  about 
the  size  of  an  hen's  egg,  and  very  much  _  inflamed.  I 
made  two  or  three  external  applications,  and  cured  the 
finger. 

3d.  A  young  man  with  a  frost-bite  on  the  top  of  his  foot ; 
it  was  badly  swollen,  and  he  was  unable  to  walk.  With 
about  a  two-ounce  vial  of  the  Plantago-wash  it  was 
cured. 

4th.  A  lady  about  forty-five  or  fifty  years  old,  had  been 
troubled  with  a  milk-leg  for  many  years.  At  times  it 
would  swell  and  be  very  painful.  I  gave  her  a  solution 
of  Plantago,  for  external  application,  and  it  relieved  her 
at  once,  and  with  the  aid  of  Sepia  and  Rhus,  internally, 
she  remained  quite  comfortable  until  she  passed  from 
my  knowledge. — Dr.  George  VVashburne. 
o  A  laiy,  while  dressing  a  codfish,  thrust  one  of  the  fins  into 
the  palmer  surface  of  the  middle  finger,  just  over  the 
second  or  large  joint.  The  wound  was  deep  and  bled 
profusely  ;  but  no  attention  was  paid  to  it  at  the  moment 
except  to  bind  it  up  with  a  rag.  The  night  following 
the  part  became  excessively  painful,  the  pain  extending 
from  the  wound  up  to  the  shoulder,  causing  great  dis- 
tress. The  next  morning  the  whole  hand  was  swelled, 
back  and  front,  especially  the  injured  finger.  The  arm 
also  even  swelled  up  to  the  shoulder,  and  there  were 
two  distinct  light  pinkish  streaks  running  up  the  front 
of  the  arm,  from  the  hand  to  the  shoulder.  The  third 
day,  after  some  fruitless  applications,  being  almost 
agonized  with  the  pain  and  suffering,  she  applied 
bruised  plantain  leaves  to  the  part,  removing  them  as 
often  as  they  became  dry.  In  about  half  an  hour  after 
the  application,  she  felt  so  relieved  that  she  fell  asleep, 
and  slept  probably  an  hour,  the  first  sleep  she  had  after 
the  accident.  In  two  or  three  days  the  finger  was  well. 
— Dr.  C.  Cresson. 

SLEEP, 

Restless  at  night,  with  inability  to  sleep,  frequent  dreams  of 
a  gloomy  character,  rousing  me  from  sleep  ;  worse  about 
midnight. 

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362  PLANTAGO   MAJOR. 

Some  throbbing  of  the  arteries  at  night,  and  restlessness 
until  twelve  or  one  in  the  morning, 

Restless  sleep,  with  every  variety  of  fanciful  dreams,  with 
grinding  of  the  teeth.  The  highest  degree  of  restless- 
ness at  night,  with  the  most  vivid,  congruous,  and  cohe- 
rent dreams,  also  incoherent  and  disgusting  dreams,  all 
in  rapid  succession. 

FEVER. 

Some  chilliness  and  slight  headache ;  cold  hands  and  feet, 
and  ringing  in  the  ears  for  some  time. 

Cold  chill  running  over  me,  and  goose-skin  ;  fingers  cold. 

Sharp,  transient  pains  in  the  left  temple,  while  sitting  by  the 
furnace  and  after  having  been  out. 

Chilliness  on  rising,  after  being  seated  for  three  hours,  with 
sensation  of  heat  in  the  chest  and  erratic  pains  in  the 
limbs,  chest  and  head  ;  these  symptoms  continuing  from 
one  until  three  o'clock,  with  disposition  to  stretch. 

Dull  and  stupid  feeling,  with  an  inclination  to  stretch  and 
yawn  frequently,  with  oppression  in  the  chest,  and  aver- 
sion to  mental  and  physical  labor. 

Strong,  full,  and  intermittent  pulse,  varying  from  70  to  So 
beats  per  minute  in  a  recumbent  position,  and  increased 
to  from  95  to  100  in  an  erect  position,  in  the  evening. 

Intermittent  and  irregular  pulse. 

Almost  imperceptible  pulse;  loo  per  minute,  and  easily 
compressible. 

Highest  degree  of  excitability  ;  high  fever  ;  strong,  bound- 
ing pulse  ;  120  per  minute;  sensation  of  great  heat, 
with  thirst ;  imagined  the  room  to  be  very  hot  and 
close. 

Unnatural  heat  of  the  head,  hands,  and  feet,   all  the   time  ; 
pulse  72. 
0  (Intermittent  fever.) 

It  was  in  high  repute  among  the  ancient  medical  writers  as 
a  remedy  for  intermittents,  they  recommending  a  drink 
made  from  an  infusion  of  the  roots  of  the  plant. 
0  Dr.  G.  Washburne  relates  the  cure  of  several  cases  made 

with  the  tincture  or  first  dilution. 
D  That  it  will  prove  valuable  in  intermittents  is   quite  certain. 
The  symptomatic  indications,  as  well  as   the  genus  of 
the  remedy,  point  to  its  value  in  typhus  and  typhoid 
conditions. 


NEW    REMEDIES.  363 

PODOPHYLLUM     PELTATUM. 

{Mandrake,  May  apple.) 


Analogues  : — A  mica,  ALsadus,  Bryonia,  Collinsonia,  Cheli- 
doninin,  Hellcboriis  nigcr.  Iris  versicolor,  Liliiim,  Mercurius, 
Nitric  acid,  Pulsatilla,  SidpJmr,  Veratriim  album. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  root ;  dilu- 
tions, Podophyllin  and  its  triturations,  (The  rind  of  the 
fruit,  the  seeds,  and  the  leaves,  are  all  medicinal,  the  pulp  of  the 
fruit  edible.) 

mind  and  sensorium. 

Stupor,  with  vomiting,  purging  and  collapse, 

*  Depression  of  spirits  ;  he  imagines  he  is  going  to  die  or  be 

very  ill, 

*  Hypochondriac  mood,  from  disorder  of  the  liver. — Hale. 

HEAD, 

*  Morning  headache,  with  heat  in  the  vertex. 

Pressing  pain  in  the  temples  in  the  forenoon,  with  drawing 
in  the  eyes,  as  if  strabismus  would  follow. 

Dull,  heavy  pain  in  the  forehead,  with  soreness  over  the  seat 
of  the  pain. 

*  Giddiness  and  dizziness,  with  the  sensation  of  fullness  over 

the  eyes. 
Morning  headache,  with  flushed  face. 
Pain  on  the  top  of  the  head,  when  rising  in  the  morning. 
Stunning  headache  through  the  temples,  relieved  by  pressure. 
o  Headache  alternating  with  diarrhoea. 

Vertigo  while  standing  in  the  open  air  ;  with  inclination  to 
fall  forward. 
O  Rolling  of  the  head  during  difficult  dentition  in    children. — 

Bell,   Williamson. 
O  Perspiration  of  the  head  during  sleep,  with  coldness  of  the 

face,  (while  teething). 
O  Irritation  of  the  brain — reflex — from  disorder  of  the  bowels, 
o  Bilious  headaches,  worse  in  the  morning. 

EYES. 
Smarting  in  the  lids ;  drawing  sensation  in  the  eyes. 
Pain  in  the  eyeballs  and  in  the  temples,  with  heat  and  throb- 
bing of  the  temporal  arteries. 
The  eyes  appear  inflamed  in  the  morning. 

mouth    AND    TEETH. 
O  Grinding  of  the  teeth  at  night,  in  children  ;  also  with  rolling 
of  the  head  in  teething  children. 


364  PODOPHYLLUM  PELTATUM. 

Copious  salivation,  but   without  the   destructive   action   of 
mercury. 

*  Offensive  odor  from  the  mouth,  at  night,  perceptible  to  the 

proven 
O  Stomatitis  materna  (?) 
O  Chronic  inflammation  of  the  tongue  ;  cracked,  and  swollen 

and  bleeding. — Hale. 

*  Foul,  putrid  taste  in  the  mouth. 

THROAT. 

*  Sore  throat,  commencing  on  the  right  side  and  going  to  the 

left,  (Lye,  Lach.,  left,  going  to  right.) — Williamson. 
Sore  throat,  left  side,  worse  in   morning,   especially  painful 

when  swallowing  liquids. 
Soreness  of  the  throat,  extending  to  the  ears. 

*  Rattling  of  mucus  in  the  throat. —  Williamson. 

*  Goitre. —  Williamson  and  Eclectics. 

GASTRIC    SYMPTOMS. 

Voracious  appetite  and  great  thirst,  with  strong  digestion.(/) 

*  Loss  of  appetite,  or  satiety  from  a  small  quantity  of  food, 

followed  by  nausea  and  vomiting,  (s.) 

*  Regurgitation  of  food,  which  is  sour,  with  acid  eructations  ; 

belching  of  hot  flatus  ;  acidity  of  the  stomach,  and  un- 
pleasant, sickly  sensation  in  stomach  (s.) 

Vomiting  of  food  an  hour  after  meal,  with  craving  appetite 
immediately  afterward. 

Vomiting  of  food,  with  putrid  taste  and  odor. 
o  Gastric  affections,  attended  by  depression  of  spirits  ;  heart- 
burn ;  vomiting  of  hot,  frothy  mucus,  etc. 

[The  nausea  commences  three  or  four  hours  after  a  large  dose  ;  is  per- 
sistent and  depressing,  and  continues  fot  24  or  36  hours,  often  with  vomit- 
ing of  bile,  ingesta,  and  with  purging  and  severe  colic. — Halei\ 

Vomiting  of  dark  green,  bilious  matter,  mixed  with  blood, 

the  blood  dark  and  coagulated. 
The  stomach  contracts  so  hard  and  rapidly  in  the  efforts  to 

vomit,  that  the  wrenching  pain   causes  them    to   utter 

sharp  screams. 

*  Dyspepsia,  in  its  most  aggravated  forms. —  Williamson,  Hale. 

*  Gastritis,  acute  and  chronic. — Hale. 

*  Nausea  and  vomiting,  with  fullness  in  the  head ;  the  vomit- 

ing is  persistent. 

*  Heart-burn,  water-brash,  %vith  heat  in  the  stomach. 
Throbbing  in  the  epigastrium,  followed  by  diarrhoea. 

*  Vomiting  of  thick   bile  and  blood    for   eighteen  hours  ;  in 

acute  gastritis. 

*  Vomiting  and  diarrhoea  of  bilious  matters. 
Sensation  of  hollowness  in  the  pit  of  the  stomach. 
Stitches  in  the  epigastrium,  from  coughing. 


PODOPHYLLUM  PELTATUM.  365 

LIVER. 

*  Fullness,  with  pain  and  soreness  in  the  right  hypochondrium- 
Stitches  in  the  right  hypochondrium  ;  worse  while  eating. 

o  Chronic  hepatitis,  with  costiveness,  tenderness,  and  pains  in 
the  region  of  the  liver. 
Twisting  pain  in  the  right  hypochondrium,  with  sensation  of 

heat  in  the  part. 
Sensation  of   weight  aad  dragging  in  the  left  hypochon- 
drium, (spleen). 

O  Congestion  and  enlargement  of  the  liver  ;  acute  and  chronic 
hepatitis. 

O  Congestion  and  torpor  of  the  portal  system. 

o  Gall-stones,  with  the  characteristic  symptoms ;  will  expel 
them,  if  given  in  large  doses,  alone,  or  after  large  quan- 
tities of  olive  oil. — Hale. 

[Podophyllin,  primarily,  causes  increased  functional  activity  of  the  liver, 
with  large  flow  of  bile ;  secondarily,  the  liver  becomes  torpid,  and  jaundice 
and  retention  of  bile  occurs. — Hale. 

ABDOMEN. 

*  Intense  cramp-like  colic,    with  retraction  of   the  abdominal 

muscles,  at  10  P.  M.  and  5  A.  M. 
Pain  in  the  bowels,  at  daylight  in  the  morning ;  relieved  by 

external  warmth;  by  bending  forward  while  lying  on 

the  side,  but  aggravated  by  lying  on  the  back.   , 
Pain  and  rumbling  in  the  transverse  colon,  at  three  o'clock, 

A.  M.,  followed  by  diarrhoea. 
The  pain  in  the  bowels  is  first  attended  by  coldness,  which  is 

followed  by  heat  and  warm  perspiration. 
Heat  in  the  bowels,  with  the  inclination  for  stool. 
Faintness,  with  sensation  of  emptiness  in   the  bowels,  after 

stool. 

*  Sharp  pain  above  the  right  groin,  preventing  motion  (in  the 

last  month  of  pregnancy). 
Distension  of  the  abdomen,  even  enormous  swelling  (in  case 
of  fatal  poisoning.) 

O  Myalgia  of  the  abdominal  muscles ;  after  abuse  of  purga- 
tives.— Hale. 

O  Lead-colic,  with  retracted  abdomen,  etc. —  Williamson. 

O  Conditions  simulsiiing  puerperal perito7iitis,  when  it  has  been 
preceded  by  diarrhoea,  or  abuse  of  purgatives  (not  use- 
ful in  true  peritonitis. — Hale. 

O  Tympanitic  distension  of  the  abdomen  in  typhoid,  and  in 
children,  with  diarrhoea. — Hale. 

INTESTINAL  SYMPTOMS. 

Primary. — *  Abundant,  soft,  foecal  evacuations,  with  colic 
and  nausea  (from  laxative  doses,)  i.  e.,  one-quarter  gr. 
Podophyllin. 


366  PODOPHYLLUM  PELTATUM. 

Stool  earlier  in  the  morning  than  usual,  but  natural  (from 
small  doses). 

*  Frequent  stool  during  the  day,  but  of  natural  consistence, — 

Jeancs. 
Six,  soft,  yellow  stools  a  day,  with  some  griping, 

*  Profuse  diarrhoea,  preceded  by  colic,  worse  in  the  morning. 

*  Diarrhoea  early  in  the  morning — followed  by  very  frequent, 

papescent,  yellow  stools,  for  48  hours. 
Evacuation  of  green  stools  in  the  morning. 
Diarrhoea   immediately  after  eating  or  drinking,  (also  Cro- 

ton  tig.) 

*  Haemorrhoids — inflamed,  sore,  swollen  and  painful. 

*  Painful  diarrhcea,  with  screaming  and  grinding  of  the  teeth, 

in  children  (during  dentition). —  Williamson,  Bell. 
White,  slimy  stools. 

*  Hot,  watery,  frequent,  profuse,  evacuations,  attended   with 

prostration  and  cramps,  as  in  cholera. 

*  Mnco-gelatinons  stools,  like  white  of  ^g^,    after  which   the 

colic  ceases,  and  does  not  return. — Hale. 

*  Food  passes  the  bowels  in  an  undigested  state. —  Williamson. 

*  Evacuations  which  consist  of  dark  yelloiu  mucus,  which  smells 

like  carrion. — jfeanes. 

*  Frequent  stools,  yellow,  green,  watery,  brown  mucus,  all   of 

which  may  be  streaked  with  blood,  with  strong  urging — 
and  heat  and  pain  in  the  anus. 

*  Diarrhcea,  zvith  prolapsus  ani  at  every  stool. 

After  stool ;  flashes  of  heat  running  up  the  back,  cutting  in 
the  bowels,  severe  and  painful  tenesmus  ;  great  weak- 
ness and  faintness  and  pain  in  the  lumbar  region. 

During  stool ;  urging  in  the  bowels ;  heat  and  pain  in  the 

V  anus  ;  sensation  as  if  the  genital  organs  would  fall  out ; 

(in  women)  bearing  down,  as  if  from  inactivity  of  the 

rectum  ;  nausea  ;  gagging,  tormina,  and  pain  in  lumbar 

region. 

Before  stool ;  intense  nausea  ;  colic  ;  rumbling  in  left  side. 
o  Diarrhoea — bilious,  cJiolera-morbus,  dyseiitery ;    pain   in   the 
back,  and  sometimes  vomiting;  acute  enteritis ;   colitis, 
rcctitis,  etc. 

Secondary. — Constipation  for  two  days  after  the  purging. 

*  Constipation,  with  headache  and  flatulence. 
Faeces  hard,  dry,  and  voided  with  difficulty. 

*  Constipation,  alternating  with  diarrhoea. 

*  Hard  stool,  coated  with  tough,  yellow  mucus. — Hale. 

*  Chronic  diarrhoea — worse  in  the  morning. 

*  Frequent  chalk-like  stools  ;  very  ofl'ensive,  with  gagging  and 

excessive  thirst,  {in  children — see  Calc.c.) —  Williajnson. 

*  Clay-colored,  ofl'ensive  stools,  with  jaundice. — Hale. 


PODOPHYLLUM  PELTATUM.  367 

*  Descent  of  the  rectum,  from  a  little  exertion,  immediately- 

followed  by  stool,  or  a  discharge  of  thick,  transparent 
mucus,  sometimes  of  a  yellow  color  ;  and  mixed  with 
blood. —  Williamson,  Hale. 

*  Prolapsus  ani,  most  frequently  in  the  morning.— yr^wrj. 

*  The  anus  feels  very  sore,  sensitive  ja^id  swollen. 

*  CJi7onic,  painful,  JKEniorrJioidal  tnmors,  all  around  the  anus, 

some  of  them  bleeding. — Hale  and  many  others. 

*  Internal  heBmorrhoids,  zuith  prolapsus  recti — {lb) 

[For  the  primary  symptoms,  the  best  curative  results  are  obtained  with 
the  attenuation  alove  the  3d  ;  for  secondary  symptoms,  the  dilutions 
htozu  the  '})d,.—  Hale. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 

*  Profuse  secretion  of  urine  (p). 

*  Involuntary  discharge  of  urine — during  sleep. —  Williamson. 

*  Frequent  nocturnal  urination,  during  pregnancy. — (lb.) 
Pain  in  the  region  of  the  kidneys,  followed  by  flow  of  urine 

depositing  calculi  sediment. 

*  Suppression  and  retention  of  urine. 

*  Diminished  secretion  of  urine. 

'    Scanty  urine,  with  frequent  voidings. 

GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 

Male :  Stiching  pain  above  the  pubis,  and  in  the  course  of 
the  spermatic  cords. 
o  Diseases    of    the  prostate     gland,    associated     with    rectal 

troubles. — Hale. 
O  Gonorrhoea  ;  gleet;  syphilis  (.^) — Eelectic  authorities, 

Female : — *  Leucorrhoea  ;    discharge  of  thick,    transparent 
mucus. 

*  LeucorrhcEa,  attended  with  constipation  and  bearing  down 

in  the  genital  organs. 

*  Suppression  of  the  menses  in  young  females,  with  bearing 

down  in  the  hypogastric  and  sacral  region,  with  pain 

from  motion,  relieved  by  lying  down, 
o  After  pains,  with  strong  bearing  down  and  flatulency. 
o  Prolapsus  uteri,  with  much  aching  pain  in  the  region  of  left 

ovary,  heat  running  down  to  the  left  thigh,  in  pregnancy, 

must  lie  on  the  stomach. —  Williamson. 
O  Prolapsus  uteri  or  vagina,   especially  after   confinement. — 

Ludlam. 
o  Prolapsus  recti,  with  violent  bearing  down  pains  ;  intolerable 

pain  in  her  back,  with  profuse  excoriating  leucorrhoea 

and  great  ardor  urinae. —  Williamson. 
o  Chronic  prolapsus,  with  great  costiveness. — lb. 

Excessive  vomiting  in  pregnancy  and  conditions  arising  from 

a  congested  condition  of  the  pelvic  viscera. 
O  Prolapsus  uteri,  with  hypertrophy,  ulceration  and  prolapsus. 


368  PODOPHYLLUM  PELTATUM. 

Pain  in  the  region  of  the  ovaries,  especially  the  right, 
o  After-pains,  with  strong  bearing  down. 

o  HcBmorrJwids  and  prolapsus  recti,  after  confinement. — Hale. 
o  Ability  to  lie  comfortably,  in  the  early  months  of  pregnancy, 

only  on  the  stomach. — Jcancs. 
o  Swelling  of  the  labia — during  pregnancy. 
o  Induration  of  the  os  uteri, 

o  Uterine  diseases  caused  by  or  complicated  with,  or  aggrava- 
ted by,  diseases  of  the  rectum. — Hale. 
LARYNX. 
o  Cough,  accompanying  remittent  fever. —  Williamson. 
o  Dry  cough;    loose,  hacking  cough. — lb. 

o  Whooping  cough,  attended   with  costiveness  and  loss  of  ap- 
petite— lb. 
o  Cough  from  disease  of  the  liver. — Hale. 

CHEST. 
Pains  in  the  chest,  increased  by  taking  a  deep  inspiiation. 
Snapping  in   the  right  lung,  like  breaking  a  thread,  when 

taking  a  deep  inspiration. 
Inclination    to  breathe    deeply ;  sighing   and    shortness   of 

breath. 
Sense  of  suffocation  when  first  lying  down  at  night. 
Sensation  as  if  the  heart  was  ascending  into  the  throat. 
Palpitation  of  the  heart,  with  a  clucking  sensation  rising  up 
to  the  throat. 
o  Stinging  pain  in  the  region  of  the  heart. 
o  Palpitation  of  the  heart,  from  physical  exertion  or  mental 
emotion,  in  persons  subject  to  rumbling  in  the  ascend- 
ing colon. 

[No  proof  of  the  Podophyllum  ever  having  cured  any  organic  disease  of 
the  heart.  The  symptoms  are  probably  sympathetic  from  gastric  and  hep- 
atic irritation. — Hale.'\ 

BACK. 

Pain  in  the  small  of  the  back  when  walking  or  standing. 
Pain  in  the  lumbar  region,  with  the  sensation  of  coldness 

worse  at  night,  from  motion. 
Pain  between  the  shoulders,  with   soreness,  worse  at  night 

and  from  motion. 
Pains  are  of  a  myalgic  character. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 

Myalgic  pains  in  the  left  fore-arm  and  finger. 
Weakness  of  the  wrist,  with  soreness  to  the  touch. 

LOWER     EXTREMITIES. 
Pain  and  weakness  in  the  left  hip,  increased   by  going  up 

stairs. 
Pains  in  the  thighs,  legs  and  knees,  worse  from  standing. 


POLYGONUM   PUNCTATUM.  369 

O  Slight  paralytic  weakness  of  the  left  side. 
Creaking  in  the  knee  joints,  from  motion. 
Stiffness  on  beginning  to  move. 
Aching  of  the  limbs,  worse  at  night. 
Coldness  of  the  feet. 
Perspiration  of  the  feet  in  the  evening. 

FEVER. 
Chilliness  when  lying  down  or  in  the  evening. 
Chill  in  the  morning,  with  pressing  pain  in  both  hypochon- 
dria. 
Backache  before  the  chill. 

The  shaking  and  sensation  of  coldness  continues  for  some 
time  after  the  heat  commences. 
O  Bilious  fever,  either  remittent  or  intermittent. 

SLEEP. 
o  Restless  sleep  of  children,  with  whining  at  night* 

A  feeling  of  fatigue  on  waking  in  the  morning.  "*' 

SKIN. 
O  Sallowness  of  the  skin  in  children. 
o  Moisture  of  the  skin,  with  preternatural  warmth. 


POLYGONUM  PUNCTATUM. 

(Smart-Weed.) 


Analogues: — Asamm,  Ammonium  carb.,  Caulophyllum, 
Capsicum,  Pulsatilla,  Senega,  Senecio,  Xanthoxylum.. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  leaves  ;  dilu- 
tions. 

HEAD. 

Pulsative  headache,  with  sensation  of  fullness. 

Pain  in  the  forehead  and   side  of  the  head,  extending  into 

the  orbits. 
Dull  headache,  with  dizziness. 
Throbbing  of  the  corotids,  with  heavy  beating  of  the  heart. 

MOUTH    AND    THROAT. 
Sensation  of  dryness  and  scraping  in  the  throat. 
Tongue  feels  as  if  swollen,  a  burning  from  its  root  to  the  pit 

of  the  stomach. 
Abundant  salivation,  thin  and    watery,  with  burning  in  the 

mouth. 

STOMACH. 

Throbbing,  cutting  pain  in  the  stomach. 
Thirst  for  water,  yet  water  produces  nausea. 

46 


370  POLYGONUM   PUNCTATUM. 

Sharp  pain  under  the  right  scapula,  extending  into  the  chest 
and  to  the  pit  of  the  stomach,  with  heavy  beating  of 
heart  and  throbbing  of  the  carotids. 

Burning  in  stomach,  followed  by  a  cold  sensation  in  pit  of 
stomach. 

ABDOMEN   AND   STOOL. 

Copious  stools,  followed  by  a  smarting  sensation  of  the  anus. 

Cutting  pain  in  lower  part  of  the  bowels,  with  constant  urg- 
ing to  stool. 

Straining  at  stool,  with  mucus,  jelly-like  discharge. 

Inefficient  urging  to  stool,  with  great  quantity  of  foetid 
flatulence. 

Yellowish-green  stools. 

♦  Cutting  lancinating  griping  pains,  with  great  rumbling,  as  if 

the  whole  intestinal  contents  were  in  a  fluid  state  and  in 
violent   commotion,    the    movement    proceeding   from 
below   upwards,    producing  nausea  and  disposition    to 
vomit,  with  liquid  faeces,  which  were   discharged   with 
considerable  force,  with  pain  in  the  loins. 
O  Cholera  morbus   and  cholera  infantum. — Dr.  W.  E.  Paine, 
o  Dysentery,  with  burning  and  smarting  in  the  rectum, 
o  Tympanitis  ;  flatulent  colic. 

RECTUM    AND  ANUS. 

•  The  interior  of  the  anus  studded  with  itching  eminences,  as 

from  corrugation  without  contraction  ;  a  kind  of  haem- 
orrhoidal  tumor. 
Slight  pains  in  the  lower  intestines,  rectum  and  anus. 
O  Hcemorrhoids,  with  itching  and  burning  in  the  tumors. 
o  Pruritus  ani  (used  as  a  wash). 

URINARY   ORGANS. 
Unusual  and  increased  desire  to  evacuate  the  bladder. 

*  Copious  discharge  of  clear,  light-colored  urine,  with  rumbling, 

griping  pains  in  the  abdomen,  (p.) 

*  Painful  cutting,  and  feeling  of  strangulation  at  the  neck  of 

the  bladder  while  urinating,  lasting  a  long  time  after.  (/.) 

Urine  scanty  and  red.  (s.) 

Increased  flow  of  urine,  with  irritation  in  neck  of  bladder 
and  urethra. 

Pain  in  sacrum  and  bladder  not  relieved  by  copious  urination. 
O  Stranguary.    o  Dysuria. 

GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 

Male. — Pains  in  left  spermatic  cord  and  testicle,  with  sore- 
ness in  the  testicle  ;  followed  by  darting  pains  in  right 
cord  and  testicle  (constant  symptom). — N.M.Paine,M.D. 

When  voiding  urine,  pain  and  burning  m.  prostate  gland. 

Itching  about  glans  penis  and  orifice  of  urethra,  and  constant 
desire  to  urinate. 


POLYGONUM     PUNCTATUM.  37 1 

Pulsative  pain  in  prostate  gland,  extending  along  the  urethra. 
Female. — Warmth,  and  a  peculiar  tingling  sensation  in  the 
whole  system. 
*  Aching  pains  in  the  hips  and  loins,  and  a  sensation  of  weight 

and  tension  within  the  pelvis. 
o  AmenorrJioea ;  many   cases,  cured   by   doses   of   13    of   the 

tincture  three  times  a  day. — Eberle. 
o  Delaying  menses — six  or  seven  days — with  distress  and  pain, 
cured  by  five  drop  doses  every  four  hours. — Dr.  Small. 

LARYNX    AND    TRACHEA. 
Dry  cough,  excited   by   tickling    under   upper  part  of  the 
sternum,  with  dryness  in  the  larynx. 

CHEST  AND   HEART. 

Heavy  beating  of  the  heart  and  carotids,  with  pain  under 

right  scapula. 
Sharp,  shooting   pains   in    region    of  the   heart,    extending 

through  to  left  shoulder  blade. 

BACK    AND    NECK. 
Severe  lameness  of  the  muscles  of  the  left  side  of  the  neck, 

extending   to   the    shoulder  and  rendering   movement 

painful. 

EXTREMITIES. 

Burning  and  tingling  in  the  whole  body,  more  in  the  legs, 

feet,  and  forearms. 
Great   heat  and    burning  of  the  feet,  continuing  one  and  a 

half  hours,  and  then  suddenly  becoming  uncomfortably 

cold. 
Darting  pains  through  the  extremities  and  the  small  joints. 

SKIN. 
A  scarlet  eruption  about  three  inches  wide  (like  zona),  around 

the  waist,  attended  with  itching  and  burning,  and  pain. 
It  acts  as  a  rubefacient,  when  topically  applied. 

FEVER. 

Alternate  chills  and  heat. 

SLEEP. 
Restless   sleep,    with   unpleasant,    laborious   and    fatiguing 
dreams,  and  waking  unrefreshed. 

GENERALITIES. 
Slight  vertiginous  feeling  passing  over  the  head,  followed  in 

a  short  time  by  a  sensation  in  the  arms  and  legs  as  of 

galvanic  shocks. 
Pulsation  and  intermitting  pains  (in  shoulders,  lumbar  region, 

hypogastric  region,  small  joints,  etc.) 
The  pains  move  from  place  to  place. 


372  POLYPORUS  OFFICINALIS. 

The  pains  reminded  the  prover  of  electrical  movements,  ol- 

the  flashes  of  aurora  borealis. 
A  peculiar  sensation  of  tingling  and  warmth  in  the  whole 
body,  even  to  the  fingers  and  toes. 

o  Has  a  great  reputation  in  domestic  practice,  as  a  fomenta- 
tation  in  all  internal  inflammations. 

o  Sprains,  bruises,  and  lameness  therefrom,  (locally  applied). 

o  Chronic  erysipelatous  inflammations  (as  a  wash). 

o  Old  and  indolent  ulcers  (as  a  wash). 

o  Epilepsy,  "  A  protracted  case  of  epilepsy  cured  by  the  ex- 
tract."—^. L.  Hill. 


POLYPORUS    OFFICINALIS. 

{Larch  Agaric.) 


Analogues  : — Agaricus,  Bryonia,  China,  Cornus,  Gelsemi- 
num,  Ipecacuanha,  Niix  vomica,  Podopliylluni. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  or  trituration  of  the 
fungus. 

[This  is  a  fungus  growing  on  the  Larch  tree,  in  all  countries.  It  was  for- 
merly called  Boletus.  These  symptoms  are  taken  from  Dr.  Burt's  Mono- 
graph, 1868. — Hale.'X 

MIND. 
Low  spirited,  gloomy,  desponding,  irritable. 
Absence  of  mind  and  loss  of  memory. 

HEAD. 

*  Headache,  dull,  frontal,  with  fever. 

Head  pulse  light  and  hollow,  with  deep,  frontal  headache 
and  faintness. 
O  Sick  headache,  from  organic  lesion  of  the  liver. — Burt. 
o  Periodical  headache. — Shepherd. 

Tight  feeling  in  the  forehead,  and  headache  in  temples  all 

day. 
Sick-headache,  every  month,  with  chilliness  along  the  spine. 
— Smedley. 

FACE, 
o  Facial  neuralgia,  of  a  periodical  character. —  Wakeman. 
0  Intermittent  prosopalgia — a   burning   pain  in  all  the  upper 
teeth,  left  jaw  and  temple,  commencing  at  12  M.,  and 
lasting  till  midnight. — Burt. 

MOUTH   AND  THROAT. 

*  Bitter,  nauseous  taste  in  the  mouth. 

*  Not  much  thirst. 

*  Tongue  coated  white  or  yellow. 


POLYPORUS   OFFICINALIS.  373 

Rawness  and  scraping  in  the  throat. 

GASTRIC    SYMPTOMS. 
Nausea  and  sometimes  vomiting  of  bile. 
Bilious  temperaments. 
Sickness  of  stomach. 
Coldness  of  stomach. 
In  evening,  feeling  as  if  lump  in  stomach. 
Burning  distress  in  region  of  stomach. 

ABDOMEN. 

More  or  less  pains  in  the  abdominal  viscera,  especially  the 
the  liver. 

*  Intermittent  diarrhoea  or  dysentery. 

Bowels   inclined    to   be  torpid,  or  loose  papescent    mucus 
stools. 

Some  uneasiness  in  bowels. 

Severe  griping  pains  in  bowels. 

Much  flatus  in  bowels,  and  feeling  as  if  diarrhoea  would  set  in. 

Rumbling  in  bowels. 

Bowels  costive. 

Sensation  as  if  diarrhoea  would  come  on  ;  then  slight  mo- 
tion of  the  bowels. 

Uneasiness  of  the  abdomen,  with  looseness  of  the  bowels. 
O  Has  a  decided  curative  action  in  hepatic  complaints,  espe- 
cially jaundice — Burt. 

URINE. 
Urine  thick  and  high-colored,  or  red  and  scanty. 
Profuse  flow  of  urine. 
Constant  desire  to  urinate. 

STOOL   AND    ANUS. 

Loose,  papescent  stools,  without  pain. 

Stools  of  pure  mucus,  or  mucus  and  blood,  and  bile,  with 

great  faintness  and  distress  in  the  solar  plexus,  after 

stools  from  portal  congestion. 

*  Leinteria;  stools  undigested. 

Loose,  yellow  stool,  with  pain  afterwards. 
Desire  for  stool,  with  much  flatulence. 
Copious  yf/^zV/ stool,  expelled  with  force, 
o  Chronic  dysentery  ajid  diarrhoea. — Holcombe,  Wood,  Burt. 

FEVER   AND   CHILLS. 

*  Chill  alternates  with  the  fever  several  times  a  day, 

*  Intel  missions  very  short  ;  almost  continued  fever. 

*  Chill,  light  and  short ;  fever,  long,  and   followed  by  slight 

perspiration. 
Hectic  chills  and  fever,  in  consumptives. 


374  POLYPORUS  OFFICINALIS. 

*  Very  restless  all  night,  with  fever  and  aching  distress  in  the 

large  joints. 

*  Chilliness  along  the  spine,  with  frequent  hot  flashes  of  fever. 
Fever  all  one  afternoon  and  night. 

*  Skin  hot  and  dry  ;  especially  the  palms  of  the  hands. 
Awoke  at  midnight,  two  different  nights,  in  a  profuse  perspi- 
ration. 

Disposition  to  yawn  and  stretch  when  chilly. 

Slight  chilliness  creeps    up  the  back,  to  nape  of  the  neck, 

most  noticeable  between  the  shoulders. 
This  was  succeeded  by  a  general  feeling  of  chilliness,  lasting 

for  several  minutes, 
o  Intermittent,  remittent  and  bilious  fevers. — Burt. 

[Dr.  Burt  says,  in  his  monograph,  "  It  will  be  found  superior 
to  all  known  remedies,  excepting  Quinine."  At  the  time  the 
monograph  appeared,  many  favorable  reports  were  made  con- 
cerning its  curative  powers  in  ague,  but  of  late  we  hear  but 
little.  It  will  probably  meet  the  fate  of  all  new  ague  reme- 
dies. Dr.  Burt  believes  it  acts  best  after  abuse  of  Quinine, 
and  Dr.  Holcombe  asserts  that  in  "  fresh,  uncomplicated  inter- 
mittents,  it  is  useless." 

Dr.  F.  A.  Lord  reported  twelve  cases  of  quotidian  and  ter- 
tian ague,  which  he  successfully  treated  by  Polyporus  officina- 
lis 1st. 

Dr.  Hubbell,  of  Onarga,  111.,  reported  uniform  success  with 
it  in  ague ;  also  Dr.  Cooley,  of  St.  Cloud,  Minn.  Dr.  E.  C. 
Franklin  used  it  successfully  in  the  ague  of  soldiers  in  Cavalry 
Bureau  Hospital,  St.  Louis,  and  also  in  his  private  practice. 

Drs.  Sheperd,  Wakeman,  Rice,  Scott,  Adams,  Garnsey,  and 
others  used  it  succesfully.  No  special  indications  are  given, 
but  it  seemed  to  act  best  in  obstinate,  mismanaged  ague.  Drs. 
Franklin,  Lord  and  Burt,  state  that  they  used  it  successfully 
in  remittent  «.nd  bilious  fevers  ;  also  continued  fever. 

I  have  never  used  this  species. — Hale. 

BACK  AND  LOINS. 

Great  languor,  with  severe  aching  pains  in  the  large  joints 

and  bones  of  the  back  and  legs. 
Great  aching  distress  in  all  the  large  joints. 
Severe  backache ;  back  is  very  stiff,  can  hardly  rise  after 

sitting  down  a  few  moments. 


NEW    REMEDIES.  375 

POLYPORUS    PINICOLA. 

{Pine  Agaric.) 


Analogues  : — Agaricus,  Bryonia,  China,  Cornns  florida, 
Gelseniinum,  IpecacnanJm,  Nux  vomica,  PodopJiyllum. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  or  trituration  of  the 
fresh  fungus. 

[Dr.  P.  H.  Hale  first  used  this  medicine  in  intermittent 
fever.  H6  got  his  information  of  its  use  in  ague  from  the 
lumbermen  of  Northern  Michigan,  who  put  it  in  whisky  and 
use  it  as  a  panacea  for  the  ague.  He  tested  it  in  obstinate 
agues  in  Southern  Michigan,  and  found  it  quite  useful. 

I  used  it  in  several  cases,  with  decided  benefit,  and  sent  the 
medicine  to  various  physicians,  to  test  its  powers. 

Drs.  Mann,  Coe,  Duncan  and  Burt,  all  prescribed  it  in  obsti- 
nate cases,  and  generally  with  good  success.  It  has  been  found 
most  useful  in  quotidians.  It  acts  best  in  the  ^  or  i  x  tritura- 
tion.— Hale?\ 


POPULUS   TREMULOIDES. 

{A  merican   A  spe7i .) 


Analogues: — Arnica,  China,  Cornns  flordia,  Nux  vomica, 
Pulsatilla,  Terebinthina  (?)  Thuja. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the   inner   bark 
and  leaves  ;  dilutions.     Populin  and  its  triturations. 
(A  Fragmentary   proving.) 
HEAD. 
Fullness  about  the  head,^with  general  nervous  excitement. 

GASTRIC. 
A  warm,  pungent  sensation  in  the  stomach,  followed  by  a 

glcnv  of  heat  on  the  entire  surface. 
Nausea  and  vomiting,  and  slight  purging  of  bilious  matter. 
Fever,  with  jpurning  sensation  in  the  stomach, 
o  Chronic  dyspepsia,  from  gastric  catarrh. — Hale. 
o  Impaired  digestion,  with  chronic  diarrhoea. — Eclectic. 
o  Dyspepsia,  attended  with  torpor  of  the  liver,  or  an  unhealthy 

bilious  secretion. — lb. 
O  As    a   remedy  for   i7idi^estion,  accompanied  with  flatulence 
and  acidity,  we  know  of  no  single  agent   more   to   be 
relied  upon. — Coe. 


37^  POLYPQRUS  PINICOLA. 

o  An  excellent  remedy  for  the  dyspeptic  symptoms  accompa- 
nying pregnancy. — lb. 

o  Chronic  diarrhoea  and  dysentery, — lb. 

o  Jaundice — lb. 

o  Lumbricoid  worms. — lb. 

URINARY  ORGANS. 
Very  copious  discharge  of  urine. 

*  Irritation  of  the  bladder  and  urethra, 

O  Scalding  of  the  urine. — Eclectic. 

o  Suppression  and  retention  of  urine.— /^. 

O  Paramount  to  all  the  rest  (of  its  virtues)  is  its  property  of 
relieving  painful  urination,  and  heat  and  scalding  of 
the  urine,  especially  when  these  symptoms  occur  during 
pregnancy. — Coe. 

o  In  diseases  of  the  bladder,  urethra  and  prostate,  I  have 
found  the  greatest  benefit  from  it.  In  several  cases  of 
catarrh  of  the  bladder  I  have  found  that  two  or  three 
grains  (of  Populin),  four  or  five  times  a  day,  produced  a 
most  favorable  impression. — Paine. 

o  An  old  gentleman  troubled  with  vesical  catarrh  and  ardor 
urifics,  and  chronic  enlargement  of  the  prostate,  for 
many  years,  got  prortipt  relief  from  two  grains  (of  Pop- 
ulin), three  times  a  day,  and  was  cured  in  four  months. 
— Paine. 

[I   have  used  the  ist  and  3d  triturations  of  Populin  in  diseases  of  the 
prostate,  and  with  good  results. — Hale.'\ 

GENITAL    ORGANS. 

o  Gonorrhoea*     o  Gleet,  chronic. 

o  Highly  recommended  and  extensively  used  in  many  diseases 
of  the  uterus  and  vagina.     Especially  in 

O  Prurigo,  from  an  apthous  condition  of  the   mucous    mem- 
brane of  the  vagina  and  an  irritable  condition  of  the 
'  lining  membrane  of  the  uterus  (.<*) — Paine. 

o  Leucorrhoea,  with  ardor  urines  and  great  debility. 

o  Hysteria — depending  on  debility ;  useful  after   the   urgent 
symptoms  have  been  quelled.    It  tranquillizes  the  sym- 
pathetic disturbance  from  uterine  excitement. 
FEVER. 

o  Intermittent  fever. — (The  bark  and  leaves  both  contain  a 
large  percentage  of  Salici7ie.) 

O  I  have  known  many  obstinate  cases  of  ague  cured  by  an 
infusion,  and  the  tincture  of  the  bark  in  whisky — Hale. 

O  It  is  one  of  the  most  reliable  remedies  for  the  relief  of  night 
szveats. — Eclectic. 

o  Debility,  from  exhausting  fever. — Hale. 


PTELIA  TRIFOLIATA. 
(Wafer  Ash.) 


NEW    REMEDIES.  377 

PTELIA    TRIFOLIATA. 

(Wafer  Ash.) 

1.  A^branch  in  flower,  natural  size. 

2.  Male  flower,  enlarged. 

3.  Female  flower,  enlarged. 

4.  Samara,  or  seed  vessels,  natural  size. 

Analogues: — Arnica,  Bryonia,  Chelidonium,  Nux  vomica^ 
Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  from  the  bark,  and 
triturations  from  the  tincture. 

MENTAL  sphere. 

Great  languor  and  indisposition  for  either  mental  or  physical 
labor. 

Malaise  of  body  and  mind  ;  desire  to  lie  down  and  think  of 
nothing  at  all. 

Inability  to  concentrate  the  thoughts,  they  seem  to  be  cha- 
sing each  other  through  the  brain. 

Complete  incapacity  for  mental  exertion,  with  headache. 

Fretful  and  irritable  at  very  slight  cause. 

Compelled  to  give  up  any  attempt  at  exertion  in  P.  M. 

Performed  his  duties  in  a  perfunctory  maimer. 

Great  mental  confusion. 

Extraordinary  weakness  of  memory;  inability  to  read 
names. 

Peevish,  irritable  feeling,  and  intolerance  of  noise. 

Marked for^etfulness,w\th.  increased  headache,and  disposition 
to  hurry  when  writing. 

Confusion  of  thought,  with  hurriedness  of  manner,  forgetful- 
ness,  with  mistakes  in  writing. 

Sick  and  faint ;  desire  to  shrink  from  every  mental  work. 

Dull  and  stupid  feeling. 

Aversion  to  society  ;  a  wish  to  be  let  alone. 

Annoyance  and  irritation  from  ordinary  conversation. 

HEAD. 

Pressive  feeling  at  the  base  of  the  brain,  with  nausea,  closely 
resembling  the  Ipecacuanha  symptoms :  "  Headache,  as 
if  the  brain  and  skull  were  bruised,  penetrating  through 
all  the  bones,  down  to  the  root  of  the  tongue,  with 
nausea." 

Frontal  headache  all  day  pressing  from  within  outwards. 

Pressive  pain  in  the  frontal  region,  extending  to  the  roots  of 
the  nose,  as  if  a  nail  were  driven  into  the  brain  (left 
side). 

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3/8  PTELIA  TRIFOLIATA. 

Piercing  pain  shooting  through  the  temples,  with  increased 
headache  and  nausea. 

Splitting  headache,  with  nausea. 

Piercing  pain  in  the  brain,  with  giddiness,  and  severe  aching 
pain  in  the  stomach. 

Headache  after  dinner,  aggravated  by  mental  exertion. 

Sharp,  cutting  pains  through  the  front  of  the  brain,  alterna- 
ted by  pressure. 

Racking  frontal  headache,  with  heat  of  the  face  and  head, 
and  great  desire  to  hurry  his  business. 

Heaviness  in  the  occiput,  with  a  gloomy  feeling  in  the  fore- 
head. 

Heavy,  pressive  frontal  headache,  worse   at   night,  piercing 
from  within  outwards,  and  aggravated  by  stooping. 

Stunning  piercing  headache  (a  similar  one  was  cured  by 
Rhus). 

Head  feels  languid  and  heavy. 

Persistent  headache,  with  sharp   pains   shooting   from   the 
frontal  to  the  left  parietal  region. 

Frontal  headache,  aggravated  by  moving  the  legs  and  by 
noise. 

Frontal  headache,  deep  in  the  brain. 

Sudden  pressive  pains  in  the  temples  ;  worse  in  the  right. 

Fine,  neuralgic  pains  in  the  temples  ;  worse  in  the  right. 

Constant  dull  headache,  aggravated   by  going   up  stairs  and 
by  walking. 

Sharp,  darting  pain  over  the  left  eye,  extending  deep   into 
the  brain. 

Throbbing  pains  over  the  eye,  from  right  to  left. 

Shooting  pains  in  the  head  before  rising  in  the  morning. 

Throbbing  pain  over  the  temples,  from  left  to  right. 

Severe  throbbing  headache  on  rising,  with  great  weakness. 

Dull,  frontal  headache,  with  depression  and  sour  stomach. 

Headache,  intermitting  with  pain  in  the  hypogastrium,  diz- 
ziness and  nausea. 

Pain  in  the  left  side  of  the  head  and  right  side  of  the  neck. 
Headache  over  the  eyes. 

Sudden  pressive  pain  in  the  temples,  as  if  they  would  be 
pressed  together,  or  as  if  the  right  would  be  pressed  to 
the  left  (frequently  recurring  during  the  proving). 
Frontal  and  occipital  headache. 
Headache  while  reading. 
Giddiness  on  rising  in  the  morning. 
Giddiness,  with  continued  vertigo,  and  increased  abdominal 

tenderness. 
Giddiness  of  the  head,  when  rising  in  the  morning, 'and  when 
waking,  reeling  as  if  intoxicated. 


PTELIA    TRIFOLIATA.  379 

Giddiness  and  vertigo  in  the  forenoon,  so  as  to  necessitate  a 
recumbent  posture. 

Severe  attack  of  vertigo,  with  increased  headache,  and  aggra- 
vation of  all  the  symptoms. 

Sudden  giddiness,  with  faintness  on  turning  the  head  ;  vertigo 
aggravated  by  even  a  gradual  turning  of  the  head. 

Vertigo  and  nausea  aggravated  by  rising  to  the  feet,  also  by 
walking;  inability  to  stand  without  the  aid  of  a  chair. 

Vertigo  and  confusion  too  severe  to  permit  letter  writing. 

Sudden  attack  of  vertigo,  lasting  a  minute. 

Everything  seemed  to  be  in  violent  agitation. 

EYES. 

Twitching  of  the  eyelids. 

A  shooting  pain  over  the  eyes,  when  startled. 

Nervous  twitching  of  the  upper  lip,  extending  to  the   left 

eye. 
Nervous  pain,  extending  from  left  arm  to  left  eye. 
Rolling  the  eyes  upwards  aggravated  the  frontal  headache. 
Pressure  over  the  eyes,  aggravated  by  lifting  the  eyebrows. 
Heavy  fullness  over  the  eyes. 
Pain  in  the  eye. 
Pupils  contracted. 
Painful  sensitiveness  to  light,  with  irritability. 

EARS. 
Ringing  in  the  ears,  with  slight  giddiness. 
Sensitiveness  to  sounds ;  impressions  of  sounds  last  heard 

continues  for  a  long  time. 
Intolerance  of  noise   and   of  loud   talking  ;  annoyance   at 

even  ordinary  conversation, 
Easily  startled  at  usual  sounds. 
Pain  in  the  right  ear. 
Continuous  pain  behind  the  right  ear. 
Intense  throbbing  pain  in  the  ear,  worse  on  motion. 
Itching  of  the  right  ear,. with  inflammation   and  swelling, 

terminating  in  white  blisters  on  a  red  base,  discharging 

a  copious  watery  fluid. 

FACE,  ETC. 
Burning  heat  of  cheek  and  face. 
Heat  of  head  and  face,  especially  of  the  forehead. 
Yellowish  face,  with  dry,  hot  skin. 
Sickly  paleness  of  the  face,  especially  around  the  eyes. 
Pressure  at  the  root  of  the  nose. 

MOUTH  AND  THROAT. 

Feverishness  and  dryness  of  the  lips,  with  thirst,  (p.) 
The  lips  cracked  and  sore,  notwithstanding  an  abundance  of 
saliva,,  (s.) 


380  PTELIA   TRIFOLIATA. 

Burning,  prickling  sensation  of  the  mouth  and  tongue. 
Much  dryness  of  the  lips  and  tongue,  with  hawking  of  mucus 

from  the  pharynx. 
Great  dryness  of  the  mouth  with  bitter  taste. 
Great  dryness  of  the  mouth  and  head. 
Increased  secretion  of  saliva  of  a  saltish  or  bitter  taste. 
Drooling  in  the  night,  wetting  the  pillow. 
Fine  prickling  sensation  over  the  whole  face  of  the  tongue. 
Tongue  coated  with  a  yellowish  fur ;  the  papillae  red  and 

prominent. 
Tongue  dry  and  brownish  yellow  or  light  brown. 
Tongue  swollen  and  furred,  white. 
Tongue  coated  yellow  along  the  center  and  base. 
Tongue  feeling  as  if  scalded,  or  as  after  taking  Aconite. 
Tongue  inflamed,  but  not  swollen. 
Dull,  aching  pains  in  all  the  teeth. 

Teeth  all  feel  sore,  with  increased  secretion  of  saltish  saliva. 
Pain  in  the  right  molar  teeth  ;  first  lower,  then  upper. 
Teeth  feeling  elongated,  as  if  something  was  crowding  them 

apart. 
Pain  when  moving  the  jaws. 
Roughness  of  the  fauces,  with  nausea. 
Sensation  as  of  a  foreign  body  in  the  larynx. 
Slight  jVertigo,  with  a  choking  feeling  in  the  pharynx  (irt 

evening). 
Soreness  and  inflammation  of  the  fauces,  soft  palate   and 

uvula  (worse  on  right  side). 
Throat  ulcerated  and  tongue  inflamed  (right  side). 
Distressing  feeling  of  emptiness  in  the  oesophagus. 
Slight  burning  in  the  throat  and  stomach. 
Hiccough. 

Sense  of  obstruction  in  the  larynx,  on  waking 
Great  hoarseness  ;  inability  to  speak  aloud. 

TASTE  AND  APPETITE. 

Appetite  increased,  (p.) 

Unusual  hunger ;  craving  for  acid  food. 

*  Voracious  appetite ;  food  had  not   its  natural  taste ;  with 

pain  in  epigastrium  following  every  meal ;  despondency. 
Appetite  poor ;  but  little  appetite  and  no  thirst. 
Bread  seemed  tasteless  ;  all  other  food  tasteless  or  unnatural. 

*  Great  repugnance  to  animal  food,  and  to  rich  puddings,  of 

which  he  is  ordinarily  fond. — Hale. 
Great  repugnance  to  butter  and  fatty  foods ;  even  a  small 

quantity  aggravated  the  epigastric  pain. — lb. 
Disgust  at  the  sight  or  smell  of  food,  especially  of  roast 

beef. 
"The  taste  of  the  medicine  continually  returning  in  gusts  to 

the  mouth,  with  a  feehng  as  if  vomiting  would  relieve. 


PTELIA  TRIFOLIATA.  38 1 

Very  little  appetite,  with  great  repugnance  to  butter. 

Eructations  tasting  of  the  medicine,  with  persistent  nausea. 

Eructations  tasting  of  rotten  eggs. 

Sour  eructations. 

Frequent  bitter  taste  in  the  mouth,  with  dryness. 

Taste  of  brass  on  rising  in  the  morning. 

Dyspepsia,  chronic,  obstinate,  (many  cases.) — Hale. 

GASTRIC. 

Slight  but  persistent  nausea. 

Nausea  and  retching,  with  increase  of  frontal  headache ;  ag- 
gravated by  speaking. 

Severe  nausea,  with  efforts  to  vomit  for  two  minutes. . 

Sensation  of  goneness,  or  an  empty  feeling  in  the  stomach 
after  eating. 

Nausea,  with  distress  in  the  umbilical  region,  and  headache. 

Increased  nausea,  with  heat  of  skin  and  profuse  perspiration 
on  the  forehead,  after  dinner. 

Nausea  and  vomiting,  without  relief  from  the  frontal  head- 
ache. 

Persistent  nausea  and  vomiting,  with  giddiness  and  unstead- 
iness of  the  legs  ;  aggravated  by  walking. 

Awakened  at  one,  A.  M,,  by  a  piercing  pain  in  the  stomach, 
as  of  a  weight,  aggravated  by  motion  and  pressure,  ac- 
companied with  eructations  of  a  bitter  fluid,  with  deathly 
nausea,  confusion  of  head,  and  sweat  on  the  forehead. 
(The  attack  lasted  four  hours). 

Eructations,  which  almost  caused  emesis  (after  stool). 

Griping  in  the  epigastric  region,  with  dryness  of  the  mouth, 
yellow-coated  tongue,  and  a  bitter  taste. 

Eructations  of  bitter  fluid,  wiih  deathly  nausea. 

Colic  with  emission  of  flatus  and  borborygmus. 

Chronic  gastritis  ;  a  constant  sensation  of  corrosion,  heat 
and  burning  in  stomach,  with  vomiting  of  ingesta,  con- 
stipation and  afternoon  fever. — P.  H.  Hale. 

Emission  of  flatus  relieved  by  motion. 

All  the  gastric  symptoms  were  much^aggravated  after  meals. 

LIVER,    ETC. 

Sharp  pains  in  the  right  hypochondrium. 

Constant  feeling  of  weight  in  both  hypochondria,  when 
walking  (dragging  pain). 

Sharp,  cutting  pain  in  right  hypochondrium,  aggravated  by 
a  deep  inspiration  (while  in  bed). 

Occasional  pains  in  right  hypochondrium,  shooting  down- 
wards. 

Dull,  heavy  pain,  apparently  on  the  convex  surface  of  the 
liver. 

Liver  perceptibly  swollen  and  sore  on  pressure,  causing  a 
dull,  aching  pain,  with  stitches. 


382  PTELIA  TRIPOLI  ATA. 

Awakened  by  a  dull,  heavy  pain  in  the  liver,"relieved  by 
lying  on  the  right  side.  A  feeling  when  lying  on  the 
left  side  as  of  the  liver  dragging  on  its  ligaments. 

*  Liver  swollen,  and  tender  to  a  light  touch. 

Heavy,  aching  pain  in  the  liver,  with  deficient  appetite. 
Sharp  pains  in  the  right  hypochondriac  and  the   gastric 

regions,  caused  by  rapid  motion. 
Awoke  with  hard,  aching  distress  in  the  base  of  the  liver. 

*  Hepatic  and  gastric  symptoms,  aggravated  towards  morning, 

awaking  the  prover  at  four  o'clock. 
O  Jaundice,  with  hypersemia  of  the  liver. — Miller. 

STOMACH  AND  ABDOMEN. 

Tenderness  of  the  splenic  region,  with  soreness  on  pressure. 

Abdomen  swollen  and  tender,  with  severe  splenic  pain. 

Severe  abdominal  pains  near  umbilicus ;  worse  on  motion. 

Sharp  stitch  proceeding  from  the  umbilicus  twards  the  spine, 
when  taking  a  deep  inspiration,  with  increased  tender- 
ness on  pressure. 

A  faint  feeling  in  the  stomach,  with  sourish  eructations. 

A  squeezing  pain  in  the  epigastrium,  worse  in  bed,  with 
swollen,  but  not  painful,  abdomen. 

Aching  of  the  bowels  while  walking. 

Throbbing,  griping  pains  in  the  epigastrium,  aggravated  by 
a  full,  deep,  inspiration,  by  speaking,  and  by  pressure, 
causing  nausea. 

Pain  and  soreness  across  the  abdomen,  and  in  the  epigas- 
trium, aggravated  by  standing  or  sitting  erect,  and 
relieved  by  stooping  forward. 

Rumbling  in  the  umbilical  region,  and  swelling,  with  slight 
vertigo,  and  sweat  on  the  forehead. 

Rufnbling  in  the  bowels,  and  bloating,  with  tenderness  on 
pressure. 

Burning  and  great  weakness  at  the  stomach,  with  pain  on 
pressure. 

Griping,  contractive  pain  in  the  stomach,  moving  downwards. 

Griping,  worse  on  pressure,  in  the  bowels,  with  rumbling  and 
bloating. 

*  Pressure  as  of  a  stone  at  the  pit  of  the  stomach,  aggravated 

by  light  meals. 
Colicky  pains  in  the  small  intestines  (during  the  evening). 
Flying  pains  in  the  abdomen,  with  desire  for  stool. 
Stomach  feels  empty,  after  eating ;  sensation  of  soreness. 
Severe  aching  distress  in  the  left  hypochondrium. 
Frequent   drawing   pains  in   the   epigastric   and   umbilical 

region. 
Stitches  in  the  abdomen,  relieved  by  pressure. 
Pain  in  the  epigastrium,  with  nausea. 


PTELIA  TRIFOLIATA.  383 

Severe  pains  in  the  left  iliac  region,  changing  to  the  right ; 
worse  on  motion. 

Severe  bearing-down  pains  in  the  bowels;  spasmodic  and 
griping,  or  sharp  and  throbbing. 

Pain  ifi  the  hypogastrium  and  bladder,  with  headache,  inter- 
mitting during  the  paroxysms. 

Retraction  of  the  abdomen,  with  pulsations  isochronous  with 
the  heart. 

Soreness  of  the  abdomen,  aggravated  by  motion  and  relieved 
by  compressing  it  with  the  hands. 

Abdomen  tender  on  pressure  for  three  weeks  after  the 
proving. 

Ascites,  probably  from  hepatic  disease. — Miller. 

STOOL  AND  RECTUM.  .    .",; 

Sudden  and  unexpected  urging  to  go  to  stool,  which  was 
diarrhceic,  with  slight  tenesmus,  accompanied  by  sweat 
on  the  forehead  and  head. 

Urging  before  stool,  with   straining  during  diarrhceic  stool. 

Constipation,  with  a  continual  urging  in  the  rectum. 

Constant  urging  to  stool,  with  rumbling  in  the  bowels  all 
day. 

Small,  hard  stool,  with  much  straining. 

Hard  and  difficult  stool,  followed  by  smarting  of  the  rectum. 

Stools  of  usual  consistence,  with  slimy  coating,  accompanied 
with  straining  and  vertigo. 

Involuntary  discharge  of  flatus,  with  ineffectual  urging  to 
stool. 

Urging  to  stool,  with  difficult  passage  of  small,  hard  balls. 

Constant,  ineffectual  urging  to  stool ;  a  continual  pressure  in 
the  rectum. 

Pressure  in  the  rectum  all  day,  resulting  in  the  discharge  of 
a  small  stool  of  indurated  faeces,  with  slight  relief,  appa- 
rently a  true  torpor  of  the  rectum. 

Pressure  in  the  rectum,  with  qualmishness,  aggravated  by 
motion. 

Violent  urging,  followed  by  a  stool  of  fluid  consistence  and 
foetid  smell ;  the  passage  accompanied  with  chilliness 
and  straining ;  and  after  this,  renewed  tenesmus. 

Urging  to  stool,  and  sudden  copious  discharge  of  thin  diar- 
rhceic faeces  of  a  cadaverous  smell,  with  smarting  of  the 
rectum. 

Pressure  in  the  rectum,  as  in  dysentery,  not  relieved  by  a 
stool. 

Two  stools  in  succession,  of  faeces  coated  with  mucus,  fol- 
lowed by  tenesmus  ;  during  stool,  shuddering  and  chil- 
liness of  sacral  region  ;  after  stool,  smarting  of  the  rec- 
tum, with  itching. 


384  PTELIA  TRIFOLIATA. 

Copious  stool  of  fluid  consistence  and  bilious  smell ;  with  it 

was  a  very  copious  expulsion  of  ascarides. 
Diarrhceic  stools  of  a  dark  color  and  sulphurous  smell. 
Distress  in  the  small  intestines  before  stool. 
Mushy  stools. 

Dark-colored,  lumpy  stools. 
O  Chronic  intestinal  catarrh. 

GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 

Male. — Intense  throbbing  pain  in  the  glans  penis,  extending 

into  the  pubic  region,  when  retiring. 
Increase  of  sexual  desire  at  night. 
Lascivious  dreams  in  the  morning. 
I^emale. — Catamenia  two  days  too  early,  and  quite  copious. 

URINARY  ORGANS 

High-colored  urine. 

Urine  of  a  deep  color,  and  scalding  slightly  during  passage. 

Urine  high  colored ;  the  yellowish-red  of  Neubiauer  and 
Vogel. 

Urine  redder  than  usual  during  the  whole  proving. 

Urine  scanty,  and  of  a  deep-reddish  or  reddish-yellow  tint, 
during  the  whole  proving. 

Urine  less,  with  a  redd'ish,  cloudy  sediment. 

Urine  profuse  and  of  a  light  color ;  the  quantity  decreased 
and  then  increased  during  the  proving. 

A  deposit  of  muddy  sediment  in  the  urine ;  afterwards 
whitish,  with  increase  in  quantity. 

Pain  in  the  region  of  the  bladder,  with  headache  intermit- 
ting. 

Pain  in  stomach  and  bladder. 

Uneasiness  in  the  bladder  and  prostate  gland,  obliged  to  rise 
in  the  night  to  urinate. 

Pain  in  the  prostatic  region. 

Tickling  and  uneasiness  in  the  urethra  after  urinating. 

Smarting  sensation  in  the  urethra  while  urinating. 

Burning  in  the  urethra. 

The  quantity  of  urine  increased  each  day,  and  afterwards 
slightly  decreased.  The  condition  of  the  kidneys  im- 
proved by  the  proving. 

RESPIRATORY    ORGANS. 

Aching  pain,  with  occasional  stitches  in  region  of  diaphragm. 

Stitches  In  the  diapliragm,  arising  from  continued  speaking. 

Stitching  pains  in  the  upper  part  of  the  posterior  medasti- 

num,  aggravated  by  breathing  or  a  recumbent  position, 

and  accompanied  with  soreness  of  the  trapezius  muscles. 

*  Pressure  on  the  lungs,  with  a  sense  of  suffocation. 


PTELIA     TRIFOLIATA.  385 

Uneasiness  and  difficulty  of  breathing,  coming  on  as  the 
gastric  and  hepatic  symptoms  decHned  ;  with  dull  pain, 
especially  in  the  right  infra-clavicular  region,  accompa- 
nied by  hacking  cough,  without  expectoration.  This 
has  approached  very  insidiously,  and  now  the  right 
lung  is  dull  on  percussion  at  the  apex. 

During  a  full  inspiration,  sharp  pains  shoot  from  the  sternum 
towards  the  nipples  ;  worse  on  the  left. 

Pressure  on  the  intercostal  spaces,  close  to  the  sternum, 
causes  a  dull,  aching  pain. 

These  thoracic  symptoms  are  better  in  the  house  and  aggra- 
vated in  the  keen  air. 

Cough,  with  bursting  headache,  in  the  morning. 

A  sharp,  darting  pain  through  the  upper  part  of  left  lung ; 
frequently  returning,  and  aggravated  by  stepping  down- 
wards. 

Pain  in  the  lower  part  of  each  lung,  in  the  evening. 

Stitches  through  the  right  lung,  which  is  sound. 

Pain  back  of  the  left  breast,  near  the  axilla. 

Pain  under  the  right  breast. 

Cramp-like  pain  in  the  cardiac  region. 
*  Dyspnoea  ;  the  walls  of  the  chest  feel  as  though  they  would 

sink  in. 
o  Asthma  (from  retrocession  of  erysipelas.) — Hale,  Miller. 
o  Phthisis  with  purulent  expectoration  of  sweetish  taste,  and 
and  hectic,form  (probably  a  bronchial  catarrh.) — Miller. 
BACK    AND    NECK. 

Severe  aching  in  the  lumbar  and  sacral  regions. 

Hard,  aching  distress  in  the  dorsal  region  for  an  hour  in  the 
morning. 

Pains  in  the  left  scapula — aggravated  by  the  exertion  of 
writing. 

Bruised  sensation  in  all  the  limbs  and  back  ;  worse,  on 
pressure. 

Rending,  tearing  pains  in  Jeft  scapula. 

Drawing,  aching  pains  in  left  scapula  and  shoulder  joint. 

Dull,  aching  pain  in  small  of  the  back,  aggravated  by  rpotion. 

Severe  pains  in  the  back,  worse  in  dorsal  region. 

Awakened  by  pains  in  lumbar  region. 

Hard  backache  the  whole  length  of  spine  and  back  of  the 
neck,  'also  through  the  right  shoulder. 

Walking  arrested  by  a  cramp-like  pain  in  left  sacral  region. 

Lameness  in  muscles  of  the  neck,  right  side. 

The  whole  neck  feels  swollen. 

Dull,  heavy  pain  and  soreness  in  lumbar  region 
UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 

A  tingling  prickling  in  the  hands  and  fingers. 


386  PTELIA     TRIFOLIATA. 

A  prickling  numbness  in  the  hands,  which  seem  larger  than 

usual. 
Fine,  sharp  pains  in  the  fingers. 
Dull,  aching  distress  in  hands  and  fingers. 
Hands  and  feet  are  hot,  dry  and  feverish. 
Hands  and  fingers  cold,  numb,  clumsy  and  stiff. 
Dull  pains  in  the  elbows  and  wrists. 
Frequent  drawing  pains  in  the  right  elbow  joint. 
Drawing  pain  in  the  left  elbow. 

Sharp  pains  in  the  arms  while  in  bed  in  the  morning. 
Rheumatic  pains  in  right  leg  and  arm. 
Flying,  nervous  pain,  alternating  from  the  left  arm  to  the 

left  eye  and  parietal  region. 
Stitches  in  the  shoulder  and  hip. 
Wandering  pains  and  soreness  in  all  the  limbs. 

LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 
Aching  pains  in  the  back  part  of  the  thighs. 
Aching  drawing  in  the  left   ankle,  aggravated    by  motion, 

extending  up  the  calf  of  the  leg. 
Rending  pains  around  the  left  knee  ;  flying,  fugitive  pains, 

which  come  and  go  rapidly. 
Legs  weak,  with  drawing  in  the  knees  and  flexor  muscles. 
Constant  aching  distress  in  the  calves  of  the  legs. 
Severe  aching  distress  in  the  legs  all  day. 
Hard,  aching  distress  in  the  right  knee  all  the  morning. 
Aching  distress  in  the  knees,  ankles  and  toes. 
Sticking,  penetrating  pain  in  the  left  knee. 
A  lame  spot  in  the  right  knee. 
Throbbing  pains  in  the  left  hip  and  gluteal  region. 
Wandering  pains  in  the  limbs  and  right  hip. 
Great-  weariness  of  the  lower  limbs,  with  trembling. 
Drawing  pains  in  the  left  heel. 
A  peculiar,  reddish,  clouded  appearance  of  the  skin,  lasting 

two  days. 
Red    spots  on   various  parts  of  the  body,  mostly   on   the 

extremities,  soon  changing  to  purple,  lasting  two  weeks, 

•with  itching  around  the  spots. 
Prickling  like  pins,  mainly  in  the  popliteal  space  ;  itching 

and  burning,  like  fire ;  alleviated  by  sweating. 
Itching  and  irritation  all  over,  like  flea-bites. 
Eruption  under  the  right  ear. 
A  boil  on  the  forehead. 
A  slight  bruise  inflamed  and  suppurated. 
Vesicular  eruption  on  various  parts  ;  burning  and   itching, 

aggravated  by  exposure  to  the  air. 
Profuse  night-sweats. 
Hot  skin,  with  profuse  perspiration  on  the  forehead. 


PTELIA     TRIFOLIATA.  387 

Dry  heat  over  the  whole  body,  especially  the  palms  of  the 
hands  and  the  face,  with  a  feeling  as  if  the  prover  had 
been  up  all  night ;  feeling  worse  when  the  pains  are 
worse. 

SLEEP. 

Sleep  sound,  but  haunted  by  frightful  dreams. 

Sleep  deep  and  heavy,  awaking  with  racking  frontal  head- 
ache, aggravated  by  rolling  the  eyes  upward. 

The  sleep  is  broken  and  restless,  and  disturbed  by  frightful 
and  annoying  dreams. 

Frightful  dreams,  awaking  in  a  profuse  perspiration. 

Sleep  restless,  and  disturbed  by  dreams  and  by  drooling  of 
saliva. 

Languid  on  awaking  and  un refreshed. 

Nightmare. 

Dreams  of  frightening  ;  of  killing  snakes. 

Dreams  of  seeing  soldiers. 

Dreams  of  food. 

Dreams  very  vivid  and  life-like. 

Sleep  restless,  dream-haunted,  with  pain  in  the  liver  on 
awaking. 

Sleeplessness,  almost  total,  from  harrassing  pain  in  the  back; 
worse  in  early  morning. 

Excessive  inclination  to  sleep  during  the  day. 

Languid  and  drowsy,  by  day,  and  bitter  taste  in  mouth. 

Attacked  with  a  kind  of  nightmare,  on  being  awakened  at 
quarter  past  nine,  P.  M.;  quite  conscious,  but  unable  to 
stir,  on  account  of  a  pressing  weight  on  the  stomach 
and  whole  front  of  body. 

FEVER,    PULSE. 

Flashes  of  heat,  mingled  with  chilliness,  all  day.     Pulse  88. 

Cold  chills  running  up  and  down  the  spine. 

Feverish  heat,  lasting  all  day,  with  pains  in  limbs,  and 
nausea. 

Hot,  dry  feeling  on  the  bddy,  with  cold  feet. 

Dry  heat  over  the  whole  body,  with  sweat  on  the  forehead. 
o  Tertian  ague,  with  profuse  vomiting  of  bilious  matters. 
O  Attacks  of  quotidian  ague,  continuing  for  two  years,  resist- 
ing many  remedies. 

Chilliness  and  shivering  over  the  whole  body,  in  a  warm 
room  ;  inability  to  keep  warm  at  the  stove  (from  500 
drops). 

Pulse  104  ;  and   increase  of  32  beats  in  fifteen  rninutes. 

Shivering  in  a  warm  room,  with  heat  of  the  head. 

Shivering  over  the  legs  from  the  hips  downwards. 

Pulse  126,  small  and  thready,  seventy  minutes  after  the  large 
dose  ;  shivering,  with  chattering  of  the  teeth. 


388  PTELIA    TRIFOLIATA. 

Scarcely  comfortable  near  a  large  fire  ;  but  all  the  symptoms 

ameliorated  in  the  open  air. 
Shivering  and  horripilation,  and  eructations  tasting  of  Ptelia. 
Aching  distress  in  all  the  joints,  with  great  languor. 
Very  languid   and  faint,  with  flushed  face  and  feverishness. 
Rheumatic,  drawing  pains  in  all  the  joints. 
Pulse  72,  weak  and  fluttering. 
Pulse  increased  12  beats,  soft  and  weak. 
Pulse  accelerated  and  intermittent. 
Hot  and  feverish  all  day. 
Hot  breath,  which  seems  to  burn  the  nostrils. 
Hot  flashes,  with    pain    in   the  top  of  the  head  and  in  the 

eyes. 
Profuse  night  sweats. 
Pulse  slow,  strong  and  irregular. 

GENERALITIES. 
Great  lassitude  and  weariness,  with  a  disposition    to  hurry 

through  duties. 
Extreme    weakness   of  limbs,  brain,   memory,  thought   and 

will ;  as  if  from  a  powerful    and    all-pervading  disease. 
Aching  of  all  the  limbs,  especially  of  the  flexor  muscles. 
A  fine,  violent  agitation  of  all  the  muscles  of  the  body  and 

limbs. 
Great  languor  and  indifference  to  duties. 
Soreness  of  the  whole  body. 
Frontal  headache  during  the  whole  proving. 
Rheumatic,    drawing,   or  wandering  pains   throughout    the 

body. 
Flighty,  nervous  pains,  in  different  parts  of  the  body. 
Loss  of  energy,  languor  and  depression  of  spirits,  (p,) 
Unusual  aches  and  pains  all  over  the  body,  especially  in  the 

abdomen  and  head. 
Singing  increases  the  nausea  and  aggravates  the  headache, 

causing  shooting  pains  from  within  outwards. 
Soreness  and  swelling  of  lymphatic  glands  under  the  right 

ear. 
Great  restlessness  and  despondency. 

The  symptoms  assume  the  form  of  a  severe  bilious  attack. 
All  the  symptoms  suddenly  disappear  after  eating  sour  things. 
All  the  symptoms  are  better  in  the  cool,  open  air.  (p.) 
The  thoracic  symptoms  are  worse  in  the  keen  air.  {s.) 
The  symptoms  are  all  aggravated  in  the  warm  room. 
The    gastric    and    hepatic    symptoms    are   aggravated    by 

pressure  after  meals,  towards  morning  and  after  eating 

cheese,  rich    pudding,  butter,    or   any   fatty   food ;  but 

relieved  by  motion  in  the  open  air. 
The  nausea  is  aggravated  by  lying  down,  or  by  noise. 


PULSATILLA    NUTTALLIANA. 
(A  merz'can  Pulsatilla. ) 

The  principal  figure  represents  the  mature  plant  in  fruit ;  the  tmall  figure  the  flower, 
which  appears  before  the  leavei. 


PULSATILLA  NUTTALLIANA.  389 

The  pains  in  the  head  press  from  within  outwards. 

The  headache  is  worse  after  eating  or  from  mental  exertion, 
moving  the  eyes,  noise,  walking,  going  up  stairs,  stoop- 
ing, or  warmth,  or  during  the  night,  while  in  bed  ;  but 
alleviated  in  the  cool  open  air,  or  by  pressure. 

Predominantly  aggravated  in  the  warm  room,  after  eating 
fatty  food,  when  lying  down,  or  early  in  the  morning, 
from  noise,  or  when  stooping. 

Predominantly  alUviated  in  the  cool,  open  air,  when  rising 
from  bed,  or  during  continued  motion,  and  by  the  use 
of  vegetable  acids. 

From  above,  downwards,  from  within,  outwards,  mainly  in 
the  right  side,  or  from  right  to  left. 


PULSATILLA   NUTTALLIANA. 
(American  Pulsatilla.) 


Analogues: — Arnica,  Clematis,  Cimicifnga,  Cyclamen, 
Euphrasia,  Ferrum,  Ignatia,  Mitchella,  Eupatorium  purpuretim, 
Plati?ia,  Pulsatilla  nig.  Senecio,  Sepia. 

Officinal  Preparations. — Tincture  of  the  plant ;  dilu- 
tions. 

[Found  growing  in  Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  and  westward. — Hale.'\ 

MENTAL   SPHERE. 
Gloomy  state  of  mind,  with  eructations  of  sour  air. 
She  feels  very  irritable,  "  cross,"  could  not  bear  to  be  spo- 
ken to  ;  noise  vexed  her ;  felt   like  weeping  at  trifling 
annoyances. 
Confusion  ;  impossible  to  study. 

HEAD. 

Hard  pain  in  the  upper  portion  of  the  forehead,  that  would 

pass  to  the  back  of  the  head,  affecting  the  whole  brain 

like  a  wave. 
Feeling  as  if  a  nail  were  being  pierced  into  the  brain  just 

above  the  left  eye,  a  number  of  times. 
Severe  frontal  headache  all  night,  caused  by  a  sour  stomach. 
Dull,  heavy    pains   in    the    right   temple  ;    frequent,    sharp, 

cutting. 
Fever,  hot   feeling   of  the   head ;    severe   headache ;    dull, 

heavy  feeling  in  the  head  in  the  morning, 
o  Migraine — intense   pain    in  one  side  of  head  and  one  eye, 

with  chilliness  ;  lowness  of  spirits  and  vomiting. 


390  PULSATILLA   NUTTALLIANA. 


EYES. 


Burning,  smarting  sensation  in  the  eyelids. 
Agglutination  of  the  lids  in  the  morning, 
Neuralgic  pains  in  the  eyeballs,  while  walking  in  the  open  air. 
Hot  feeling  of  the  inside  of  the  lids,  in  the  evening ;  burn- 
ing and  smarting  of  the  eyelids, 
o  Catarrhal  affections  of  the  eyes. — Hale. 
o  Opacity  of  the  cornea,  when  the  loss  of  sight  was  nearly 
complete. — Miller. 

EARS. 

Fluttering  noise  in  the  right  ear  (first  .symptom  of  the  ear  in 

the  proving). 
Drawing  pains  in  the  ears,  from  within  outwards  (which  are 

frequent). 
Feeling  as  if  the  left  ear  were  closed, 
o  Catarrhal  affections  of  the  inner  ear. — Hale. 

FACE. 
Face  hot  and  red  at  4  P.  M.  till  bedtime ;  with  cold  feet, 
o  Complexion  becomes  clear  and  good  (previously  rough). 

MOUTH    AND    THROAT. 

Yellowish  coating  on  the  tongne,  along  the  centre. 
Sensation  of  a  lump  in  the  throat,  recurring  frequently. 

*  Slimy  coating  on  tongue,  with  offensive  breath. 

STOMACH. 

*  Prickling,  burning  sensation  in  the  pit  of  the  stomach. 
Severe  cutting  pains  in  the  stomach,  with  feeling  of  disten- 
sion in  the  abdomen,  with  dull  headache. 

Sour  eructations,  with  gloominess. 

*  Intense  nausea,  without  vomiting,  all  the  time. 

Distress  in  the  whole  epigastrium,  with  sharp,  cutting  pain 
in  the  stomach,  passing  towa)  ds  the  spine. 

J'eeling  as  if  fine  needles  were  being  pressed  into  the 
stomach. 

*  Weak,  faint,  fluttering   sensation   in    pit  of  stomach,   even 

after  eating. —  Wesselhoeft. 

*  Vomiting  of  bitter,  bilious,  slime,  with  chronic  cough. — lb. 
o  Indigestion  ;  dyspepsia.     Vomiting  of  pregnancy. 

ABDOMEN. 
Drawing,  cutting  pains  in  the  lower  part  of  the  epigastrium, 

constant  colicky  pains  in  epigastrium,  after  midnight. 
Sharp  pains  in  the  epigastrium  and  right  hypochondrium. 
Rumbling  in  the  bowels. 
Aching  pain  in  left  groin,  just  above  the  crest  of  the  ilium, 

on  moving  or  bending. 


PULSATILLA   NUTTALLIANA.  39I 

STOOL. 
'  *   Hard,  dry,  lumpy  stools. —  Wessclha'ft. 

Mushy  stools,  succeeded  by  cutting  pains  in  the  epigasrium. 
Severe  cutting  pains  in  the  umbilicus,  followed  by  a  dark- 
colored  stool. 
Desire  for  stool  all  afternoon  and  evening,  followed  by  dark, 

lumpy  stool. 
Loose,  papescent  stools,  with  chilliness. 

*  Catarrhal  diarrhoea  ;  also  from  indigestion — Burt. 

URINE. 
Frequent  desire  to  urinate,  desire  soon  passing  off. 
Frequent  urination,  too  profuse  ;  light  colored. 
Passed  a  large  quantity  of  "  skunky  "  smelling  urine  at  mid- 
night. 
Dark  brown  sediment  (urate  of  ammonia). 
Pain  in  the  kidneys  ;  tenesmus  and  stranguary. 
Pain  in  end  of  the  penis,  after  urinating. 
GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 
Female: — *  Sharp  pains   in    the  uterus,  from  side  to  side, 
accompanied  zvith  chilliness  ;  trembling  weakness  of  the 
legs  ;  urging  to  urinate  and  diarrhcjea. 
Premature  and  profuse  menses. 
o  Amenorrhoea,    with    constant    chilliness;    coldness    of    the 
hands  and  feet  ;  loss  of  appetite,  sour  eructations,  mel- 
ancholy and  general  malaise — Hale,  Small. 
O  Retarded  menses  ;  irregular  menses  ;   leucorrhcea. 
O  Suppression  of  the  menses  ;  several  cases. — Small. 

Male: — *  Dull   distress   in   the  testicles,  with  drawing  pain 
along  the  left  spermatic  cord  to  the  testicles. 

*  Sharp,  sticking  pain  in  left  spermatic  cord  and  testicles. 
Seminal  emission  for  three  successive  nights. 

COUGH. 
•  Cough  a  good  deal, 
o  Constant    loose  cough,  day  and   night,  with   fullness  under 

sternum. 
O  Chronic  dry  cough  becomes  loosened. 

CHEST. 
Sharp,  stabbing   pain    in    the   left   pectoralis-major  muscle, 
followed  by  burning  sensation  when  the  pains  occur, 
o  Aching  pain  in  the  pleura  or  lungs. —  Wessellioeft. 

BACK. 
Some  distress  in  the  lumbar  region  during  a  rain  storm. 

ARMS. 
The  flexor  muscles  of  the  arms  ache  severely,  and  are  quite 
stiff. 


392  PULSATILLA    NUTTALLIANA. 

Frequent  flexing   pains  in  the  wrists  and  fingers. 
Stiffness  of  the  fingers,  drawing  pain  in  the  left  metacarpal 
bones, 
o  Hands  hot  and  dry. — Causland. 

LOWER     EXTREMITIES. 

.  Drawing  pains  in  the   left  sartorious  muscle,  when  walking. 
Sharp,  neuralgic  pains,  passing  from  the  hip  joint  down  to 

the  middle  of  the  thigh,  along  the   course  of  the  ischi- 

atic  nerve. 
Frequent  dull  pains  in  both  ankles. 
Severe,  dull  pains  in   the  right  knee  joint,  for  two  hours  in 

the  morning,  while  in  bed,  during  a  rain  storm. 
Trembling  weakness  in  the  legs,  with  a  sensation  of  great 

weariness  and  heaviness. 
O  Rheumatic  pains,  which  are  wandering. 

Restlessness  in  the  feet,  constant  desire  to  move  them. 

SKIN. 

Eruption  on  the  back,  legs  and  ankles,  of  a  dark,  bluish-red 
color,  with  more  or  less  itching  during  the  day,  but  at 
night,  in  warm  bed,  the  itching  is  most  intolerable. 

Eruption  stands  out  prominently  from  the  skin,  looking  like 
measles. 
*  Itching  erythema  ;  urticaria  (nodules  of  irregular  form,round, 
elongated,  annular ;  turning  white  on  scratching,  with 
red  base,  and  white  skin  between). 

FEVER. 

Pale,  weak,  with  a  feverish  feeling,  and  great  debility. 
Chilliness  over  the  whole  body,  with  frequent  yawning. 
Hands  hot  and  dry. 
Face  hot  and  flushed,  after  4  P.  M.,  with  dull  headache. 

SLEEP. 

Sleep  is  often  disturbed  by  awaking  with  headaches  or  fre- 
quent inclination  to  pass  water ;  seminal  emissions 
occur ;  but  the  most  troublesome  symptom  is  itching  of 
the  skin,  the  fore  part  of  the  night,  caused  by  a  species 
of  urticaria  or  scalp  erythema —  Wesselhoeft. 


NEW    REMEDIES.  393 

RHUS    GLABRUM. 

{Common    Sumach.) 


Analogues  : — Acidmn  gallicum,  Acidum  tannicum,  Alnus, 
Baptisia,  Borax,  China,  Geranium,  Galium,  Hamamelis,  Hydras- 
tis, Myrica. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  bark  or 
leaves ;  dilutions. 

[A  tincture  of  the  berries  should  be  proven.] 
MENTAL   SPHERE. 
Weakness   of  memory,    much    indifference    to   surrounding 
obj  ects. 

HEAD. 

Dull,  aching  pain  in  the  frontal  and    top    parts  of  the  head. 
Fullness  and  pain  in  the  top  of  the  head. 
o  Occipital  headache,  usually  of  a  rheumatic    character.     (Dr. 
Lilienthal  says  he  has  verified,  over  and  over  again,  the 
recommendation  wf  Dr.  Burdick,  as  to  its  use  in  occipi- 
tal headache.       He  cures  with  the   Q,  the    200th  and 
1, 000th,  and  says  :  "  It  differs  materially  in  its  symptoms 
from  Silicia  and  Gelseminum") 
NOSE. 
Hemorrhage  from  the  left  nostril. 

Bloody  scabs  in  the  left  nostril.  , 

o  Epistaxis. 

MOUTH    AND    THROAT. 

*  Hemorrhage  from  the  mouth. 

*  On  waking,  clots  of  blood  expelled  from  the  throat. 

*  Small  ulcers  in  the  mouth. 

o  Nursing  sore  mouth  ;  apthous  stomatitis, 
o  Sea-scurvy,  and  scorbutic  affections  generally, 
STOMACH    AND   ABDOMEN. 
Distressing  pain  in  the   stomach,   aggravated  by  eating  or 

drinking. 
Tenderness  on  pressure  in  the  umbilical  region. 
Sharp,  cutting  pains  in  the  abdomen, 
o  Diarrhoea,     o  Dysentery,     o  Bleeding  piles, 
o  Diarrhoea,  with  spongy  gums,  vitiated  appetite  and  swollen 
abdomen. 

RESPIRATORY    ORGANS, 
o  Chronic  hoarseness,  with  asthmatic  trouble. — Hale. 
o  Heaves — in  horses.     (A  popular  domestic  remedy.) 

49 


394  RHUS   VENENATA. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 

Scanty,  high-colored  urine. 

FEVER. 
Skin  hot  and  dry,  with  thirst. 
*  Profuse  night  sweats. 

FeeHng  of  coldness,  while  there  is  an  actual  increase  of  heat 
in  the  skin. 
o  Some     of     the     conditions    of     typhoid    fever,    diarrhoea, 

scurvy,  etc. 
o  Hectic  fever,  with  night  sweats. 


RHUS   VENENATA. 

{Poison  Sumach.) 


Analogues  : — Anacardium,  Clematis,  Comocladia,  Croton 
tig..  Ranunculus,  Rhus  tox.,  rad  and  vernix. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  leaves  ;  dilu- 
tions. 

[From  provings  by  Oeheme,  Hoyt  and  Burt.\ 

MENTAL     SPHERE. 
Great  sadness,  no  desire  to  live  ;  everything  seems  gloomy. 
Absence  of  mind  ;  cannot  concentrate  the  mind  on  any  par- 
ticular subject. 
Mental  labor  increased  the  pain. 

HEAD. 

*  Dull,   heavy,  frontal  headache,   aggravated  by  walking  and 

stooping, 

*  Dizzy  sensations,  worse  in  evenings  ;  intolerable  heaviness  of 

the  head. 

*  Great  swelling  of  the  head,  face  and  hands,  with  sharp,  irri- 

tating fever. 

*  Erysipelas  of  the  head  and  face. 

o  Vesicular  erysipelas  of  the  face  and  scalp. — Hale. 

EYES. 

*  Eyes  closed  from  the  great  swelling  of  the  cellular  tissue 

around  them. 

*  Profuse  lachrymation  ;  constant  dull   aching   pains  in  the 

eye  balls. 
Smarting  and  burning  of  the  eyes. 
CEdema  of  the  eyelids. 
Constant  irritation  of  the  eyes. 
O  Chronic  inflammation  of  the'  eyes. 


RHUS   VENENATA.  395 

-.i  i  ■■. .    .  ,^ . 

EARS. 
Deafness  that  is  quite  troublesome. 

Vesicular  inflammation  of  the  ears,  exuding  a  yellow,  watery 
serum. 

NOSE. 
Great  dryness  of  the  nostrils — obstruction  of  the  no.strils. 
Erysipelatous  redness  of  the  nose. 

FACE. 
Face  very  red,   swollen   and   covered  with  vesicles,    itching 

and  burning. 
Nose  and   right   side  of  the  face  much   swollen,  especially 

under  right  eye. 
Face  hot,  itching  and  burning  in  different  parts  of  the  face, 
especially  the  left  cheek. 

MOUTH. 
Scalded  feeling  of  the  tongue,  salty  flat,  rough  taste. — Hale. 
The  centre  and  base  coated  white,  the  sides  are  very  red. 

—lb. 
Vesicles  on  the   under  side  of  the  tongue,  with  a  scalded 

feeling. 
Mucous  membrane  of  the  mouth  is  very  red. — lb. 
Red  vesicular  eruption  on  the  gums  of  the  upper  incisors. 

THROAT. 
Constant  dry  irritative  feeling  in  the  fauces. 
Tonsils  red  and  congested,  with  dull  aching  distress  in  them. 
Throat  very  sore,  red  and  swollen.  ^  ^jut^jy 

STOMACH. 
Distress  and  pain  in  the  stomach  and  umbilicus.    . 
Loss  of  appetite,  wants  to  drink  a  great  deal. 
Dyspepsia,  with   red   tongue,  and  tendency  to  erysipelas. — 
Pierson. 

ABDOMEN   AND   STOOL. 
Abdomen   much  bloated  aild  exceeding  painful  to  the  lea.st 

pressure. 
Constant  rumbling  and  griping  in  the  bowels. 
Constant  dull  pains  in  the  umbilicus,  with   rumbling  in  the 

bowels,  followed  by  a  soft  diarrhceic  stool. 
Pains  always  worse  before  a  stool,   but  an  evacuation  does 

not  stop  the  pain. 
Stool  almost  white,  thin,  papescent. 

Pains  in  the  umbilicus,  with  dry,  lumpy,  dark-colored  stools. 
Diarrhoeic  stools,  (stopped  by  tine,  juniperus  vir.  Hoyt.) 
Intolerable  itching  and  burning  of  the  anus  ;  neuralgic  pains 

in  the  anus. 
Pains  in  the  bowels  worse  in  the  morning. 


39^  RHUS  VENENATA. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 
(No  notice  taken  of  any  Urinary  symptoms.) 

GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 
Intense  itching  and  burning  of  the  scrotum  and  penis. 
Glans  penis  swollen  and  very  sore. 
Cuticle  of  the  penis  and  scrotum  peels  off  in  patches. 

*  Scrotum  much  swollen,  deep  red  color,  covered  with  vesicles. 

BACK. 

*  Stiff  neck,   or    "  crick   in   the  neck,"    and  rheumatic  pains 

between  the  shoulders. 
Constant  dull  pains  in  the  cervical  dorsal  and  lumbar  regions. 
Back  is  very  stiff. 
Itching  at  night  on  the  back,  but  in   the  daytime  on  the 

face,  neck  and  hands, 
o  Lumbago,  from  a  strain  or  a  cold. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 
Severe  pains  in  the  left  elbow  joint. 
Drawing  pains  in  the  fore-arms. 
Rhumatic  pains  in  the  shoulders  and  elbow  joints,  worse 

during  motion. 
Wrists  and  fingers  are  very  stiff,  constant  aching  distress. 
Constant  desquamation  of  the  cuticle  of  the  palms  of  the 

hands  and  fingers. 
Violent    itching  of  the   palms  of  the   hands,  with  watery 

vesicles  on  them. 
Groups  of  watery  vesicles  on  the  fingers. 
CEdema  of  the  back  of  the  hand. 

LOWER   EXTREMITIES.  ^ 

Knees  and  ankles  ache  constantly,  with  great  weakness. 
Dull,  drawing  pains  and  distress  in  the  knees. 
Ankles  very  red  and  swollen,  with  watery  vesicles  all  over 

the  ankles,  feet  and  toes,  that  discharge  large  quantities 

of  water. 
Large  watery  blisters  on  the  sides  of  the  feet. 
Intolerable  itching  of  the  ankles,  feet  and  toes,  aggravated 

by  warmth. 
Joints  are  very  stiff  in  the  morning,  relieved  by  exercise. 
Pains  in  the  ankles  are  worse  in  the  afternoons  and  evenings. 
The  itching  and  burning  subdued  by  bathing  in  cold  water. 

FEVER. 
Chills  up  and   down  the  back,   when  warm  and  in  a  warm 

room,  and  in  bed. 
Great  restlessness,  with  a  dry  burning  hot  skin  at  night. 
Skin  becomes  tense,  hot,  swollen,  shining  and  very  painful. 
Increased  temperature  of  the  inflamed  parts. 


ROBINIA    PSEUDO-ACACIA.  397 

O  Erysipelatous  inflammations. 

o  Typhoid  fever,  (indications  about  the  same  as  Rhus  tox,  and 
rad. — Hale) 

SKIN. 
Large  fissures  on  the  ends  of  the  fingers,  that  bleed  easily. 
Fine  vesicular  eruptions  on  the  forearms,  wrists,  back  of  the 
hands,  between  and  on  the  fingers,  scrotum  and  ankles. 
Large  watery  vesicles  on  the  ankles. 
Upper  lip  and  ear  much  swollen,  covered  with  vesicles. 
Boils  on  the  forehead,  neck  and  arms,  and  right  thigh. 
o  Vesicular  and  erysipelatous  eruptions  of  all  kinds. 
o  Phlegmonous  erysipelas. 

GENERALITIES. 
The  symptoms  all  aggravated  before  a  rain. 
The  joints  all  stiff  in  the  morning?. 

The  itching  and  burning  of  the  skin  aggravated  by  warmth. 
After  exercise,  the  stifi"ness  passes  away. 

SLEEP. 
Great  restlessness  at  night,  with  a  dry,  hot  skin. 


ROBINIA    PSEUDO-ACACIA. 

(False  Locust.) 


Analogues  : — Calcarea  carb.,  Iris  ver.,  Pulsatilla,  Magnesia 
earb.,  Rheum. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  bark  ;  of  the 
flowers  ;    dilutions. 

[The  fragmentary  proving  of  Burt,  may  be  considered  reliable,  and  a 
few  of  the  symptoms  from  Houatt.  The  pathogenesis  of  the  latter,  however, 
is  too  extensive,  too  tragic,  and  too  much  like  his  other  provings  to  be  true.] 

MIND. 
Low-spirited,  with  great  irritability. — Burt. 

HEAD. 
Dull,  frontal  headache,   much    aggravated   by  motion,  with 
neuralgic  pains  in  the  temples, 
o  Sick  headache  with  acidity  of  the  stomach  and  some  eruc- 
tateous  vomiting. — Btirt. 

STOMACrf. 
Excessive  acidity  of  the  stomach. 

Vomiting  of  intensely  sour  fluid,  setting  the  teeth  on  edge. 
P>equent  eructations  of  sour  fluid. — Burt. 


398  RUMEX    CRISPUS. 

Great  distension  of  the  stomach  and  bowels,  with  flatulence  ; 
the  intestines  distended  almost  to  the  point  of  rup- 
turing, with  severe  coHc. 
Dull,   heavy,  squeezing  pains    in    the    stomach,    especially- 
after  every  meal. 
Water,  taken  before  eating,  at  night,  returned  in  the  morn- 
ing, green  and  sour. 
o  Dyspepsia,  "  I  have  seen  it  helpful  in  dyspepsia  manifesting 

itself  at  night  and  preventing  sleep." — Massy. 
()  Heartburn,  and   acidity  of  the  .stomach,   at  night  on  lying 
dow7t. 
Sour  regurgitations  of  infants. 

Sour  vomiting  of  infants  ;  the  whole  child  smells  sour. 
Desire    for   stool,    but   only   flatulence    passes   off ;   finally 
constipated  stools. 
o  Sour  stools  of  infants,  with  sour  smell  from  the  body. — Burt. 


RUMEX  CRISPUS. 

{Yellow  Dock.) 


Analogues  : — Belladonna,  Calcareacarb.,  Causticum,Cistus, 
Dulcamara,  Eryngium,  Hepar  siilph.,  Iris,    Julians,   lodium, 
Lachesis,  Lycopodium,  Lobelia,  Mercurius,  Rheum,  Sanguinaria, 
Spongia,  Stilphur. 
Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  root ;  dilutions. 

HEAD. 
Headache  after  awaking  in    the    morning,   preceded  by  a 

disagreeable  dream. 
Dull  pains  on  the  right  side  ;  pain  in  the  left  temple. 
Darting  pain,  or  sharp  piercing  pain  in  the  left  side  of  the 

head. 
Headache  worse  from  motion. 
Dull  aching  pain  in  occiput. 

EYES. 
Sore  feeling  in  the  eyes,  but  without  inflammation. 

EARS. 
Ringing  in  the  ears,  itching  in  the  ears. 
Constant  roaring  in  the  ears,  they  feel  as  if  obstructed. 

NOSE. 
Obstruction  of  the  nose  ;  with  sensation  of  dryness,  even  in 
posterior  nares.  (p.) 
*  Fluent    coryza,     with    sneezing ;      mucus    discharge    from 
posterior  nares,  (j.) 


RUMEX  CRISPUS.  399 

*  Epistaxis — with  violent  sneezing,  and   painful   irritation  of 

nostrils. 
o  Influenza  with  violent  catarrh,  followed  by  bronchitis. 

FACE. 
Heat  and   redness  of  the  face  in   the  evening  ;  with   dull 
headache. 

MOUTH. 
Sensation  as  of  a  burn  or  scald  on  the  tongue. 
Dryness  of  the  mouth  and  tongue,  tongue  feels  as  if  burnt, 
o  Ulcerations  of  the  mouth  and  throat. 

THROAT. 

*  Excoriated  feeling  in  the   throat,   with   secretion   of  mucus 

in  upper  part  of  the  throat. 
Sensation  as  if  of  a  lump   in   the   throat,   not    relieved   by 

hawking  or  swallowing. 
Aching  sensation  in  the  throat,   as   if  a    lump  were  sticking 

fast  in  the  oesophagus. 

*  Aching  in  the  pharynx,   with   collection    of  tough  mucus  in 

the  fauces. 
O  Catarrhal  affections  of  the  throat  and  fauces, 

STOMACH. 
Heaviness  in  the  stomach  or  epigastrium,  soon  after  a  meal. 

— Joslin. 
Flatutency  after  meals,  and  nausea  with  eructations. 
Stitching,  cutting  pain  in  the  pit    of  the   stomach,  worse  on 

movement. 

*  Shootings  from  the  pit  of  the  stomach  into  the  chest  ;  sharp 

pains  in   left   chest  ;   dull   aching   in   the   forehead,  and 
slight  nausea. — Joslin. 
Pain  in  the  pit  of   the   stomach,  aching   in   the   left  breast, 
flatutency,   eructations,    pressure   and  distension  in  the 
stomach  after  meals. 
Sensation  of  fullness  ancj  pressure  in  the  pit  of  the  stomach, 
extending   up   to    the    throat,    and    then    back    to   the 
stomach,  (cured  by  the  200th. — Juslin.) 
Hyphochondrium   pained    b)-   coughing,    rapid   walking,   or 
deep  inspiration. 
O  Aching  and  shooting  in  the  pit  of  the  stomach,  and  above  it, 

on  each  side  of  the  sternum, 
o  Dyspectic  ailments,  of  various  kinds. — Hale. 

ABDOMEN. 

Sensation   of  hardnes.s,    and    fulness   in    the  abdomen,  with 

rumbling  in  the  bowels. 
Pain  in  the  abdomen,   occurring  or  increasing  during  deep 

inspiration. 


400  RUMEX   CRISPUS. 

Flatulent  colic  near  the  umbilicus  soon  after  a  meal,  miti- 
gated by  discharge  of  flatus. 

*  Pain  in  the  abdomen  in  the  morning,  followed  by  an  evacua- 

tion. 
Griping  pains  near  the  umbilicus,   partially  relieved  by  dis- 
charge of  very  offensive  flatus, 
o  Colic  from  a  cold,  with  cough. 

STOOL   AND   ANUS. 

*  Dark-colored  faeces;  stool  brown  or  black. 

*  Liquid  diarrhoeic  stool  in  the  morning. 

*  Diarrhoeic  stool  in   the  morning,   preceded   by  pain  in  the 

abdomen. 
Sensation  as  if  from  the  pressure  of  a  .stick  in  the  rectum. 
Itching  in  the  anus  with  discharge  of  offensive  flatus. 
O  Brown,  watery  diarrhcea,  chiefly  in  the  morning. — Small, 

Joslin. 
o  Diarrhoea  in  the  morning  with  the  rumex-coiigh. — Dunham, 
Shafer,  et  al. 

URINARY  ORGANS. 
Copious  discharge  of  colorless  urine  in  afternoon. 
Very  sudden  and  urgent  desire  to  urinate. 

LARYNX. 

*  Pain    in    the    larynx,    with    excoriating    cough.  —  jfoSlin, 

Dunham,  and  others. 

*  Much  tough  mucus  in  the  larynx,  zviih  a  constant  desire  to 

haivk  and  raise  it,  but  without  relief. 
Cough  excited  by  tickling  or  irritation  behind  the  sternum, 
o  Acute  catarrhal  affections  of  the  larynx,  trachea,  and  bronchi, 
o  Cough  which  is  dry,   harsh,  loud,   shaking,  worse  at  night, 

excited  instantly  by  pressure  on  the  trachea, 
o  Dry  cough,  tickling  in  the  throat  pit ;  excoriation  in  the 
larynx,  and  behind  the  upper  portion  of  the  sternum. 
[^Riimex  diminishes  the  secretions,  and  at  the  same  time 
exalts  in  a  very  marked  manner  the  sensibility  of  the  larynx, 
and  trachea  ;  the  cough  is  frequent  and  continuous  ;  it  is  dry 
and  occurs  in  long  proxysms  ;  aggravated  by  respiration  more 
rapid  or  deeper  than  usual,  and  by  cold  air  ;  attended  by 
rawness  and  soreness  in  the  trachea,  and  bronchia,  especially 
the  left,  where  the  tickling  is  very  annoying  and  persistent  ; 
tvorse  in  the  evening  after  retiring,  or  upon  talking,  or  irregular 
respiration. — Dr.  C.  Dunham,  in  Amer.  Homceop.  Review.,  Vol. 
II,  Page  530.] 

CHEST! 
Aching  pain  over  the  anterior  portion  of  both  lungs. 
Raw  pain   under  the  clavicles  while  hawking  mucus  out  of 
the  throat. 


RUMEX   CRISPUS.  401 

Sharp  pain  near  the  left  axilla. 

Burning  and  shooting  pain  in  the  right  chest. 

Shooting  in  the  left  side,  sometimes  sticking  pains. 

Burning,  sticking,  or  burning  stinging  pain  in  the  left  chest. 

Dull  pain  in  the  region  of  the  heart. 

Burning  pain  near  the  heart. 

Sensation  as  if  the  heart  had  suddenly  ceased  beating,  fol- 
lowed by  a  heavy  throbbing  through  the  chest. 
o  Stinging  pain  near  the  heart,  increased  by  lying  down,  and 

by  breathing  deeply. — Dr.  Rhees. 
O  Violent  aching  pain  in  the  heart,  with  throbbing  of  the 
carotids,  and  throughout  the  body,  visible  to  the  eye, 
and  shaking  the  bed,  pulse  120 ;  great  dyspnoea 
especially  when  lying  ;  had  to  sit  up  in  bed  ;  face  red 
and  puffed,  especially  about  the  eyes,  which  were  red 
and  lustreless. — Rhees. 

"  Is  a  most  useful  remedy  in  that  protean  symptom,  *  cough.' 

"  It  greatly  relieved  a  dry  cough,  in  a  medical  friend,  com- 
mencing at  2  A.  M^ 

"  A  useful  indication  for  Rumex  is  "  clavicular  pain."     This 
is  borne  out   by  the  proving  :  "  Raw  pain  just  under 
each  clavicle  while  hawking  mucus  out  of  the  throat." — 
Dr.  Massy,  "  Notes  on  New  Remedies^ 
BACK. 
Sore  or  burning  pain  near  the  sacro-iliac  symphysis. 
Pressure  aching  pain  in  the  back,  at  the  lower  border  of  the 
scapula. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 

Pains  in  the  shoulder,  extending  to  the  elbow,  arms  feels  as 

if  strained. 
Itching  on  the  shoulder  in  the  morning. 
Dull  aching  pain  in  the  left  upper  arm. 
Pains  in  the  wrist  :  (character  of  the  pains  undefined.) 

LOWER   EXTREMITIES. 
Aching  of  the  lower  extremities. 

Itching  of  lower  extremities  when  exposed  to  cool  air. 
Stitch  like  pain  in  knee  joint  when  standing. 
Rending  like  pains  in  the  lower  limbs. 

*  Legs  densely  covered  with  a  rash,  small  red  pimples. 
Feet  cold  in  the  forenoons. 

SKIN. 

*  Itching  in  various  parts  of  the  body,  especially  the  surface 

of  lower  extremities,  while  undressing. 

*  Stinging,  itching,  or  prickling  itching  of  the  skin. 

*  Itching  of  the  vesicles  when  uncovered  and  exposed  to  cool 

air. 

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402  SANGUINARIA  CANADENSIS. 

Eruption  on  the  limbs,  of  small  red  pimples. 
The  eruption  is  produced  by  scratching, 
o  Vesicular  eruptions  ;  "  psoric  itch,"    eruption  from  wearing 
flannel. — Hale. 

SLEEP. 
Desire  to  sleep  before  the  proper  time. 
Unquiet  sleep  with  dreams  of  danger  and  trouble. 

FEVER. 
*  Increased  frequency  of  pulse,  and  afternoon  fever. 

Sensation  of  heat,  followed  by  that  of  cold,  without  shivering. 


SANGUINARIA  _^CANADENSIS. 

{Blood-root.) 


Analogues  : — Arsenicum,  Asclepias  tub.  Ammonium  caust. 
Arum,,  Asarum,  Belladonna,  Bromine,  Bryonia,  Calcarea  carb., 
Causticum,  Chelidonium,  Bros  era,  Hepar  stdph..  Iris,  Lachesis, 
Lycopodium,  Mercurius,  Phosphortis,  Rumex,  Senega,  Spongia, 
Stannum,  Sulphur,  Tart.  emet. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tinctureof  the  root ;  dilutions, 
triturations  of  the  dried  root. 

MENTAL  SPHERE. 

Mind  confused,  relieved  by  eructations,  (p.) 

Anxiety  followed  by  delirium. 

Delirium  with  hot  skin. 

Stupor,  heaviness,  sleepiness. 

Extreme  moroseness,  with  nausea,   cannot   bear  to  hear  a 
person  walk  in  the  room. 

Hopefulness,  sanguine  of  recovery  from  illness,  {s.) 

HEAD. 

*  Vertigo  with  singing  in  the  ears. 

*  Vertigo  with  diminished  vision  before  vomiting. 

*  Vertigo  with  nausea  and  headache,  followed  by  spasmodic 

vomiting. 

*  Vertigo  on  quickly  turning  the  head,  and  looking  upwards. 

*  Determination  of  the  blood  to  the  head,  with  whizzing  in 

the  ears,  and  flashes  of  heat. 
Pressing  drawing  in  the  forehead,    with  heaviness  of  the 
head,  better  while  walking. 

*  Headache  as  if  the  forehead  would  split,   with  chill,  and 

with  burning  in  the  stomach. 
Periodic  stitches  in  the  left  temple  and  forehead,  worse  in 
evening. 


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SANGUINARiA    CANADENSIS.  403 

Painful  soreness  in  small  spots,  especially  on  the  temples. 
Headache  with   rheumatic  pains  and   stiffness  in  the  limbs 

and  neck. 
Pain  in  the  head  in  rays,  drawing  upward  from  the  neck. 

*  Beating  headache  with  throbbing  in  ^the  temporal  arteries 

and  bitter  vomiting. 
A  feeling  as  if  the  head  is  drawing  forward. 
Headache  with  a  nausea  and  chill,  then  flying  heat  from  the 
head  to  the  stomach. 

o  Migraine  with  bilious  vomiting,  pains  begin  in  the  morning, 
last  till  evening,  eyes  feel  as  if  they  would  be  pushed 
out,  aggravated  by  motion. 

O  Headache  relieved  only  by  pressing  the  back  of  his  head. 

o  Headache  which  occurs  paroxysmally,  once  a  week  or  longer, 
the  pains  being  in  morning,  increases  all  day,  and  last 
till  evening  ;  the  head  seenis  as  if  it  must  burst  ;  the 
pain  is  digging,  piercing,  or  throbbing,  lancinating 
through  the  brain,  on  the  forehead  and  top  of  head, 
worse  on  right  side,  followed  by  chills,  nausea,  vomiting, 
and  only  relieved  by  sleep. — JHering. 
Sensation  of  looseness  in  the  scalp,  on  raising  the  eyes. 

o  Frightfully  severe  headache,  the  only  relief  obtained  was 
from  pressing  the  back  of  his  head  against  the  head- 
board of  the  bed,  (cured  by  an  infusion  of  the  root.) — 
Hermg. 

o  One  of  the  most  important  indications  for  Sang,  in  headache 
is,  "  Pain  like  a  flash  of  lightning  on  the  back  of  the 
head . ' ' — Neidhard. 

o  Myalgic  headaches  ;  o  Rheumatic  headaches  ;  o  Conges- 
tive headaches  ;  o  Headaches  at  the  '  change  of  life  ' ; 
o  Headaches  from  suppressed  menses  ;  Dyspeptic 
headache. — Hale. 

o  Sanguineous  apoplexy,  with  vertigo,  dimness  of  sight, 
vomiting,  burning  in  the  stomach,  distension  of  temporal 
veins. — Hale. 

o  "  North  American  sick  headaches." — Hering 

FACE. 

*  Distension  of  the  veins  of  the  face  and  temples,  with  exces- 

sive redness,  a  feeling  of  stiffness. 
Severe  burning,  heat  and  redness  of  the  face. 
**  Paleness  of  the  face,  with  disposition  to  vomit, 
o  Red  cheek,  with  burning  of  ears. 
o  Redness  of  the  cheeks,  with  cough, 
o  Cheeks  and  hands  livid  in  typhoid  pneumonia, 

NOSE. 

*  Fluid  coryza,  with  frequent  sneezing  ;  worse  in  right  no  stri 


404  SANGUINARIA  CANADENSIS. 

*  Watery  acrid  coryza,  rendering  the  nose  sore,  with  copious 

watering  of  the  right  eye. 
(The  coryza  disappears  when  diarrhoea  set  in.) 
o  Acute  and  chronic  coryzas,  with  loss  of  smell, 
o  Influenza,   with  rawness  in   the  throat,  pain   in  the  breast, 

cough,  and  finally  diarrhoea. 
O  Nasal  polypi,  or  fungous  growths  in  the   nostrils,   (use  the 

tincture  or  powder  topically.) 
o  Nasal  catarrhs,  chronic,  with  offensive  discharges,  (use  2  trit. 

as  a  "  snuff.) 
o  Ulcerative  ozaena,  with  epistaxis. — Hale. 

EYES. 

Watering  and  burning  of  the  right  eye,  which  is  painful  on 

being  touched,  then  coryza. 
Feeling  as  if  hairs  were  in  the  eyes,  or  as  if  smoke  was  in 

them. 
Glimmering  before   the  eyes,  diminished  power  of  vision, 

worse  in  the  afternoon. 
Dilatation  of  the  pupils  with  vertigo,  (from  the  seeds.) 
o  Catarrhal  ophthalmia,  granular  lids. — Hale. 
o  Ophthalmia  followed  by  ulceration  of  the  cornea. — Hale. 
o  Is  useful  as  a  collyria  in  chronic  conjunctivitis,  (2  x  aqueous 
dil.) 

EARS. 
Beating  under  the  ears,   at  irregular  intervals,  only  a  couple 
of  strokes. 

*  Burning  of  the  ears,  with  redness  of  the  cheeks. 

*  Earache,  with  headache,  with  singing  in  the  ears  and  vertigo. 
Humming  in  the  ears,  with  determination  of  blood. 
Painful  sensitiveness  to  sudden  sounds. 

*  Stitches  in  the  left  face,  with  pains  in  the  forehead. 
o  Acute  internal  otitis,  (also  perhaps  myringitis.) 

MOUTH   AND   TEETH. 
Stiffness  of  the  jaws,  and  pain  in  upper  teeth. 

*  Toothache  from  picking  the  teeth. 

o  Grumbling  toothache,  with  pain  in  same  side  of  the  head. 
Toothache   worse   from    drinking   cold    water,   better  from 

warm  drinks,  {coffea  the  reverse.) 
Looseness  of  the  teeth  and  salivation. 
Shooting  and  thrilling  pain  in  a  carious  tooth. 

*  Spongy,  bleeding,  and  fungoid  condition  of  the  gums. 
Loss  of  taste  and  smell,  with  burnt  feeling  on  the  tongue. 
Prickjing  sensation  on  the  tongue  and  roof  of  the  mouth. 
Feeling  of  dryness  begins  on  the  right  side,  spreading  over 

the  whole  tongue. 
Tongue  sore,  stitches  on  left  side  of  tongue. 


saNguinaria  canadensis.  40s 

Sugar  tastes  bitter,  followed  by  burning  in  the  fauces. 
White  coated  tongue,  with  slimy  fatty  taste  in  mouth. 

THROAT. 
Dryness,  sensation  of,  not  diminished  by  drinking. 
Heat  in  the  throat  alleviated  by  inspiration  of  cool  air. 
Burning  in  the  throat  after  eating  sweet  things. 
o  Throat  feels  swollen   as  if  to  suffocation  with  pain   when 
swallowing,  and  aphonia. 
Pain  with  feeling  of  swelling  most  on  the  right  side,  most 
perceptible  when  swallowing. 
O  Ulcerated  sore  throat,  following  quinsy. 
o  Tonsillitis,     chronic,     recurring   frequently ;     prevents    the 
recurrence. — Hale. 

STOMACH     AND   GASTRIC   SYMPTOMS. 

*  Soreness  and   pressure  in  the    epigastrium,  aggravated  by 

eating. 

*  Burning  in  the  stomach,  with  headache. 

*  Great  weakness  of  digestion,  loss  of  appetite. 

*  Strengthens  the  stomach,  excites  the  appetite,  aiding  diges- 

tion. 

*  Inflammation    of    the   stomach,    with    burning,    vomiting, 

headache,  etc. 
O  Acute  gastritis  ;  o  chronic  gastritis  ;  o  atonic  gastritis, 
o  Ulceration  of  the  stomach, 
o  Nausea  not  diminished  by  vomiting. 

*  Loss  of  appetite  and  great  weakness  of  digestion. 
Extreme  nausea  with  great  water-brash. 

o  Vomiting,  with  severe  painful  burning  in  the  stomach,  and 

intense  thirst. 
o  Pyrosis  ;  a  rising  of  burning,  corrosive  fluid  from  the  stom- 
ach, for  twenty  years. — J^airbanks. 
Soon  after  eating,  feeling  of  emptiness  in  the  stomach. 
Jerking  in  the  stomach,  as  if  from  something  alive. 

*  Nausea,  intense,  in   paroxysms,  zvorse  when  stooping,  with 

flow  of  saliva  ;  followed  by  nettle-rash  ;  with  heartburn  ; 
spasmodic  eructation  of  flatus  of  unpleasant  odor  ;  with 
headache,  chills,  followed  by  vomiting,  and  sometimes 
diarrhoea. 

*  Vomiting:  ^^<??'^  vomiting,  great  anxiety  ;  pressure  to  stool ; 

great  disagreeable  nausea  ;  during  vomiting,  headache, 
burning  in  stomach,  with  craving  to  eat,  with  prostra- 
tion ;  after  vomiting,  relief  of  the  headache. 

*  Vomiting  of  bitter  water;  of  sour,  acrid  fluids,  and  ingesta. 
o  In  almost  every  form  of  indigestion,  for  many  years,  it  has 

given  me  satisfactory  results. — F.  W.  Hunt. 
o  Especially  useful  in  deficient  gastric  secretion,  with  loss  of 
appetite,  and  periodic  nausea. 


4o6  SANGUlNARlA  CANADENSIS. 

o  Offensive  eructations,  spasmodic,  from  constricted  cardia  ; 
from  congested  mucous  membrane  and  fermentation  of 
food— /^. 

ABDOMEN. 

Severe  and  continued  pain  in  the  hypochondria,  with  vertigo 
and  debility, 
o  Pain  in  left  hypochondrium,  worse  on    coughing,  better  by 
pressure  and  lying  on  the  left  side,     (o  Splenitis  .-') 
Beating  and  cramps  in  the  abdomen,  moving  from  one  place 

to  another. 
Sensation  as  if  hot  water  poured  itself  from  the  breast  into 

the  abdomen,  followed  by  diarrhoea. 
Paroxysmal  cutting  and  drawing  pains  in  the  abdomen. 
Colic-like  pains  in  the  morning,  followed  by  diarrhoeic  stool. 
Twisting  pain  on  the  left  side,  above  the  groin  ;  worse  when 
sitting,    standing,  or  bending   towards  the  right   side, 
increased  by  pressure,  better  when  walking  erect. 
o  Jaundice,     o  Hepatic  torpor,     o  Biliary  concretion, 
o  Atony  of  the  liver. — Allopathic  attd  Eclectic. 
o  Cough  from  affections  of  the  liver. — Hale. 
Pain  in  the  top  of  the  right  shoulder, 

STOOL. 

*  Pressure  to  stool,  without  evacuation,  with  the  sensation  of  a 

mass  in   lower  part  of  rectum,  and  discharge  of  offen- 
sive flatus  only. 

*  Diarrhoeic  stools,  watery,  with  great  flatulence,  preceded  by 

cutting  pain. 

*  Diarrhoea  in  the  evening,  with  disappearance  of  the  coryza 

and  catarrh,  and  pain  in  the  chest. 
Food  passes  away  undigested. 
o  Dysentery,     o  Haemorrhoids. 

URINE. 

*  Frequent  urination,  also  at  night,  which  is  copious  and  clear 

as  water. 
o  Very  copious  urine  at  night,  with   pain   in   left  hypochon- 
drium ;  worse  from  coughing  ;  better  from  pressure  and 
lying  on  left  side. — Bates. 

GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 
Women: — *  Pain  in  the  loins,  extending  through  the  hypo- 
gastric and  uterine  region,  and  down  the  thighs,  followed 
by  the  appearance  of  the  menses  (in  cases  of  suppressed 
menses). 

*  Abdominal  pains  (at  night)  as  if  the  menses  would  appear. 
Menses  are  much  too  early,  too  profuse,  with  a  discharge  of 

black  blood. 
Uterine  hemorrhage,  followed  by  amenorrhoea. 


SANGUINARIA   CANADENSIS.  4O7 

o  Threatened  abortion,  characterized  by  nausea,  pains  in  the 
loins,  extending  through  the  hypogastric  and  iHac 
regions,  and  down  the  thighs. 

o  Flushes  of  heat,  at  the  change  of  life. 

O  Distension  of  the  abdomen  in  the  evening  and  flatulent  dis- 
charges per  vagina,  from  the  os  uteri,  which  was  con- 
stantly open,  and  at  the  same  time  a  pain  passing  in 
rays,  passing  from  nape  of  neck  to  the  head. 

o  Burning  of  the  palms  of  the  hands  and  soleS  of  the  feet,  at 
the  climacteric  period,  compelling  her  to  throw  the  bed 
clothes  off,  in  order  to  cool  them. 

O  Ulcerations  of  the  os   uteri,  corrosive  and  fuetid  leucorrhcea. 

o  Polypi  of  the  uterus,     o  Cancer  of  the  uterus. 

o  DysmeiiorrJioea  in  feeble,  torpid  subjects,  with  tendency  to 
congession  of  lungs,  liver  or  head. 

o  Amenorrhoea,  with  disease  of  the  lungs. 

Breasts :  Stitches  in  both  breasts  ;  soreness  to  the  touch, 
under  the  right  nipple,  and  painfulness  and  soreness  of 
the  nipples. 


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LARYNX  AND  BRONCHIA. 


Tickling  in  the  throat  in  the  evening,  with  slight  cough  and 
headache. 

*  Dry  cough,  awakening  him  from  sleep,  which  did  not  cease 

until  he  sat  upright  in  bed,  and  flatus  was  discharged 
upwards  and  downwards. 

*  Tormenting  cough,  with   expectoration   and    circumscribed 

redness  of  the  cheeks. — Burt. 
O  Continued    severe   cough,  without    expectoration ;   pain    in 

breast,  and  circumscribed  redness  of  the  cheeks. 
o  Feels  stronger  and  freer  in  the  breast  mornings,  and   in  the 

afternoon  and  evening  the  customary  dyspnoea  does  not 

appear, 
o  Whooping-cough,      o  Hydrothorax. 
o  Asthma,     o  Pneumonia. 
o  Cough,  with  coryza,  then  diarrhoea,  which  cures  both. 

*  Chronic  dryness  in  the  throat  and   sensation  of  swelling  in 

the  larynx,  and  expectoration  of  thick  mucus. 
o  (Chronic  laryngitis). 

*  Continued  severe  cough,  without  expectoration,  pain  in   the 

head,  ond  circumscribed  redness  of  cheeks. 

*  Croup  ;  catarrhal,  with  spasmodic,  crowing,  painful  cough. — 

Ha/e. 
o  Pseudo-membranous    croup ;    many   severe   and    dangerous 
cases. — Nichol,  Helmuth. 

[The  primary  action  of  Sanguinaria  is  like  that  of  Tartar  emetic.  A 
loose,  rattling  cough,  followed  secondarily  by  a  dry,  painful,  spasmodic, 
croupy  cough,  with  scanty,  tenacious  expectoration. — Hale, 


408  SANGUINARIA      CANADENSIS. 

CHEST. 

*  Pain  in  the  breast,  with  cough  and  expectoration. 

*  Pain  in  the  breast,  with  dry,  periodic  cough, 

*  Burning  and  pressing  in  the  breast,  heat  through  the  abdo- 

men, svith  diarrhoea. 
Stitches  from  the  lower  part  of  left  breast  to  shoulder. 

*  Slowly  shooting  pain  in  right  chest,  about  the  seventh  rib ; 

and  acute  stitches  in  right  breast. 
Shooting  pain   under  the  sternum,  and  the  region   of  the 
heart. 

o  Pneumonia^  with  extreme  dyspnoea,  short,  accelerated,  con- 
strained breathing,  difficulty  of  speech,  sputa  becomes 
tenacious,  rust-colored,  and  expectorated  with  much 
difficulty. 

o  Hczmoptysis,  during  phthisis  pulmonalis. 

*  Continued  pressure  and  heaviness  in  the  whole  upper  part 

of  the  chest,  with  difficulty  of  breathing. 

o  Typhoid  pneumonia,  with  very  difficult  respiration ;  cheeks 
and  hands  livid  ;  pulse  feels  soft,  vibrating,  and  easily 
compressed. 

o  Pneumonia  in  second  and  third  stages  ;  with  dullness  on  per- 
cussion ;  bronchial  respiration,  with  red  or  gray  hepati- 
zation ;  and  infiltration  of  the  parenchyma. 

o  "  Syphilitic  pulmonary  inflammation." —  Wolff, with  the  200th. 

o  Chronic  pneumonia,  where  it  rivals  SidpJnir  or  Phosphorus. — 
Hale. 

o  Hydrothorax.     o  Asthma,     o  Pleurisy. 

o  Intercostal  myalgia. 

[Sanguinaria,  in  affections  of  the  lungs,  occupies  a  place  mid-way  be- 
tween Phosphorus  and  Tartar  emetic  ;  it  has  many  symptoms  common  to 
both,  and  some  possessed  by  neither.  It  closely  resembles  Sulphur  and 
Lycopodium,  and  in  chronic  diseases  rivals  them  in  its  curative  powers. — 
Hale?^ 

HEART. 
Painful  stitches  in  the  region  of  the  heart. 
Pressing  pain  in  the  region  of  the  heart. 
Palpitation  of  the  heart,  (before  the  vomiting,)  with  great 

weakness. 
Pain  in  the  left  shoulder,  in  the  evening. 
Irregularity  of  the  heart's  action,  and  of  the  pulse,  with  cold- 
ness, insensibility,  etc. 

BACK. 

Pain,  stiffness,  and  soreness  of  the  nape  of  the  neck,  left  side, 
on  being  touched. 

*  Pain  in  the  sacrum,  from  lifting. — Bute. 

Pain  in  the  sacrum,  alleviated  by  bending  forward. 
Rheumatic  pains  in  the  neck,  shoulders  and  arms. 


sanguinaria  canadensis.  409 

o  Lumbago,  from  lifting  ;  or  myalgia  of  the  great  muscles  of 
the  back. 

UPPER   EXTREMITIES. 
Sudden  rheumatic  pains  in  the  shoulder  joints. 

*  Rheumatic  pain  in  the  right  arm  and  shoulder ;   worse  at 

night,  in    bed ;  (sometimes   in    the   forenoon  ;)    cannot 
raise  the  arm. — Bute. 

*  Pain  in  the  right  shoulder,  and  in  the  upper  part  of  the  right 

arm,  more  at  night,  on  turning  in  bed. — Jeanes. 
Rheumatic  pains  in  the  arms  and  hands. 
Severe  pain  in  the  hand,  with  aching  in  the  arm,  when  lying 

quiet  and  warm  in  bed. 

*  Burning   of  the   palms,    redness   of  the   hands,  and    severe 

burning  lividity  of  the  hands  in  pneumonia. 
Stiffness  of  the  finger-joints,  also  cutting  and  stitching  pains. 
Pain  as  if  from  a  boil  at  the  root  of  the  nails  on  all  the 

fingers. 
o  Ulceration  of  the  roots  of  all  the  nails  of  both  hands — Bute. 

LOWER     EXTREMITIES. 
Rheumatic-like  pains  in  the  left  hip. 
Pain  as  from  a  bruise  in  the  left  hip  joint,  whilst  walking. 

but  worse  on  rising  from  a  seat. 
Rheumatic  pain  in  inside  of  right  thigh,   alternating  with 

pain  in  the  chest. 

*  Burning  in  the  soles  of  the  feet ;  worse  at  night. 
Stiffness  and  tightness  in  the  knees  and  under  the  knees. 

*  Acute  swelling  of  the  joints  of  the  extremities. 
o  Acute,  inflammatory,  and  arthritic  rheumatism. 

Touching  the  painful  part,  the  pain  vanishes,  and  appears 
elsewhere. 

*  Paralysis  of  the  right  side. 

O  Pains  in  Ihose  places  where  the  bones  are  least  covered  with 
flesh. 

FEVER. 
Chill  with  headache,  nausea  and  shivering  in   the   back  in 

the  evening  in  bed. 
Shaking  chill  with  pain  under  the  shoulder-blade  on  motion. 
Heat  flying  from  head  to  stomach. 

Burning  heat,  rapidly  alternating  with  chill  and  shivering. 
Gradual  increase  in  the  force,  and  frequency  of  the  pulse. 
Slow  pulse,  with  extreme  nausea. 
o  Coldness  of  the  feet  in  the  afternoons,  with  painful  and  sore 
tongue,  and  stiffness  of  the  knee,  and  finger  joints — 
Bute. 
O  Hectic  fever,  with  circumscribed  redness  of  the  cheeks,  and 
cough. 

SI 


410  SANTONINE. 

o  Fever  from  pulmonary,  hepatic  or   gastric    inflammation. — 
Hale. 

SLEEP. 
Sleeplessness   at    night,    awaking   with    affright    as  if  he 

would  fall. 
Dreams  of  a  frightful  and  disagreeable  character. 
Dreams  of  sailing  on  the  sea. 

SKIN. 
Heat  and  dryness. 

Itching  and  a  nettle-rash  before  the  nausea, 
o  Fungous  growths, 
o  Scaly  eruptions  ;  carbuncles. 

o  Old  indolent  ulcers,   with  callous  border,   and  ichorous  dis- 
charge. 
[The  topical  application  to  polypi,  ulcers,  fungoid  excrescences  etc.,  is 
found  very  useful  and  often  curative. — Hale^ 

GENERALITIES. 
A  quickly  diffused,   and  transient,   but  at  the  same  time  a 

very   peculiar   thrill,    often    extended  to  the  minutest 

extremity. 
Torpor,  languor,  and  dilatation  of  the  pupils. 


SANTONINE. 
{The  Alkaloid  of  Wormseed.) 


Analogues: — Artemisia,  Chenopodium,     Ctircubita,    Cina, 
Felix  mas.,  Gelseminum,  Rous  so,  Spigelia,  Teucrium. 

Officinal  Preparations. — Triturations. 


MENTAL     SYMPTOMS. 


*  Light  febrile  paroxysms,  with  delirium. 

*  Wandering  delirium,  with  great  agitation. 

*  Depression  of  spirits,  and  inability  to  follow  his  work. 

*  Epileptiform  convulsions. 
Confused  state  of  mind. 

Dizzy  feelings,  lassitude,  prostration. 

HEAD. 

Violent  headache,  with  vomiting. 

Intense  headache,  in  its  most  aggravating  form. 

Numbness  in  the  head. 

Dull  aching  in  right  temple. 

Severe  pains  in  front  of  the  head. 

Dizzy  sensation. 


SANtONINE.  41 1 

Hot  perspiration   on  the  occiput ;  more  clammy  in   front ; 
head  very  hot. 

Abnormal  feelings  and  pains  in  the  head, 
o  Brain   symptoms,  simulating    hydrocephalus,  when    caused 
by  worms. — Hale. 

EYES. 

Yellow  appears  red. 

Yellow-sight  in  all. 

Violet-sight  in  all. 

Visions,  like  shadows. 

Sunken  eyes,  with  pallor  around  the  nose  and  lips. 

Eyes  glowing,  and  convulsive  movements  of  the  eyelids. 

Loss  of  vision. 

Dimness  of  the  eyes ;  giddy  feeling. 

Dilatations  of  the  pupils,  and  troubles  of  sight. 

Convulsive  twitching  of  eyes. 

Men  appear  like  ghosts  walking. 

[The  phenomena  of  visual  illusion  in  "persons  fioisonedhy  it,  are  reduca- 
ble  to  distinct  classes.  Every  one,  however  small  the  quantity  taken,  could 
not  recognize  violet  light.  Some  the  spectrum,  as  if  curtailed  at  the  violet 
end,  overlooked  everything  of  a  pure  violet  color,  whilst  in  all  mixtures 
containing  violet  and  yellow,  the  complimentary  yellow  appeared  to  pre- 
dominate.    This  has  been  called  yellow  sight. — (Gelbacheii.) 

Quite  different  is  the  next  higher  degree  of  intoxication.  The  subject  of 
it  is  then  unable  to  distinguish  colors  which  in  the  healthy  make  a  different, 
even  an  opposite  impression,  such  as  lilac  and  dark  gray,  or  violet  and 
black ;  he  not  only  confounds  these  colors  with  one  another,  but  a  great 
many  dissimilar  seem  all  alike  to  him.  The  colors  which  are  mistaken  for 
each  other  had  always  a  different  degree  of  purity  and  strength,  which, 
however,  continues  unalterably  the  same  for  each  color,  so  that  when  one  has 
exactly  determined  by  measurement  the  purity  and  strength  of  two  colors 
that  are  thus  mistaken,  one  can  with  perfect  certainty  and  precision  deter- 
mine, a  priori,  by  calculation  with  which  two  of  all  the  other  colors  these 
two  may  be  confounded.  There  is  hardly  a  single  color  which  can  with 
certainty  be  distinguished  from  the  rest ;  each  one  resembles  an  endless 
number  of  others  ;  and  thus  the  infinite  host  of  colors  which  a  healthy  per- 
son can  appreciate  is  reduced  to  an  extremely  small  number.  This  stage 
manifests  itself  in  the  fact  that  all  colors,  the  darker  they  really  are,  so 
much  the  more  resemble  a  tint  between  violet  and  ultramarine,  with  the 
determination  of  which  tints  all  other  changes  of  color  are  determined 
alike.  The  yellow-sighted  cannot  at  all  perceive  certain  impressions  of 
light  ;  violet  rays  are  no  more  to  him  than  the  invisible  thermic  and  actinic 
rays  ;  he  is  color-blind.  The  violet-sighted,  on  the  contrary,  sees  every 
color,  is  susceptible  to  every  stimulus  of  light ;  but  ever  so  many  of  them 
invariably  make  the  very  same  impression.  He  is  not  coXox-blitid j  he 
merely  confounds  the  colors.  In  one  of  my  early  experiments,  when  I 
knew  nothing  beyond  yellow-sight,  my  colleague  went,  when  the  narcotism 
seemed  to  have  disappeared,  (i.  e.,  when  he  had  got  tcsed  to  it,)  to  dine  at 
a  restaurant.  The  experiment  was  over  and  forgotten  ;  during  lively  con- 
versation in  a  friendly  circle,  in  comes  the  waiter  with  yellow  &%,g  soup.  It 
smelt  peculiar  to  him,  and  looked  qnite  red.  Perfectly  shocked,  he  sent 
the  soup  back  as  entirely  spoilt.  To  the  amusement  of  his  friends,  he  per- 
sisted obstinately  in  asseverations  which  to  them  were  inexplicable.  They 
came  to  words,  and  my  hot-headed  colleague  left  the  good-for-nothing  eat- 


412  SANTONINE. 

ing-house  in  a  pet.  No  doubt  the  waiter  thought  he  was  "not  all  there." 
Now  we  know  that  in  this  delusion  the  first  symptoms  of  olfactory  halluci- 
nation and  violet-sight  were  setting  in,  of  which,  then,  no  one  as  yet 
dreamed. 

[It  is  the  opinion  of  Dr.  Roce,  of  Berlin,  who  has  made  the  most  exten- 
sive experiments  with  Santonine,  that  the  various  colors  which  cover  the 
field  of  vision  is  "  not  due  to  any  actual  change  in  the  color  of  the  media, 
by  which  the  rays  of  light  reach  the  retina, but  to  2LXvaltered perceptivity  in 
the  nervous  organ  of  vision  itself."  If  such  is  the  case,  the  Santonine 
ought  to  prove  curative  in  some  internal  disorders  of  the  eye,  when  such 
disorders  show  similar  symptoms.  As  might  be  expected,  it  has  been 
found  curative  in  some  cases  of  defective  vision  and  weakness  of  sight. 
Dr. ,  in  the  reports  of  an  English  Hospital,  records  it  curative  action  in 

o  "  Nervous  failure  of  sights 

[It  appears  that  the  discovery  of  its  curative  power  was  accidental.  An 
old  man,  quite  blind,  was  given  Santonine  for  worms.  Under  its  influence 
his  sight  partially  returned.  This  led  to  its  administration  in  36  cases  of 
weakness  of  vision — or  as  the  writer  terms  it,  "nervous  failure  of  sight,"  a 
kind  of  paralysis  of  the  optic  nerve.  Of  the  36  cases,  27  recovered  more 
or  less  perfectly,  the  rest  were  not  much  benefitted. 

It  was  also  used  in  nitie  cases  of 

O  Cataract. 

Of  these  nine  ca.sts,  four  were  cured  and  the  rest  not  benefitted. 

NOSE. 

Very  offensive  smell  experienced. 

Bluish  pallor  around  the  nose.     Pinched  expression  of  nose. 

Hallucinations  of  smell. 

*  Intense  itching  of  the  nose  ;  the  child  rubs  and  bores  into  the 

nostrils. 

FACE. 

Face  puffy  and  congested.     Convulsive  movements  of  the 

face  and  lips.     Twitching  in  facial  muscles. 
Heat  and  flushed  face. 
Pinched  and  distorted  countenance. 

MOUTH   AND  LIPS. 

Pinched  expression  of  mouth. 

Lips  very  much  swollen. 

Bitter  taste  ;  foaming  at  the  mouth. 

Burning  and  stinging  sensation  of  mouth  and  lips. 

Bluish  pallor  around  the  mouth  and  nose. 

Drawing  in  of  lips  over  the  teeth. 

Hallucinations  of  taste. 

THROAT. 

*  Choking  feeling  in  the  throat,  very  severe  at  times  ;  com- 

plete loss  of  appetite. 

*  Dry,  hacking  cough,  tickling  in  the  larynx  and  windpipe. 
Continual  thirst. 


SANTONINE.  4IS 

NAUSEA,  VOMITING,  ETC. 
Gastric  oppression,  nausea,  with  vomiting. 
Vomiting  of  yellowish,  slimy  mucus. 

Vomiting,  with  intense  headache,  vertigo,  dilated  pupils  and 
abnormal  vision. 
O  Vomiting  from  worms — lumbrici,  etc. 

STOMACH. 

*  Nausea,  which  disappears  after  eating. 

Severe  pain  in  .stomach  and  side,  vomiting,  gastric  derange- 
ment. 

Nausea,  increased  after  eating. 

Dull,  throbbing  pains,  worse  on  stooping. 

Pressure  in  pit  of  stomach,  with  distension  and  tenderness. 

Vomiting,  purging  and  prostration. 

Dull  pain  in  pit  of  stomach. 
O  Bloated  stomach,  in  worm  affections. 

BOWELS  AND  ABDOMEN. 

The  bowek  constipated  and  require  gentle  purgatives. 

Dull,  throbbing  pains. 

Abdomen  very  sensitive. 

Abdomen  tumid,  but  soft. 

Intense  abdominal  pains,  with  profuse  diarrhoea. 

Purging  of  watery,  flaky,  foul-smelling  stools, 
o  Bloated  abdomen,  hard  or  soft,  especially  when  occurring  in 

worm  affections, 
o   Vertninotis  affections,  (worms  in  the  intestines,  etc.) 

[Santonine  is  one  of  the  most  powerful  parasiticides,  and  will  destroy 
the  life  of  almost  any  species  of  intestinal  parasite.  It  seems  to  have  the 
most  decided  power  over  lumbrici,  (long,round  worm,)  less  on  oxyuris,  (pin 
worm,)  and  least  on  tcenia,  (tape-worm.) 

For  the  destruction  of  lumbrici,  no  better  remedy  is  known.  It  should 
be  given  in  two  or  three  grains  of  the  i\ioth  trituration,  in  a  spoonful  of 
sweetened  milk,  at  a  time  when  the  stomach  is  empty,  as  before  each  meal, 
or,  in  infants,  before-nursing.  In  young  infants  the  2d  and  3d  triturations 
should  be  prescribed.  A  few  days  of  this  treatment  will  remove  the  worm 
symptoms.  It  must  not  be  expected  that  the  worms  will  be  seen  in  the 
evacuations,  for  when  they  die  in  the  stomach,  they  are  digested.  If  the 
child  has  diarrhoea,then  the  worms,  or  portions  of  them,  may  be  discovered 
in  the  alvine  evacuations. 

In  some  cases  of  oxytiris,  Santonine  will  prove  useful,  but  it  should  be 
injected  into  the  rectum,  as  well  as  given  by  the  mouth.  It  is  a  late  dis- 
covery that  if  injections  of  warm  lard  are  used,  for  a  few  nights,  the  pin 
worms  disappear — their  propagation  is  arrested.  If  a  few  grains  of  Santo- 
nine in  the  lowest  triturations  is  added  to  each  injection  of  lard  (^  or  one 
ounce,)  the  destruction  of  these  parasites  is  rendered  still  more  certain.  I 
do  not  know  that  this  medicine  has  ever  destroyed  a  tapeworm,  although 
instances  may  have  been  placed  on  record.  I  have  more  confidence  in  the 
pumpkin  seed,  (Curcubito  pepo  semeti,)  than  any  other  agent.  I  intended 
to  mention  it  in  its  proper  order,  but  it  was  forgotten.  I  will  here  give  the 
method  of  administration  :  One  or  two  ounces  of  the  seed,  after  the  shell 
is  removed,  is  made  into  an  emulsion,  by  being  pounded  and  mixed  with 


414  SANTONINE. 

cream.  This  is  taken  at  bedtime,  fasting,  (no  supper  being  allowed).  The 
next  morning  give  the  patient  a  tablespoonful  of  castor  oil,  in  which  is 
mixed  20gtts.  of  sulphuric  ether.  When  the  oil  operates  on  the  bowels, 
it  will  bring  away  the  tcenia.  By  this  method  I  have  expelled  several  worms 
from  20  to  45  feet  in  length.  Examine  closely  for  the  head  of  the  worm, 
and  if  not  found,  wait  a  few  days  and  repeat  the  dose. — Hale^ 

URINARY    ORGANS. 

The  urine  is  always  tinged  a  peculiar  green  or  orange-green 
color. 

o  Waking  up  suddenly  with  urgent  desire  to  urinate  ;  a  few 
drops  voided  each  time. 

o  Chronic  cystitis  :  (chronic  catarrh  of  the  bladder.)  It  causes 
an  immediate  increase  in  the  volume  of  the  urine ;  and 
an  amelioration  of  the  worst  symptoms  ;  the  bladder 
loses  its  sensitiveness  and  sense  of  fullness  ;  the  urine 
flows  free  and  easy,  and  a  cure  is  soon  effected.  Dose, 
half  grain,  three  times  a  day. — Dr.  E.  C.  Davis. 

[The  one-tenth;  or  third  trituration  is  equally  effectual. — Hale.'] 

o  Suppression  of  urine,     o  Incontinence  of  urine. — Dr.  Bergcr. 
o  Dysuria.     o  Scanty  urine,  with  brick-dust  sediment. — lb. 
o  Wetting  the  bed  at  night. — lb.     o  Milky  urine. — Hale. 
o  Burning,  scalding,  tenesmus,  and  other  unpleasant  sensations 

in  the  urinary  passages. — Scudder. 
o  Vibriones  in  the  urine.  (In  some  cases  these  organic  forms 
•  are  found  in  urine  just  voided.  It  denotes  a  bad  state 
of  vitality  in  the  patient.  In  such  cases  Santonine 
removes,  this  condition  of  the  urine,  and  prevents  their 
formation. — Hale. 

SKIN. 
Burning  of  the  skin. 
Rash-like  eruptions  appear  on  the  body. 
Skin  of  a  corpse-like  hue. 

CHILLS   AND  FEVER, 
o  Violent  fever,  with  great  frequency  of  pulse,  aud  dry,  burn- 
ing heat  of  skin. 
Lowering  of  the  pulse, 
o    Worm  fever,     o  Remittent  fever,  from  worms. — Hale. 

[All  the  fevers  of  children  are  liable  to  be  aggravated  by  intestinal  para- 
sites. In  such  cases  a  few  doses  of  Santonine  ijioth  removes  the  cause  of 
irritation,  after  which,  other  remedies  act  better,  and  the  fever  is  now  easily 
combatted.] 

SLEEP. 

Very  restless,  sleeping  only  a  few  moments  at  a  time. 
..   Unnatural  wakefulness. 

During  restless  sleep,  slight  delirium  manifested  itself. 

Sleep  disturbed  by  colic. 

Abnormal  sleep,  when  caused  by  worms  ;  also  such  symp- 


SANTONINE.  415 

toms  at  night  as  grinding  the  teeth,  wetting  the  bed, 
crying  out  in  affright,  etc. 

TONGUE. 
Loaded  tongue. 

*  Tongue  deep  red,  without  coating. 

TEETH. 

*  Grinding  and  clenching  of  teeth  together  during  sleep. 

UPPER    EXTREMITIES. 
Convulsive  movements  of  the  hands  and  arms. 
Jerking  of  the  upper  limbs. 
Coldness  of  the  hands. 

LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 
Extremities  cold,  great  restlessness. 
Body  nearly  curved,  with  legs  set  back,  (opisthotonos). 
Coldness  of  feet. 

GENERALITIES. 
The  following  is  what  happened  in  30  cases  in  which  Santo- 
nine  was  given : 

Yellow   sight  in  all, 30 

Violet  sight, 19 

Nausea  and  vomiting, 14 

Dizzy  feelings,   lassitude,   prostration, 9 

Visions, 8 

Hallucinations  of  smell, 6 

Hallucinations  of  taste, 5 

Abnormal  feelings  and  pains  in  the  head, 8 

Lowering  of  the  pulse, 2 

(i.)  Santonine  produces  a  sort  of  paralysis,  accompanied 
by  rigidity  of  the  muscles. 

(2.)  Its  effects  are  produced  in   a  manner  analogous  to  the 
mode  of  action  of  Atropine  and  Physostigmine,(Calabar  bean.) 
(3.)  It  entirely  destroys  the  irritability  of  muscles,  render- 
ing them  completely  rigid. 

(4.)  Its  therapeutical  properties  deserve  more  fully  to  be 
inquired  into. 

In  doses  of  more  than  three  grains,  Santonine  sometimes 
occasions  nausea  and  vomiting,  with  abdominal  pains,  great 
thirst,  giddiness,  and  profuse  diarrhoea.  Decidedly  poisonous 
effects  sometimes  arise  from  doses  which  are  quite  insignificant 
in  comparison  with  those  some  experimenters  have  taken  with- 
out serious  inconvenience.  In  one  case  it  is  stated  that  a  child 
six  months  old  and  convalescent  from  small-pox,  took  five 
grains  of  Santonic  acid,  instead  of  three,  which  had  been 
prescribed.  It  become  amaurotic,  and  did  not  recover  its  sight 
for  two  months.     In  another  case,  two  grains  of  this  substance 


4l6  SARRACENIA   PURPUREA. 

were  taken  at  a  dose,  by  a  healthy  child  of  two  years.  In  a 
quarter  of  an  hour  it  was  seized  with  convulsions,  and  within 
one  hour  it  lay  unconscious,  with  a  hot  head  and  congested  face, 
the  eyes  twitching  convulsively,  the  pupils  largely  dilated  »nd 
insensible,  the  mouth  foaming,  the  teeth  clenched,  the  Jareath- 
ing  stertorous,  and  the  upper  limbs  occasionally  jerking.  On 
the  morrow,  recovery  was  complete.  This  resembles  two  cases 
in  which  Hoffmann  witnessed  such  alarming  cerebral  symptoms, 
after  the  administration  of  Santonica,  that  he  was  obliged  to 
apply  leeches  to  the  temples  and  cold  compresses  to  the  head. 
These  examples  are  sufficient  to  illustrate  the  somewhat  uncer- 
tain operation  of  Santonic  acid,  both  in  degree  and  in  kind,  and 
to  suggest  caution  in  its  administration, 
o  Convulsions,  when  caused  by  worms. 
[It  may  be  found  useful  in  cerebro-spinal  convulsions. — Hale. 


SARRACENIA   PURPUREA. 

(Huntsman's  Cup,  Pitcher  Plant.) 


Analogues: — (.?)  (Perhaps  Thuja,) 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  root ;   infu- 
sion of  the  whole  plant. 

[The  chief  medical  interest  connected  with  this  plant  is  its 
alleged  successful  use  in  small-pox.  In  the  British  army  in 
Nova  ccotia  its  use  was  attended  with  such  extraordinary  suc- 
cess that  it  was  decided  by  the  army  surgeons  to  be  almost  a 
specific  for  that  loathsome  malady.  It  has  since  been  used 
by  allopathic,  eclectic  and  homoeopathic  physicians,  with  vary- 
ing success.  We  have  yet  no  reliable  proving  of  this  medicine. 
Those  first  made  were  of  little  value,  and  Houatt's  are  open  to 
the  same  objection  as  his  other  pathogeneses,  in  which  it  is 
impossible  to  tell  a  pathogenetic  from  a  clinical  symptom,  or 
an  imaginary  recommendation  from  a  fact  based  on  experience. 
What  this  drug  needs,  to  elucidate  its  action,  is  a  series  of  pro- 
vings  by  a  number  of  scientific  conscientious  men.  A  large 
amount  of  testimony  as  to  its  efficacy  in  variola  is  to  be  found 
in  the  second  edition  :  I  think  sufficient  to  warrant  its  use  in 
that  disease.  It  has  been  given  successfully  in  cold  and  warm 
infusions,  one  dram  to  a  pint  of  water,  a  tablespoonful  every 
three  or  four  hours  ;  also  in  the  lower  dilution^. — Hale?[ 
o  Small-pox  in  its  worst  forms. 
o  Dyspeptic  and  gastric  difficulties.  {.'') 
o  Uterine  disorders.  (J.) 
o  Psoric  diseases.  (.■') 


NEW    REMEDIES.  417 

SCUTELLARIA  LATERIFLORA. 
(Scull-Cap.) 


Analogues  : — Ambergris,  Coffea,  Chamomilla,  Cypripedium, 
Coca,  Eiipatorium  aromaticum,  Igiiatia,  Paullinia,  Valerian, 
Thea,  Zincuni,  Senecio. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  plant ;  dilu- 
tions.    [Scutellarin  and  its  triturations  are  preferable.] 

MENTAL     sphere. 

Great  inability  to  confine  the  mind  to  study. 

Exhilaration,  with  flow  of  ideas, 
o  Causeless  depression  of  spirits. 

Happy,  contented,  and  quiet  mind,  with  a  feeling  of  calm- 
ness and  strength, 
o  Delirium  tremens,  of  a  mild  character.-;-//iz/^. 

HEAD. 
Great  fullness  and  oppression  of  the  head ;  sensation  as  if 
the  entire  contents  were  confined  within  a  place  too 
small. 

*  Hemicrania,  worse  over  the  right  eye,  relieved  by  moving 

about  in  the  open  air. 
Vertigo,  with  a  sensation  of  lightness  of  the  head, 
o  Nervous  headache ;  brought  on  by  grief,  joy,  or  any  emo- 
tional excitement. — Hale. 

EYES. 
Eyes  feel  as  if  protruding  from  the  orbits. 
Photophobia,  in  nervous,  irritable  subjects. 
Pupils  dilated  slightly.  {}) 

CHEST. 
A  dull  pain  extending  vertically  beneath  the  sternum. 
Oppression  of  the  chest,  with  a  sticking  pain  in  the  region  of 

the  heart. 
Sensation  of  throbbing  about  the  heart,  with  flushed  face. 
O  Nervous  disorder  of  the  heart,  such  as  irregular  actionj  pal- 
pitation,  tremor,    and  strange  sensations,  from     emo- 
tional excitements  (even  in  organic  diseases  it  proves 
palliative). — Hale. 
Pulse  slow  and  intermitting. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 
Difficulty  in  urinating  and  sharp  pains   in   region  of    left 
kidney. 

*  Scanty  urine,  before  the  headache ;  profuse  clear  urine  after 

the  headache. 

5a 


4l8  SEMPERVIVUM    TECTORUM. 

SLEEP. 

*  Sudden  wakefulness  from  disagreeable  dreams. 

*  Nightly   restlessness ;    sudden    wakefulness    from    frightful 

dreams. 

*  Sleeplessness  from  pleasant  thoughts  crowding  on  the  mind. 

NERVOUS  SYSTEM. 

*  Tremulousness  and  twitching  of  the  muscles  in  various  parts 

of  the  body. 
o  Chorea,  of  a  purely  nervous  origin. 

*  Nervous  jactitations  and  tremors  (in  typhoid  fever). — Hale. 
o  Pseudo-hydrophobia.     (Drs.  Vandemar  and  Rafinesque  claim 

that  real  hyprophobia  has  been  cured  and  prevented  by 
the  free  use  of  an  infusion  of  Scull-cap. — Hale. 

o  Hysteria  and  hysterical  spasmodic  affections.— //a/^. 

O  Spasms,  and  nervous  irritation  in  teething  children,  or  when 
the  nervous  system  is  irritated  from  disordered  bowels. 

o  Reflex  nervous  irritation  from  uterine  or  ovarian  disease. 

O  Chronic  symptom^  arising  from  sunstroke.  (.'') — Coe. 

General  uneasiness,  with  twitching  of  the  muscles,  and  stick- 
ing pains  in  various  parts  of  the  body,  occasionally 
extending  up  alpng  each  side  of  the  forehead. 


SEMPERVIVUM   TECTORUM. 

(  Common  House.-Leek. ) 


Analogues  : — Calendiila^[Symphytuni,  Poeoiiia  (f) 
Officinal    Preparations  : — Tinctures,  triturations    and 
cerate. 

MOUTH. 

o  A  sickly  woman  had,  about  the  "  change  of  life,"  a  swelling 
on  right  margin  of  tongue,  scirrhus,  size  of  a  small 
bean,  with  burning  pain  after  shutting  her  mouth,  occa- 
sionally bleeding,  invariably  at  night ;  the  swelling  was 
not  hard,  but  like  a  cyst ;  had  two  small  knots,  each 
size  of  a  lentil.  Over  the  swelling  were  three  varicose 
veins.  Two  drops  of  the  2d,  daily,  reduced  the  tumor 
to  one-third  the  size,  in  ten  days :  menstruation  reap- 
peared, continuing  five  days.  Tumor  diminished  to  the 
size  of  a  small  pea,  and  became  gradually  less  sensitive. 

o  Ulcer  on  the  tongue,  three-quarters  to  one-half  inch  deep, 
oval,  sharp  edges,  hard  foundation,  of  a  bluish  color, 
with  four  knots,  size  of  lentils,  two  large  veins,  sensitive 
to  touch  and  while  eating.  Local  application  reduced 
the  size  in  a  few  days. 


SENECIO    AUREUS.  419 

O  A  married  woman,  aged  twenty-seven  years,  with  a  child  of 
six  months,  had  for  ten  days  a  pain  under  the  tongue, 
impeding  eating  and  talking.  On  the  lower  surface, 
near  the  root,  was  a  bluish-white  swelling,  size  of  half  a 
bean,  smooth,  but  hard,  on  either  side  a  large  vein.  At 
one  point  a  membranous  exudation.  Two  doses  of  the 
6  X ,  one  every  oth^r  day,  for  four  days  ;  no  pain.  At 
the  expiration  of  eight  days,  much  smaller  ;  producing 
menstruation  in  three  weeks  ;  remains  only  a  somewhat 
enlarged  vein. 

SHOUT. DER. 

o  After  removal  of  a  fatty  tumor  from  the  shoulder,  the  wound 
did  not  heal.     The  ulcer  was  a  perfect  circle,  shallow, 
as  large  as  a  silver  half  dollar ;  no  pain,  edges  a  little 
raised   and   rounded  ;  pus  greenish,  scanty  and   thick. 
The  whole  sore  was  filled  up  with  immense  granulations, 
that  hung  away  over  the  edges.     Was  cured  in  three 
weeks  by  a  cerate  of  the  Sempervivum. 
GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 
Women  : — Appearance  of  the  menses,  lasting  five  days,  hav- 
ing passed  the  climacteric. 
Appearance  of  the  menses  in  a  nursing  woman. 

SKIN. 

o  Erysipelatous  affections,  burns,  stings,  and  other  inflamma- 
tory conditions  {T) 

o  Said  to  be  a  perfect  cure  for  warts  and  corns,  (the  leaf  was 
used). 

o  Ringwonn  and  shingles  have  been  cured  by  it,  (the  juice  ap- 
plied locally.) 


SENECIO  AUREUS— r^/  Gracilis.) 
(Life-Root.) 


AnaL0(jUES  : — Asaruin,  Cannabis  sativa,  Caiilopkyllum, 
Copaiva,  Calcarea  carbonicum,  Cypripediuni,  Erigeron,  Eupato- 
riunt  purpureum,  Helonias,  Pulsatilla,  Sanguinaria,  Sepia, 
Trillium. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  whole  plant ; 
dilutions.     Senecin ;  triturations. 

MENTAL   SPHERE. 

Inability  to  fix  the  mind  on  any  07ie  object  for  any  length  of 
time. 

Depression  of  spirits  alternating  with  very  cheerful  moods. 


420  SENECIO    AUREUS. 

Sad,  desponding,  meditative  mood,  in  the  evening. 
A  feeling  like  homesickness. 

HEAD. 

Giddiness  and  pressing  forward  in  the  head. 

Dizziness,  feeling  like  a  wave  from  occiput  to  the  sinciput. 

Shooting  and  cutting  pains  in   frontal   region,  from  zuithin 

outzvard. 
Sharp,  lancinating  pain  in  the  left  temple  and  over  the  eye. 
Dull,  stupefying  headache,  with  fullness  of  the  head, 
o  Catarrhal  headache,  or  from  suppressed  secretions. 

EYES. 

Sharp,  lancinating  pain  in  the  left  eye,  shooting  from  within 

outward. 
Sharp,  sticking  pains  in  both  eyes  and  forehead,  from  within 

outwards. 
Sharp,  lancinating  pains  hi  the  lejt  temple,  upper  part  of  left 
eye  and  inside  of  the  left  half  of  the  lower  jaw. 
o  Catarrhal  ophthalmia  from  suppressed  secretions. 

NOSE. 

Sneezing,  and  sense  of  burning  and  fullness  in  the  nostrils, 

relieved  by  a  copious  flow  of  mucus. 
Dryness  of  the  nostrils,  with  inclination  to  sneeze. 
O  Coryza,  wiih  bleeding  from  the  nose. 

FACE. 

Darting  pain  in  the  left  side  of  the  face. 

Sharp,  cutting  pain  inside  of  the  left  angle  of  the  lower  jaw. 

Sharp,  sticking  pain  in  the  face  in  common  with  other  parts 

of  the  body. 
Pale  face,  with  depressed  appearance. 

MOUTH. 
Lips  and  gums  pale. 

Dryness  of  the  mouth,  fauces  and  throat. 
Teeth  verv  tender  and  sensitive. 
Digging  or  beating  pain  in  a  carious  molar  tooth. 
GASTRIC     SYMPTOMS. 

Nausea  on  rising  in  the  morning. 

Eructations  of  sour  gas  and  sour  ingesta. 
o  Nausea  from  renal  derangements, 
o  Morning  nausea  of  pregnant  women. 

ABDOMEN. 

Stitches  in  both  hypochondriac  regions. 

Sharp  pain  in  the  epigastrium. 

Colic  and  diarrhoea,  with  fever,  in  the  afternoon. 

Pain  seems  to  have  a  centre  about  the  untbilicus,  and  spreads 
out  in  all  directions ;  relieved  by  a  stool. 


SENECIO    AUREUS.  421 

Griping,  colic-like  pains,  relieved  by  bending  forward. 
Griping,  pinching  pain  in  the  abdomen. 
Rumbling  of  wind  in  the  abdomen. 

STOOLS. 
Thin,  watery  stool,  containing  hard  lumps. 
Dark-colored  stool,  with  much  straining. 
Faeces  in  hard  lumps,  mixed  with  mucus  of  a  yellow  color. 
Copious  diarrhoea  in  the  morning,  attended  with  great  debiU 
ity  and  prostration. 
O  Catarrhal  diarrhoea  and  dysentery. 

Thin,  dark-colored,  or  bloody  stools,  with  tenesmus. 

URINARY    ORGANS. 
Clear,  limpid  urine,  frequent  and  profuse. 
O  Tenesmus  of  the  bladder,  with  heat  and  urging. 

Urine  scanty  and  high-colored,  and  tinged  with  blood. 
Mucous  sediment  in  the  urine. 
o  Ascites  and  oedema  of  the  lower  extremities  in    a   young 

woman. — Dr.  Small. 
o  Intense  pain  over  the  right  kidney,  severe  pain  during  urina- 
tion, the  urine  is  red,  hot  and  acrid  ;  bowels  constipa- 
ted.—/^. 
o  Irritation  of  the  bladder  in  children,  preceded   by  heat  in 

head  and  headache. — Hale. 
o  Renal  colic,  with  or  without  nausea. — lb. 
o  Chronic  inflammation  of  the  neck  of  the  bladder,  with  bloody 
urine,  and  tenesmus  of  the  bladder,  (three  cases). — Dr. 
Small. 
o  Chronic  inflammation  of  the  kidneys. — Hale. 
O  VJ{\\  palliate,  if  not  cure,  Bright's  disease. — lb. 
GENERATIVE      ORGANS. 
Female: — [No  proving  on  women,  but  a  large  amount  of 
clinical  experience.] 
o  Amenorrhoea  in  young  girls,  with  dropsical  conditio*, 
o  Suppression  of  the  menses,  from  a  cold. 
o  Dysmenorrhoea,  with  urinary  sufl'erings,  and  scanty  or  pro- 
fuse flow. — Hale. 
o  Premature  and  profuse  menses,  (it  rivals  Calcarea  carb.) 
o  Retarded    and   scanty  (or  profuse)  menses,  (rivalling  Sepia.) 
o  Irregular  menses,  at  times  too  soon,  at  times  retarded, 
o  Leucorrhoea,  (instead  of  the  menses,  or  with   urinary  diffi- 
culties.— Hale. 
o  Chlorosis,  in  scrofulous  girls,  with  dropsy. 
o  Some  of  the  ailments  at  the  critical  age.     When  given  to  a 
lady  of  48,  for  great  sleeplessness,  it  brought  on  the  men- 
se?  and  restored  sleep. 
"  Senecio  gracilis  is  useful   in  anaemie  dysmenorrhoea,  espe- 
cially when   the  strumous    habit    is    present.     Senecio 


422  SENECrO   AUREUS. 

symptoms,  like  those  of  Sulphur  and  Mercury,  are  ag- 
gravated during  the  night." — Massy. 

[This  plant  is  very  popular  in  domestic  practice,  and  is  called  the  "  Fe- 
male Regulator."  The  Eclectics  claim  to  use  it  successfully  in  all  the  above 
conditions.  The  published  testimony  of  Drs.  Small,  Ludlam,  Smart,  Fair- 
banks, and  myself,  have  substantiated  the  value  of  the  remedy  in  the  same 
disorders.  The  best  success  has  been  attained  by  the  use  of  the  tincture, 
or  1st  and  2d  x  trit.  of  Senecin.^ — Hale^^ 

Male: — Dull,   heavy  pain  in   left  spermatic   cord,    moving 
along  the  cord  to  the  testicle. 

*  Prostate  gland  enlarged  and  feels  hard  to  the  touch. 

*  Lascivious  dreams,  with  pollutions. 

o  Gonorrhoea  and  gleet.  ' 

o  Chronic  prostatitis. 

RESPIRATORY     ORGANS. 

Increased  secretion  from  bronchial  mucous  membrane. 
Labored  respiration,  with  loose  cough  and  mucous  rales. 

o  Mucous,  catarrhal  cough,  (especially  when  attended  with 
suppressed  menses). 

o  Chronic  haemorrhage  from  the  lung  (left,)  with  dry,  hacking 
cough,  hectic  fever,  emaciation  and  sleeplessness. — Dr. 
Irish. 

o  Cough,  (after  a  cold,)  first  dry,  then  loose,  with  copious  expec- 
toration of  yellow,  thick,  sweet  mucus,  often  streaked 
with  blood,  with  rawness  and  soreness  in  the  chest,  with 
debility ;  flashes  of  heat,  red  cheeks  in  P.  M.,  night 
sweats,  and  irregular  menses. 

[Cured  in  two  weeks  by  Senecio  i  lo  dil.,  gtts.  lo,  everv  three  hours. — 
Hale.] 

o  Palliated  the  cough  and  bloody  sputa  in  a  woman  far  gone 
with  consumption,  and  brought  back  her  menses  absent 
four  months. — Hale. 

BACK   AND   EXTREMITIES. 

Pain  in  back  and  loins ;  in  small  of  back,  with  soreness  and 
rheumatic  pains  in  the  joints. 

GENERALITIES. 

Stitches  and  sharp  pains  in  various  parts  of  the  body. 

*  Nervousness,  sleeplessness,  and  hysterical  moods. 
Sensation  as  of  a  ball  in  the  stomach,  rising  up  into  the  throat. 

o  Affections  of  mucous  membranes  (catarrhal). 

o  Haemorrhage  from  uterus,  kidneys,  bowels,  lungs,  &c. 

*  Great  sleeplessness,  with  vivid,  unpleasant  dreams. 
Feverish  heat  and  thirst,  especially  in  afternoons. 


NEW   REMEDIES.  423 

SILPHIUM    LACINIATUM. 

{Resin-weed.) 


Analogues  : — Cnbeba,  Copaiva,  Tercbinthina,  etc. 
Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  leaves  ;  dilu- 
tions, 
o  Catarrhal  affections,  and  diseases  of  the  mucous  membranes, 

— Eclectic. 
o  Chronic    catarrh  of  the  nasal  passages. 
O  Chronic  laryngitis  and  bronchitis. 

o  Asthma,  hurried,  with  concomitant  catarrhal  affections  of  the 
bronchial  mucous  surfaces. 

[It  is  a  popular  domestic  remedy  in  Asthma.  Eclectic  physicians  value 
it  highly  in  throat  affections.  Some  Homeopathic  physicians — Drs.  Small, 
Kendall,  and  others  have  used  it  with  gratifying  results. — Hate. 

O  Horses  that  eat  of  the  leaves  mixed  in  hay,  are  cured  or 

relieved  of  the  "  heaves  "  and  chronic  loose  coughs. 
*  Catarrh  of  the  bladder. 
Gonorrhoea  and  eleet. 


STICTA  PULMONARIA. 

(Ltiug'-wort.) 


Analogues: — Asclepias tuberosa,  Calcarea  carb.,  Causticum, 
Copaiva,  Dulcamara,  Eryjigitim  aq-,  Hepar  sulphur,  Mercnrius, 
Rumex.  Sanguinaria,  Sulphur. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  plant ;  dilu- 
tions. 

MIND. 

*  General  confusion  of  ideas — inability  to  concentrate  them  on 

any  subject. 

*  Her  legs  felt  as  if  floating  in  the  air  ;  she  felt  light  and  airy, 

without  any  sensation  of  resting  on  the  bed. 
o  Hysteria,  after  loss  of  blood  ;  as  soon  as  it  came  night  her 

feet  and  legs  would  dance  and  jump  round  in  spite  of 

her  ;  she  had  to  hold  them  or  have  them  held  down, — 

Burdick. 
o  Strange  sensation  about  the  heart,  after  which  she  felt  as  if 

floating  in  the  air. — lb. 

head. 

*  Dull  sensations  in  the  head,  with  sharp  pains  in  the  vertex, 

side  of  the  face  and  lower  jaw. 


424  STICTA   PULMONARIA. 

*  Dull,  heavy  pressure  in  the  forehead  and  root  of  the  nose. 

O  Migraine — a  kind  of  sick  headache.     She  has   to  lie  down; 

light  and  noise  aggravate  ;  nausea  and  vomiting  nearly 

to  faintness. — Lilienthal. 
o  Catarrhal  headache    before   the    discharge  sets  in  ;  a  very 

successful  remedy. 

EYES. 

*  Burning  in  the  eyelids,  with  soreness  of  the    ball    in  closing 

the  lids,  or  turning  the  eyes. 
O  Catarrhal  conjunctivitis,  with  profuse  but   mild  discharge. — 
Bur  dick. 

FACE. 
Darting  pains  in  side  of  face. 

JAWS. 
Darting  pains  in  lower  jaw. 

NOSE. 

*  Feeling  of  fullness  and  heavy  pressure  at  root  of  the  nose ; 

tingling  in  right  side  of  nose. — Btirdick. 

O  Acute  catarrh  of  the  nasal  passages  — lb. 

o  Chronic  catarrh  of  the  head. — lb. 

o  Acute  coryza  with  fever.     (Many  cases).' — lb. 

o  Epidemic  influenza,  after  usual  remedies  failed. — Petitt. 

o  Influenza :  excessive  and  painful  dryness  of  mucous  mem- 
brane ;  the  secretions  rapidly  dried  and  formed  scabby 
concretions,  requiring  great  effort  to  discharge  them  ; 
the  soft  palate  felt  like  dried  leather,  making  deglutition 
painful ;  irritation  in  the  chest,  more  in  evening  and 
night.  Sticta  was  the  only  remedy  that  relieved. — Dr. 
Boyce. 

THROAT. 

o  Excessive  dryness  of  the  soft  palate,  with  painful  degluti- 
tion. 

o  Dropping  of  mucus  down  posterior  nares,  and  the  throat 
feels  and  looks  raw. 

RESPIRATORY   ORGANS. 

o  Catarrhal  affections  of  the  respiratory  tract. — Hale. 

o  Loose  cough  in  mornings  less  free  during  the  day  ;  pain  left 
side  below  the  scapula  ;  tickling  in  larynxand  bronchia. 
— Dr.  Silas  Jones. 

[It  relieves  continuous  racking  cough — in  consumption — which  lasts  for 
hours,  and  causes  great  exhaustion ;  also,  "  incessant  wearing  coughs  in 
phthisis." 

o  Whooping  cough  in  the  early  stages  (lb). 
o  Croupy  coughs — during  catarrh  or  influenza  {lb). 
Q  Bronchial  catarrh  with  oppression  of  the   chest ;  hard   rack- 
ing coughs,  excited  by  inspiration  (Jb). 


STILLINGIA     SYLVATICA.  425 

O  Pain  reaching  through    the    chest,    from   sternum    to   spinal 
column  ;  arms    powerless   from  extreme  pain  ;  difficult 
breathing  and  speaking.     Cured  in  three  days. — Chase. 
RHEUMATISM. 

*  Darting  pains  in  the  arms,    legs,  shoulders,   fingers,   joints, 

thighs,  knees,  toes,  etc. 

*  General  feeling  of  dullness  and  malaise,  as  when  a  catarrh  is 

coming  on. 
o  Rheumatism  of  all  the  large  and  small  joints,  with  swelling 

and  pain.     [Sticta  ist] 
o  Rheumatism  of  the  wrist  joints,  with  pain  and  swelling  yib\ 
O  Swelling  and  stiffness  of  the  hands  and  feet. 
O  Rheumatism    in    right  shoulder   joint,  deltoid    and    biceps 

muscles,    extending    into    the  forearm ;  worse   in    the 

morning,  better  during  the  day. — Chase. 
o  Rheumatism  in  right  ankle  joint  \^Ib\ 

SLEEP. 
O  Sleeplessness — one  of  the  most  efficient  remedies. — Burdick. 

NERVES, 
o  It  ought  to  cure  hysterical  chorea.     [See  Mind]. 


STILLINGIA   SYLVATICA. 
{Qtieen's  root.) 


Analogues: — Auruni,  Ammoniuin  inur„  Argent  urn.  Cory- 
lialis,  Hepar  stdphur,  Guaco,  Iodide  of  potassiutn,  Phyto/acea, 
Mercurms,  Rhus  tox.,  Sulphur. 

Officinal  Preparations. — Tincture  of  the  root;  dilutions. 

MIND   AND   disposition. 

Intellect  dull  and  stupid. 

Unusually  dull  and  sleepy,  with  headache. 

Depression  of  spirits,  with  gloomy  forebodings. 

HEAD. 

Slight  headache,  extending  from  anterior  portion  of  the 
temples, — pain  is  dull  and  constant  ;  slight  frontal 
headache,  with  high-colored  and  frothy  urine. 

Headache  in  the  evening.  A  constant  flowing  pain  as  if 
there  was  a  current  running  from  the  median  line  of 
the  forehead  over  the  vertex  to  the  occipital  process 
and  left  cerebellum  (this  continued  three  days). 

A  slight,  constant,  dull  headache,  with  depression  of  spirits 
and  with  spells  of  neuralgic  toothache. 

A  stupid  headache  through  temples,  with  slight  nausea  and 
white-coated  tongue. 

53 


426  STILLINGIA     SYLVAflCA. 

A  slight  but  persistent,  dull  headache  in  the  vertex. 
A  dull,  heavy  pain  in  the  right  side  of  the  head. 
A  feeling  as  of  a  heavy  substance  pressing  upon   the   brain 
(frontal  region).     After  a  time  the  pain  becomes  sharp 
and  darting, —  in  fact,  almost  unendurable. 
Pains  in  the  head,  with  inflamed  and  watery  eyes,    and  gen- 
eral soreness  of  the  muscles. 
Violent  frontal  headache,  with  stinging,  darting  pains  in  the 

face. 
Bony  swellings  on  the  head  and  forehead — on  the  latter  as 
large  as  a  hen's  egg. 
o  Mercurial  periostitis  of  the  skull. 

SENSORIUM. 
Dizziness,  with  throbbing  in  the  head. 

EYES. 
Eyes  inflamed  and  watery,   with  severe  headache  and  gen- 
eral muscular  soreness,  as  though  he  had  taken  cold. 
EARS. 
Burning  sensation  in  the  left  ear  (in  the  evening),  on  which 
in  the  morning  there  was  a  vesicular  eruption. 
FACE. 
Stinging,  darting  pains  in  the  face. 

Pain  under  malar-bone,  extending  transversely  across  the 
face. 
o  Periostitis  of  the  facial  bones. 

NOSE. 
Catarrhal  discharge  from  the  nose,  at  first  watery,  then  muco- 
purulent, with  soreness  of  mucous  membrane,  followed 
by  a  small  abscess  on  the  inside  of  the  right  nostril. 
o  Influenza  (compare  Phos.,  Merc,  Kali  iod..  Arum  tri.). 
o  Inflammation  and  necrosis  of  the  bones  of  the  nose. 
MOUTH   ANjl)   TONGUE. 
Yellowish-white,  heavily-coated  tongue. 
White-coated  tongue. 
Slightly  coated  tongue,  in  the  morning. 

Scalded  sensation  on  the  tongue,  with  soreness  in  the  region 
of  the  larynx. 

JAWS   AND   TEETH. 
Paroxysms  of  neuralgic  toothache. 

THROAT. 
Dryness,  rawness,  and  smarting  of  the  fauces. 
Constriction  of  throat. 
Stinging  pains  in  the  fauces. 

Slight  inflammation  of  the  left  tonsil,  lasting  several  days. 
Burning  in  the  throat  with  painful  deglutition. 


STILLINGIA     SYLVATICA.  427 

TASTE   AND    APPETITE. 

Bitter  taste  in  the  morning. 

Increase  of  appetite. 

GASTRIC   DERANGEMENTS. 

Slight  nausea,  with  white-coated  tongue,  stupid  headache 
and  lowness  of  spirits. 

Pyrosis,  coming  on  about  three  o'clock  p.  m.,  each  day,  last- 
ing until  he  went  to  sleep  at  night.  (The  prover  not 
subject  to  this  affection.) 

Nausea  and  vomiting. 

Pyrosis  commenced  about  two    p.  m.,    and   continued  until 
bed-time. 

STOMACH    AND   ABDOMEN. 
Griping  in  the  region  of  the  epigastrium,  soon  followed  by  a 
diarrhoeic  evacuation,  and   an  abundant  and    explosive 
discharge  of  flatus. 
Sensations  as  if  diarrhoea  would  set  in. 
Pains  in  the  umbilical  region. 
A  heavy  pain  in  the  hypogastric  region. 
Burning  in  the  stomach  and  alimentary  canal. 
Peculiar  disagreeable  burning  in  stomach  and  bowels, 
o  Colic,  periodical ;  (used  as  a  preventive/ 

STOOL   AND   ANUS. 
Stool  nineteen  hours  after  the  regular  time,    attended    with 

considerable  pain,  which  was  confined  to  the  rectum  and 

sphincter  ani. 
Pain  in  the  sphincter  ani,  as  though  that  muscle  had   been 

bruised. 
Stool  delayed  four  or  five  hours  after  the  usual  time. 

URINARY    AND   SEXUAL  ORGANS. 
A  short  but  severe  pain  in  the  region  of  the  right  kidney. 
Dull  pain  across  the  region  of  the  kidneys,  and  sharp  pains  in 

the  penis,  commencing  in  the  morning  and  lasting  all 

day. 
Dull  pains  in  the  region  of  the  kidneys. 
Urine  colorless  ;  sp.  gr.,  1026,   depositing,  the  next  day,  a 

white,  flocculent,  mucous  sediment. 
Urine  increased  from  33  to  45  ounces,  and  high  colored,  with 

brick-dust  sediment. 
Urine  high  colored,  and  inclined  to  foam  and  form  bubbles. 
Urine  thick  and  milky, — ^containing  much  chloride  of  sodium. 
Abundant  white  sediment  deposited  soon  after  being  voided. 
All   through  the  proving  a  peculiar,   copious  brownish-red, 

mottled-looking  sediment  or  cloud,  looking  like  sausage- 
meat  macerating  in  water. 


428  STILLINGIA    SYLVATICA. 

Violent,  smarting,  burning  pains  throughout  the  entire  course 
of  the  urethra,  aggravated  by  micturition,  with  difficulty 
in  passing  urine  ;  and  dull  pain  in  the  region  of  the  kid- 
neys.    The  pains  in  the  urethra  were  so  severe   that  it 
was  impossible  to  remain  quiet ;  but  can  detect  no  dis- 
charge. 
While  urinating,  has  a  sharp  pain  in  theglans  penis,  extend- 
ing up  the  urethra. 
The  pains  in  the  urethra  were  so  severe  as  to  cause  the   per- 
spiration to  start. 
Urethral  irritation  and  chordee. 
*■*  Gonorrhcea. 

o  Gleet.  •  •  -^ 

o  Syphilis — primary,  secondary  and  mercurial, 
o  Leucorrhoea. 

RESPIRATORY   ORGANS. 
Slight  uneasiness  and  tickling  in  the  trachea  and  bronchi, — 
worse  on  rising  in  the  morning. 

*  Tickling  sensation  in  the   trachea   towards    evening,   which 

caused  a  dry,  spasmodic  cough. 

*  A  sensation  of  lameness,  seemingly  in  the  cartilages  of  the 

trachea. 

*  Constriction  in  the  region  of  the  larynx,  with    stingiag  and 

burning  in  fauces. 

*  A  bruised  sore  feeling  of  the  cartilages  of  the  trachea  when 

pressed. 
Dryness  and  soreness  in  the  region  of  the  larynx. 
Oppression  of  the  chest. 
"••'■  Cough  deep  aud  loose. 

Short  hacking  cough,  with  some  inflammation  of  the  fauces. 
Darting  pains  through  the  thorax,  with  tickling  in  the  throat, 

and  short,  hacking  cough. 
Sharp,  darting  pains  through  the  chest  and   shoulders,  quite 
marked, 
o  Incipient  phthisis,  in  strumous  habits, 
o  Bronchitis, 
o  Laryngitis. 

o  Hoarseness    and    chronic    laryngeal    affections    of    public 
speakers. 

*  Croup.     (See  the  above  laryngeal  and  tracheal  symptoms.) 

HEART   AND   PULSE. 
Boring  pains  about  the  region   of  the   heart,    with  irregular 

pulse  and  a  feeling  of  distress. 
Pulse  about  90  ;  weak  and  very   irregular,  except    at   times 

during  the  day,  when  he  would  have  spells  as   if  the 

room  was  too  warm,  and  the  pulse  would  become  regular 

with  general  perspiration. 


STILLINGIA    SVLVATICA.  429 

Pulse  irregular  in  the  morning,  more  regular  at  noon,   and  at 

evening  again  becoming  irregular. 
Slow  and  irregular  pulse  on  lying  down, 
Pulse  full  and  very  irregular. 

BACK   AND    EXTREMITIES." 
Dull  pains  across  the  region  of  the  kidneys  on  waking. 
Sharp,  darting  pains  through  the  shoulder  and  chest. 

[In  a  recent  proving  by  Dr.  Preston,  it  developed  "  aching  pains  in  the 
feet,  on  the  instep,  in  the  }nps,  legs,  left  lumbar  region  ;  stiffness  of  the 
joints  ;  pains  in  the  toes  and  external  malleoli  ;  in  elbow,  forearm  and 
wrist;  aching  pains  in  the  back,  extending  down  the  thighs  and  legs.  An- 
other prover,  M.  O.  G.,  experienced  sharp,  shooting  pains  in  the  arms,  legs, 
and  hands.  It  seems,  says  Dr.  P.,  to  act  first  upon  the  right  side,  then  on 
the  left,  the  pain  following  the  direction  of  the  long  bones. — H-ihneman- 
nian  Monthly,  Oct.  iSjo,  page  f^y.] 

o  A  pustular  eruption  on  the   arm,   that    had  psr.-istently  re- 
mained a  month,  rapidly  healed, 
o  Node  upon  the  olecranon. 
o  Chronic'  eruptions  on  the  hands  and  fingers. 
Aching  of  the  lower  extremities  in  the  evening. 
Excessive  itching  of  the  legs  below  the  knees,    continuing 
six  or  eight  weeks,  but  no  eruption  ;    this    itching   oc- 
curred only  upon  the  exposure   of  the    parts    to    the 
atmosphere  or  cold — relieved  by  warmth  and  in  bed. 
o  Enlargement  of  the  tibia  to  such  a  degree  as  to  deprive    the 
child  of  all  power  of  motion  ;  her  limbs  were  contracted 
and  swollen. 
Ulcers  on  the  legs, — venereal,  chronic,  and  indolent, 
o  Periostitis  and  nodes  of  the  tibia. 

SKIN. 
Vesicular  eruption  on  the  ear. 
o  Pustular  eruption  on  the  arm. 

Itching   of  the  skin  below  the  knees  upon  exposure  to  the 
atmosphere  or  cold  :  relieved  by  warmth  or  covering, 
o  Various  chronic  eruptions, 
o  Lepra  and  elephantiasis, 
o  Ulcers,  with  unhealthy  skin, 
o  Scrofulous,  venereal,  and  other  skin-diseases, 

FEVER. 
Cold  on  going  to  bed  ;  immediately  afterward,  broke  out  in 

perspiration,  but  with  excessive  warmth  all  night. 
Feverish  heat  in  the  evening. 

SLEEP. 
Unusual  drowsiness  all  day,  with  general  malaise  and  head- 
ache. 
Very  sleepy  after  eating. 
Dull  and  sleepy. 


430  STRYCHNIA    ET   KERKI    CITRAS. 

GENERAL   SYMPTOMS. 
Malaise  and  general  drowsiness. 
General  feeling  of  distress. 

o  Secondary  syphilis ;  in  a  case  which  had  resisted  all  the  usual  homeo- 
pathic remedies.  The  man  suffered  extreme  torture  from  bone  pains.  "  It 
had  a  wonderful,  and  I  might  almost  say,  an  instantaneous  effect.  He  has 
slept  well  ever  since  he  had  it.  The  immense  nodes  ha\'e  gone  from  the 
head  and  legs,  and  from  the  most  deplorably  down-hearted  (sometimes 
almost  raving,  from  derangement,)  miserable,  thin-looking  object,  he  is 
changed  into  a  buoyant,joking,rotund-looking  fellow. — Dr.  Mahlon  Preston, 
of  Norristown,  N.  V. 

CONDITIONS. 

Aggravated  morning  and  evening  (heart) ;  on  lying  down 

Aspiration);  exposure  to  air  (skin). 
Ameliorated  in  the  middle  of  the   day  (heart),   by   warmth 

and  covering  (skin). 
Direction  of  pains  •.—From  before  backward  (head,  chest  and 

penis). 
Character  of  pains: — Dull,  heavy,  stitching,  boring,  stinging 

and  neuralgic. 
Sensations  : — Scalding  (throat)  ;  burning,  smarting,  dryness 

and  constriction  (throat). 


STRYCHNIA  ET  FERRI  CITRAS. 
{Citrate  of  Iron  and  Strychnine.) 


Analogues  : — Ignatia,  Nnx  vomica,  Fcrritm,  etc. 
Officinal  Preparation  : — Triturations. 

{No  proving!) 

Chlorosis — It  acts  more  satisfactorily  than  any  other  prepar- 
ation of  Iron.  Dr.  Ludlam  has  used  and  recommended 
it  for  many  years  in  chlorotic  conditions,  and  the  expe- 
rience of  many  others  as  well  as  my  own  is  in  favor  of 
it.  Itis  prescribed  in  the  i/iooor  i/iooo  trituration. — 
Hale. 

Chorea.  Several  cases,  not  improved  by  Ferrum,  Ignatia, 
Cimicifuga,  or  any  other  medicine,  gained  rapidly,  and 
were  cured  by  the  i/io  th. — Hale. 

Paralytic  conditions,  in  anaemic  subjects,  are  promptly  cured 
by  this  preparation. — lb. 

Dyspepsia  with  vomiting  of  ingesta,  yields  readily  to  the 
i/iooth. 


NEW   REMEDIES.  43 1 


SULPHyVTE  OF  NICKEL. 


Analogues: — Arsenicum,    Atropine,   China,   Quinine,  Gel- 
scminuni.  Kali  broni.,  Zincuni. 

OFFlcINiT.L  Preparations  : — Triturations  ;  attenuations. 
{No  provings.) 
o  Violent  periodical  headaches. — J.    Y.  Simpson. 

[This  eminent   physician  found   it   useful  in    periodical    headaches    of 
various  kinds,  after  Arsenic  and  Quinine  had  failed  to  prevent  thoir   recur- 
rence."] 
O  Periodical  headache  of  many  years  standing. — Hale. 

[In  two  cases  where  I  gave  it  for  this  affection  it  omitted  the  paroxysms, 
which  did  not  return  for  nearly  a  year.  The  remedy  omitted  them  again. 
It  was  prescribed  in  the  2  x  trit.     A  grain  three  times  a  day.] 

o  Neuralgia. 

["  Mrs.  B.  had  suffered  with  Neuralgia  for  more  than  three  years.  During 
the  last  two  months  the  paroxysms  have  been  very  violent  and  frequent,  oc- 
curring every  few  minutes.  She  had  taken  Iron,  Quinine,  Strychnine, 
Colchicum,  Aconite,  Morphine,  Chloroform,  Valerian,  Zinc,  Mercury  and 
Electricity,  with  only  temporary  relief.  I  began  by  giving  half  grain  doses 
three  times  a  day.  In  less  than  a  week  the  paroxysn\s  were  reduced  to  only 
one  within  twenty-four  hours  ;  then  the  paroxysms  appeared  later  every  day, 
and  finally  disappeared.  It  seems  to  act  like  Bromide  of  Potassium.  It 
reduced  the  pulse  and  produced  sleep.  It  soothed  pain  quicker  than  Mor- 
phine (in  this  case). — Dr. ,  Richniond  Medical  News.^ 

o  Periodical  headaches,  every  two  weeks,  lasting  three  or  four 
days. — Dr.  A.  E.  Small. 

[In  this  case  the  pain  seemed  to  be  most  acute  at  the  root  of  the  nose, 
extending  to  the  vertex  and  through  the  temples.  She  had  some  nausea 
but  no  vomiting.  She  was  unable  to  raise  her  head  from  the  pillow  when 
the  attack  was  on  her.  The  distress  was  so  great  that  she  lay  and  groaned 
in  anguish.  Cuprum,  Ignatia,  Sepia,  Calcarea  and  Sulphur,  did  not  relieve. 
Two-grain  doses  of  the  3d  x  trit.  every  day  suspended  the  paroxysms 
four  months — a  respite  she  had  not  enjoyed  for  ten  years. — U.  S.  Medical 
and  Surgical  Journal,  Oct.,  i8/i.'\ 

[The  pathogenesis  of  Carbonite  of  Nickel— -ixom  Hartlaub  &  Trinks 
Annual — see  Symptomen  Codex — is  quite  suggestive  in  this  connection, 
and  contains  some  notable  headache  symptoms,  but  it  seems  to  be  a  neg- 
lected remedy,  as  are  some  other  apparently  well  proven  medicines. — 
Hale^ 


432  NEW   rp:medies. 


SUMBUL. 

(Musk-Root.) 


[From  provings  in  Vol.  ix.,  No.  xxxvi.,  of  the  British  Journal  of  Homoe- 
opathy, by  Dr.  Cattell.] 

Analogues  : — Arnica,  Asafcetida,  Castoraun,  Coffca,  Cactus, 
Camphor,  Digitalis  J bcrisJgjiatia,Lachesis,  Naja,  JSlux  moschata, 
Pulsatilla,  Spigclia,  Sulphur,  Scutellaria. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture  and  triturations  of  the 
bark  of  the  root ;  dilutions. 

[The  Sumbul  is  a  native  of  Central  Asia  ;  supposed  to  be  an  aquatic 
plant  of  the  order  of  Umhelliferce.  The  odor  is  that  of  musk  ;  the  taste 
an  aromatic  bitter.] 

MENTAL   sphere. 

Very  mirthful    disposition  ;  inclined   to    be   gay,  witty  and 

smiling,  (p.) 
Fits  of  hysterical  laughter  and  tears. 

Frequent  mistakes  of  writing  or  summing  ;  one  letter  or  fig- 
ure is  written  for  another. 
Depression  of  spirits ;  provoked    and  enraged  by  the    least 

irritation,  (s.) 

HEAD. 
Dull  pain  and  tension  ;  fullness  of  head. 
Round,  sore  elevations  of  the  cuticle,  on  left  parietal  bone  ; 

painful  when  touched  ;  .dry,  and  coming  off  in  dry  scabs 
Vertigo  on   stooping,  and  from  using  warm  water,  moving 

about,  or  on  rising  from  a  seat ;    feeling    a  want    of 

security. 
Pains  in  the  head  relieved  by  warmth  of  fire. 

FACE. 
Reddish  spots  on  the  face ;  forehead,  chin  and  cheeks,  that 

contain  either  water  or  white,  thick,  curdy  matter. 
Numerous  black  pores  on  the  face. 

EYES  AND  EARS. 
Sudden  sensation  of  foreign    body    in    left  eye.   like  dust, 

obscuring  the  sight. 
Intolerance  to  light,  with  aching  pain  in  left  eye,  worse  when 

moving  it. 
Swimming  before  the  eyes. 
Loud  ringing  and  hissing  in  both  ears. 

NOSE. 
Skin  peels  off  the  nose  in  dry  patches. 


SUMBUL.  433 

Tenacious  yellow  mucus  in  nose ;  worse  in  left  nostril. 

[This  symptom  was  prominent  and  persistent,  and  resembles  the  Sambu- 
cus  catarrh.  It  ought  to  prove  curative  in  the  worst  form  of  nasal  catarrh. 
—Hale.] 

MOUTH    AND    THROAT. 
Erosion,  burning  heat  and  rawness  in  the  throat,  with  tena- 
cious mucus. 
Brown  coating  on  the  tongue  in  the  morning. 
Tongue  feels  rough,  as  if  scraped,  with  heat  in  the  throat. 
Tenacious  mucus  in  the  throat. 

[The  same  catarrhal  condition  of  the  nasal  passages  extend  into  the 
throat  and  posterior  nares.  I  would  advise  a  trial  of  it  in  the  catarrhs  of 
children,  with  great  nervous  irritaiion,sleepiessness  and  even  spasms. --Hale.] 

STOMACH. 

Burning  dry  heat,  in  the  stomach. 

Shooting  pains  in  cardiac  end  of  the  stomach,  with  nausea. 

Increased  appetite,   (p.)     Loss  of  appetite,  (s.) 

Eructations  of  wind,  with  taste  of  food. 

Pain  as  if  a  knife  was  cutting  the  stomach. 

Aching  in  the  stomach,  increased  by  pressure. 

ABDOMEN. 

Tensive  pain  and  gnawing  in  right  hypogastrium. 

Abdomen  full,  distended  and  painful. 

RECTUM   AND  STOOL. 

Constipation  for  eleven  days. 

Stool,  with  great  expulsive  efforts,  preceded  by  sickliness, 
commotion  of  intestines  and  sickly  pain  in  left  inguinal 
region;  rather  soft,  very  long  and  thin,  with  sensations 
as  if  rectum  protruded  and  anus  was  not  closed. 

Frequent  inclination  to  stool,  which  is  likely  to  be  loose, 
without  stool. 

Liquid  and  small  stool,  followed  by  burning  and  cutting  in 
the  anus. 

Thin  stools,  scanty,  with  much  tenesmus, 
o  Ascaridcs,  with  bloated,  drum-like  abdomen  and  constipa- 
tion ;  picking  at  the  nostrils.     (Two  cases  cured  by  the 
15th  dilution.) 

URINARY     ORGANS. 

Urine  clear,  when  passed,  with  white,  small  threads  ;  after 
some  hours,  a  white  cloud  forms,  in  which  the  threads 
look  like  white  spots. 

White  sediment,  the  urine  passes  freely  and  painless. 

Urine  clear,  yellowish-red,  cloud  in  the  bottom,  and  an  oily 
pellicle  on  surface. 

Urine  deposits  a  rosy  sediment. 

Frequent  desire  to  urinate. 

54 


434  SUMBUL. 

SEXUAL  ORGANS. 

Male: — Heat  and  burning  sensation  in  the  genitals. 

Increased  sexual  desire,  with  frequent  erections. 

Tingling  in  glans  penis,  the  left  scrotum  hot  and  inflamed. 

Phimosis ;  excretion  of  whitish  curdy  matter  abundantly 
between  glans  and  prepuce  ;  glans  and  prepuce  bluish- 
red  and  swollen  ;  testes  on  left  side  dark  red,  entirely 
excoriated. 

Saltish-smelling  semen  from  genitals,  with  exudation  of 
greenish-yellow  pus  from  excoriated  surface  of  scrotum. 

Violent  preputial  gonorrhoea,  oozing  pains,  feeling  as  if  drops 
were  passing  from  the  end  of  penis. 

Pains  in  penis  when  pendant ;  relieved  by  being  kept  up. 

Dreams  of  an  emission,  at  first  with,  then  without  an  emis- 
sion, (Dioscorea). 

[Ought  to  be  tried  in  gonorrhoea,  gleet  and  balanorrhoea.] 

Female: — During  catamenia,  pains  around  the  head,  from 

cerebellum  to  frontal  region. 
Leucorrhcea  (white),  especially  after  sitting,  which  continues, 
o  "  Cork-screw  "  pains  in  the  left  region  of  the  uterus  and  its 
appendages. — Cat  tell. 

LARYNX. 

Cough  from  tickling  in  the  throat. 

Cough,  hacking,  detaching  sweet  mucus  into  the  throat. 

CHEST. 

Dull  pains  through  the  left  chest,  worse  on  moving  the  left 
arm  or  leaning  forward. 

A  jerking  inspiratory  murmur,  very  distinct,  below  left  nipple, 
over  seat  of  pain  ;  not  so  on  right  side. 

Prickings  in  left  chest,  in  a  line  with  nipple,  externally. 

Tensive  pain  like  a  string  pulling  in  right  breast. 

Tightness,  tensive,  st^'etched  feeling  across  chest  between  left 
breast  and  sternum,  and  in  left  breast,  worse  on  inspi- 
ration. 

[It  corresponds  to  the  symptoms  of  spasmodic  and  hysterical  asthma. 
It  is  used  as  a  "  patent  medicine  specific  "  for  asthma,  and  with  some  pop- 
ularity. A  Dr.  Weaver,  in  '■^Investigator"  says  it  works  like  a  charm  in 
asthma,"  and  that  it  arrested  the  paroxysm  in  an  "old  case."  I  think  it 
will  prove  useful  in  cardiac-asthma. — Hale.^ 

HEART    AND    CIRCULATION. 

[In  the  North  American  Journal  of  Homoeopathy,  May,  1872, 1  published 
the  following  "  Heart  Symptoms  of  Sumbul,"  as  a  study,  illustrative  of  the 
best  plan  of  studying  the  cardiac  symptoms  of  our  medicines. — Hate.'] 

MOTOR    SYMPTOMS. 
Palpitation  of  the  heart,  with  transient  flushes  of  heat,  irreg- 
ular and  weak  pulse. 


SUMBU't.  43^ 

The  heart  beats  softly,  as  if  in  zuater,  with  "  sinking  "  of  the 

heart,  sickliness  and  faintness  all  over. 
Palpitation  of  the  heart,  from  the  least  exertion ;  going  up 

stairs  ;  increased  by  paying  attention  to  it. 
Violent  and  irregular  palpitation,  with  bellows  sounds. 
Palpitation   and  jerking  of    the  heart,   at    intervals,  worse 

during  the  flushes  of  heat,  after  drinking  "  stout,"  and 

in  the  evening. 
Intermittent  palpitation,  uneasiness  over  the  heart,  jerking 

whilst  lying  down  or  sitting. 
Pulse  :  irregular  pulse  ;  at  times  weak,  at  other  times  strong, 

ranging  from  lOO  to  70  per  minute  ;  always  compressible, 

and  attended  with   transient  flushes  of  feverish  heat ; 

skin  moist. 
Pulse  very  irregular,  strong,  then    "  narrow,"   or  weak,  low, 

with  occasional  full,  quick  beats,  100  to  60,  compress- 
ible ;  with  coldness  of  the  body. 

PHYSICAL    SIGNS. 

The  action  of  the  heart  full  and  sharp,  strokes  at  times  irreg- 
ular, beating  rapidly  eight  or  ten  times,  then  slowly, 
(like  Arnica  and  Spigelia.) 

Heart's  impulse  strong,  jerking,  especially  after  exertion,  or 
when  ascending  stairs,  and  during  digestion. 

Posteriorly,  over  left  scapular  region,  an  indistinct  viscid 
murmur  and  purring  sound,  similar  to  that  which  has 
been  supposed  to  depend  on  muscular  contraction,  and 
often  associated  with  rheumatism  (like  Spigelia)  ;  this 
sound  is  not  heard  at  all,  anteriorly. 

Bellows  sound  of  the  heart,  with  violent  and  irregular  palpi- 
tations, and  flushes  of  heat  in  floods  from  the  back. 

[These  last  two  symptoms  were  removed  by  Spigelia  3d.] 
SENSORY   SYMPTOMS. 

Lancinations  and  biting  pains  in  left  breast,  increased  by  a 
deep  inspiration. 

Sharp  pains,  like  a  knife,  in  the  left  chest,  every  day. 

Tightness — a  tensive,  stretched  feeling  across  the  chest,  be- 
tween left  breast  and  sternum,  and  in  left  breast ;  worse 
on  inspiration. 

Oppression  in  left  chest,  clogged  sensation,  as  if  it  were  diffi- 
cult to  force  the  blood  through  that  lung  ;  (s.)  worse  on 
stooping. 

Chest  on  left  side  feels  loaded  and  oppressed,  with  choking 
constriction  (in  chest)  .-• 

Dull,  tfensive  pains  and  pricking  in  left  chest,  under  armpit 
and  near  nipple,  in  a  line  with  it  externally. 

Dull  pains  through  the  left  chest,  worse  on  moving  the  left 
arm  or  leaning  forward. 


436  SUmbul. 

Dull,  tightened  pain  in  left  chest,  on  blowing  the  nose. 
Pain  like  a  knife  darting  through   left  chest,  from  a  spot  a 

little  below  the  breast,  with  flashes  of  heat ;  worse  after 

meals  :  with  irregular  pulse. 
Pricking  as  of  needles  in  left  chest. 

CONCOMITANT     SYMPTOMS. 

Near : — Aching,  bruised  beaten  sensation  in  the  muscles  of 
left  arm. 

The  hand  (left)  was  ruddy,  with  distended  veins,  flushes  of 
heat,  and  very  irregular  pulse. 

The  left  hand  red,  with  painfully  distended  veins ;  the  veins 
become  empty  when  raising  the  arm,  but  painfully  dis- 
tended on  depressing  it. 

Left  arm  numb,  heavy,  and  weary,  with  sharp,  wiry,  shooting 
of  the  fingers,  laterally,  and  in  the  joints  of  second  and 
fourth  fingers. 

The  left  arm  easily  numbed  by  the  slightest  cold,  or  by  rest- 
ing it  on  anything ;  causing  tingling,  pricking  numbness  ; 
the  lateral  surfaces  of  the  fingers  felt  sore,  and  the  arm 
felt  bruised.  The  left  arm  and  hand  is  easily  chilled 
and  numbed  in  the  cold,  despite  gloves  and  friction  ;  the 
fingers,  especially  the  third  and  fourth,  are  then  bluish- 
white  ;  the  nails  blue,  with  a  sensation  as  if  they  were 
being  rooted  up ;  when  brought  into  the  warmth,  this 
hand  is  slow  in  recovering  itself,  and  held  near  a  fire,  or 
in  a  heated  room,  its  vessels  become  distended  much 
more  than  those  of  the  right,  and  in  a  cool  temperature 
this  is  some  time  in  disappearing.  (The  left  suspender 
is  inclined  to  slide  off"  the  shoulder.) 

The  whole  left  side  of  the  body  is  similarly  affected,  easily 
benumbed,  with  loss  of  elasticity  in  the  blood-vessels. 

Flushes  of  heat,  with  dry  or  moist  skin  ;  palpitation  of  the 
heart,  and  irregular  compressible  pulse ;  sensation  of 
throbbing  in  neck,  head,  (left  side  most). 

Remote : — Vertigo  on  stooping,  or  using  warm  water  ;  faint- 
ing, swimming  before  the  eyes,  loud  singing  and  hissing 
in  both  ears,  weakness  and  trembling  ;  worse  in  evening 

Faint  feeling,  and  tendency  to  faint  on  slightest  exertion, 
after  excitement,  and  on  hearing  music. 

Hysterical  mood  (even  in  men)  ;  alternate  laughter  and 
tears  ;  easily  excited  ;  emotional ;  irritable  ;  fidgetty  ; 
at  first  the  spirits  are  exalted,  then  depressed. 

Dreams  of  falling  from  a  great  height. 

An  oily  pellicle  on  the  urine,  and  a  tenacious,  ropy,  rose- 
colored  sediment. 

Rheumatic  pains  in  various  parts  of  the  body,  joint.s,  muscles, 
especially  of  the  left  side. 


SUMBUL.  437 

NECK. 
Pressive  feeling  on  nape  of  neck,  left  side,  which  is  swollen 

and  hot. 
Sensation  of  throbbing  in  neck  and  nape  of  neck,  on  left 

side,  increased  by  heat. 

BACK. 
Aching  pain  across  lumbar  region  of  the  back. 
Pains  in  left  lumbar  region  of  back,  and  pricking  in  'right 

side  under  the  ribs. 
Frequent  chills  through  the  back,  with  debility. 
Frequent  feeling  as  if  hot  water  passed  through  the  lumbar 

vertebrae. 
Tensive  pains  and  pulsations  in  swelling,  extending  down 
left  side  of  spinal  column,  not  tender  to  touch  or  pres- 
sure. 

EXTREMITIES. 

Aching,  beating  sensation  in  muscles,  chiefly  triceps  of  left 
arm. 

Rheumatic  pain  from  right  knee  to  ankle,  when  walking. 

Tensive  pain  in  left  shoulder. 

Aching  pain  down  left  arm,  and  in  knuckle-joint  of  the  fore- 
finger. 

Debilitated  muscular  power. 

Jerking  in  the  limbs  and  starts  in  the  muscles,  even  to  con- 
tortion of  the  whole  body. 

Aching  in  knee-joints,  worse  from  heat. 

Sensation  (painful)  as  if  internal  ligaments  of  right  knee 
were  loosened,  on  stepping. 

Shooting  pain  from  back  of  ring  finger  to  wrist  of  left  hand, 
(ulnar  nerve). 

Twitching  pain  in  left  iliac  region. 

Numbness  of  left  arm. 

SLEEP. 

Sleep,  with  prolonged  amorous  dreams. 

Unpleasant  dreams,  not  frightful. 

Sleeplessness,  from  nervous  excitation. 

FEVER. 

Dry  transient  heat  over  the  body  increased  by  exertion. 

All  the  symptoms  accompanied  by  heat. 

Flushes  of  heat  in  the  throat,  mouth  and  head. 

Sensation  of  cold  wind  blowing  on  the  lumbar  region. 

Heat  and  profuse  sweat  at  night  in  bed. 

Coldness  of  the  body,  pulse  66. 
o  Marked  benefit  in  low  and  nervous  fevers  succeeding  typhus. 
*  Typhoid  fever  with  cerebral  excitement. 

Numbness  and  coldness  of  the  tips  of  the  fingers. 


438  TARANTULA. 

SKIN. 

Itching  in  the  skin ;  miliary  spots  on  back,  especially  right 
shoulder  blade  and  hip,  which  provokes  scratching  till 
they  bleed. 

Skin  dry,  as  if  washed  in  acid  water. 

Coldness  and  dry,  white  shrunken  skin. 

*  Porrigo  in    infant  on  the  left  scalp,  spots  round  and  dry, 

slightly  raised  and  reddened  at  the  edges  with  bran  like 
scales  in  the  centre. — Dr.  Catiell. 

GENERALITIES. 

O  Dropsy  dependent  on  impaired  nervous  vitality. 

o  Hysteria  and  hysterical  spasms. 

o  Epilepsy,  she  falls  suddenly  forward  foaming  at  the  mouth  ; 
unconsciousness. — Dr.  Cattell. 

o  Chorea,  with  ravenous  appetite,  constant  jerking  of  limbs 
and  head  with  protrusion  of  the  tongue  ;  happy  disposi- 
tion, with  continued  and  inappropriate  smiling ;  consti- 
pated bowels;  vomiting  of  food  ;  idiotic  expression ;  fears 
she  shall  go  mad. — lb. 

*  Tendency  to  faint  from  the  slightest  cause. — lb. 
A  want  of  elasticity  in  the  blood  vessels. 


TARANTULA. 


Analogues: — Agaricus  (f)  Cimicifuga  (?)  Crotalus  (f) 
Naja  {?)  Lachesis  {?)  Mygale  {?)  Stramojiium  (f) 

Officinal  Preparations: — Triturations  of  the  whole 
spider. 

[The  extraordinary  pathogenesis  of  this  remedy,  published  in  the 
North  American  Journal  of  Homceopathy,  is  one  of  the  creations  which  I 
am  not  ready  to  accept.  I  would  call  attention  to  the  criticism  9f  Dr.  S. 
A.  Jones,  in  the  American  Homoeopathic  Observer, vi\x\(^  I  fully  endorse. — 
Hale?[ 

o  Chorea,  according  to  the  testimonyof  several  physicians,  who 
assert  it  has  been  useful  in  some  of  the  more  aggrava- 
ted forms. 


NEW   REMEDIES.  439 

THLASPI    BURSA   PASTORIS. 

{Shepherd's  purse.) 


Analogues  : — Trillium,Sabma,Crocus,  Mellefolium,  Ledum. 
Hamamelis,  Ipecac. 
Officinal  Preparation  : — Tincture  of  the  plant. 

HEAD, 
o  Frequent  occurring  epistaxis  of  a  passive  nature. 

URINARY  ORGANS, 
o  Passive  haematuria. 

GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 

Women:  o  Passivemetrorrhagia  with  too  copious  and  frequent 
menses, 

o  Delaying  menses  caused  by  inertia  of  the  uterus. 

o  Haemorrhages,  with  violent  uterine  colic ;  with  cramps  con- 
sequent upon  abortion  at  the  critical  age,  and  even  when 
there  was  cancer  of  the  cervix. 

.0  Menorrhagia  of  three  years  standing,  every  menstruation 
with  hemorrhage  ;  the  first  day  barely  shows,  the  second, 
profuse  flooding,  severe  colic,  vomiting  and  expulsion 
of  clots  ;  the  flow  continues  ten  to  fifteen  days. 

O  Menses  three  days  too  soon,  very  profuse,  uterine  colic  and 
discharge  of  clots. 

o  Hemorrhage  from  cancer  of  the  neck  of  the  uterus. 

o  Hemorrhage  after  abortion. 


THERIDION    CURASSAVICUM. 

{A  small  Spider  found  on  orange  trees  in  the  West  Indies.) 


I  Analogues: — Aconite,Bclladonna,Calcarea,Graphites,IgHatia, 
Lycopodhim,  Spigelia,  Sepia. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Triturations. 

MENTAL   sphere. 

Despair;  want  of  self-confidence. 

Very  joyous  ;  he  sings,  although  the  head  is  internally  hot. 

Aversion  to  professional  labor. 

Thinking  is  hard  for  him  when  it  is  of  a  comparative  nature, 
but  not  when  it  is  creative  ;  he  can  easily  write  out  a 
case  or  problem,  but  finds  it  difficult  to  select  remedies  ; 


440  THERIDION    CURASSAVICUM. 

writes  treatises  with  facility,  but  finds  it  hard  to  classify 
and  determine  places  in  systems. 

HEAD. 

Much  vertigo  on  every  occasion,  particularly  on  stooping. 

Vertigo  and  nausea  increased  to  vomiting. 

Vertigo  increased  by  every  noise  and  sound. 
^'  Attacks  of  vertigo  and  vomiting,  with  cold  sweat,  were 
changed  in  such  a  manner  by  Theridion,that  the  nausea, 
always  occasioned  by  closing  the  eyes,  now  appears  on 
opening  them,  so  that  she  must  keep  her  eyes  constantly 
closed. — Hering. 

*  Vertigo,  together  with  blindness,  caused  by  pain  in  the  eyes. 

*  The  headache  is  such  that  she  cannot  describe  it,  and  cannot 

make  it  clear  to  herself. 
Headache  like  a  pressing  band  in  the  root  of  the   nose,  and 
over  and  around  the  ears. 

*  Pains  principally  in  region  of  eyes,  with  starting  in  right 

eye. — Neidhard. 

*  Suddenly  in  the  morning  pressing  pain  over  left  eye   aggra- 

vated by  the  slightest  motion,  talking  ;  at  the  same  time, 
sickness  of  stomach  with  retching  ;  better  from  drinking 
warm  water ;  bowels  opens  with  colic  and  flatulency, 
after  which  the  head  is  worse. 

*  Throbbing  over  left  eye,  and  across  the  forehead,  also  in  a 

slight  degree  in  the  right  eye,  with   sick  stomach,    par- 
ticularly on  rising  from  a  reclining  position — like  sea- 
sickness— the   pain   was  at  first   aggravated   from  the 
medicine,  but  disappears  entirely  in  one  hour. 
Headache  is  the  beginning  of  every  motion. 

o  Violent  frontal  headache,  with  throbbing  extending  into 
occiput. 

o  The  least  motion  of  the  head  while  lying  increased  headache 
and  nausea. 

o  The  walking  of  persons  over  the  floor  increases  the  headache. 

o  The  least  noise  aggravates  the  headache. 

o  Headache  of  the  worst  kind,  with  nausea  and  vomiting,  like 
sea-sickness,  and  with  shaking  chills.  In  several  cases 
of  women  in  the  climacteric  year. — Neidhard. 

o  Sunstroke. — Hering. 

EYES. 

*  Hard,  heavy,  dull  pressure  behind  eye-balls. —  Wells. 

She  lost  her  vision  ;  everything  seemed  very  far,  as  a  veil 
was  drawn  before  her ;  it  blazed  and  flickered  before 
her  eyes  ;  she  was  obliged  to  lie  down.  Even  when 
closing  the  eyes  flickering  continued.  Thereupon  very 
weak,  and  the  head  much  affected. 


THERIDION   CURASSAVICUM.  441 

o  For  many  years,  flickering  before  the  eyes,  in  frequent 
paroxysms. 

o  Flickering  before  the  eyes  in  hysterical  subjects. 

o  Sensitiveness  to  light  ;  when  she  is  in  the  light  she  expe- 
riences a  "  dark  sparkling  "  before  her  eyes  ;  everything 
appears  double,  and  through  this  "  fluttering  "  nausea  is 
created,  accompanied  by  cold  hands.  Long  afterwards 
she  dare  not  stoop. 

O  On  closing  the  eyes,  nausea  and  vomiting. — Hering. 

When  her  eyes  closed  [with  weariness  or  sleep]  the  dizziness 
and  nausea  reappeared. 

EARS. 

*  Rushing  like  a  waterfall  in  both  ears. 

o  The  least  noise  aggravates  the  headache, 
o  Itching  behind  the  ears,  so  that    she   would    like  to  scratch 
them  off. 

FACE. 
In  the  morning,  on  awakening,  and  sometimes  at  other  times 
of  the   day,    the  lower  jaw   is   immovable  ;  but   then 
opens,  as  it  were,  of  its  own  account. 
Froth  before  the  mouth,  with  shaking  chill. 
Tetanus  [with  trismus]. 

Paroxysm  of  frequent,  violent  sneezing  and  frequent  necessity 
of  blowing  the  nose ;  thereupon  heaviness  deep  above 
in  the  nose, 

MOUTH. 

Tongue  seems  as  if  burnt  ;  it  is  so  numb   that  she   can  tell 

nothing  properly. 
Mouth  so  impure,  as  if  the  teeth  were   full    of  slime,    must 

rinse  the  mouth  frequently. 
Salty  taste,  and  hawking  up  of  salty  mucus. 
Every  sound  penetrates  the  teeth. 
Teeth,  gums  and  palate  affected  by  burning  and  tensive  pain. 

APPETITE. 
Appetite  for  acidulous  fruits. 

Constant  desire  for  food  and  drink,  he  knows  not  what. 
Much  thirst. 

Thirstless,  with  coldness. 
After  drinking,  sweat. 

STOMACH. 

*  Nausea  and  vomiting   like  sea-sickness,  with    headache. 

Ncidhard. 

*  Nausea  called  forth  by  the  sparkling  before  the  eyes. 

*  Nausea  and  vomiting  when  closing  the  eyes,  and    on  motion 

"  feels  thick  in  the  head." — Hering. 

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442  THERIDION   CURASSAVICUM. 

o  A  woman  having  had  [in  childbed]  a  violent  spell  of  sick- 
ness at  the  end  of  the  first  week,  and  apparently 
recovered,  was,  in  the  third  week,  after  washing  clothes, 
suddenly  attacked  by  nausea  and  vomiting  ;  after  it, 
very  pale,  and  sick  at  the  stomach  as  soon  as  she  closed 
her  eyes,  with  vanishing  of  her  thoughts.  She  recovered 
completely.     (From  olfaction  of  the  30th.) 

O  Nausea  always  increased  when  he  closed  his  eyes. 

o  Nausea  increased  when  he  gazed  steadfastly  at  an  object. 
Nausea  on  moving. 

o  Talking  creates  nausea  and  vomiting. 

o  Nausea  created  by  fast  riding  in  a  carriage  in  hepatic  diseases. 

o  Sensitiveness  of  the  region  of  the  stomach  and  epigastrium 
HYPOCHONDRIA. 

*  Violent  burning  pain  in  hepatic  region,  which  grows  still 
more  painful  when  being  touched  ;  during  the  pains, 
retching,  vomiting,  finally  bringing  up  bile. 

o  In  abscess  of  the  liver  Theridion  relieves  vertigo  and  nausea. 

o  Authrax  of  sheep,  with  great  tumefaction  of  hypogastrium 
and  with  great  thirst.  The  adipose  skin  of  the  whole 
posterior  belly  suddenly  swelled,  became  hot,  tense, 
sooner  or  later  it  was  red,  blue,  and  finally  gangrenous. 
As  soon  as  it  became  red  the  appetite  vanished.  Im- 
mediately an  appearance  of  swelling,  great  thirst,  con- 
stantly increasing.  If  the  sheep  could  reach  a  puddle 
of  manure  water  they  would  lie  down  in  it  as  well  as  in 
the  water-trough  ;  sheep  never  do  this  when  in  health. 
Theridion  cured  all  cases  when  the  swelling  had  not 
turned  blue. — Braim. 

o  A  cow  was  tied  to  a  stake,  in  the  heat  of  summer,  suddenly 
became  restless,  wild,  and  her  whole  body  swelled 
visibly  ;  and  bellowing,  she  tried  to  break  the  chain  ; 
after  one  dose  of  Theridion  she  recovered  within  one 
hour. 

STOOL   AND   ANUS. 
Scanty  discharge  with  much  urging  [tenesmus]. 
Diarrhoea  without  colic,  with   the  vomiting  and  vertigo  at 
night. 

o  Bowels  open  twice  with  colic  and  flatulency,  after  which  the 
headache  is  worse. 
The  anus  protrudes  and  i?  painful,  especially  while  sitting, 
without  hemorrhoidal  bunches,  which  he  usually  has 
frequently  ;  this  passes  off,  returns  again  later,  and  the 
hemorrhoidal  tumors  appear. 
(A  spasmodic  contraction  of  rectum  and  anus  returns  again.) 

URINE. 
Much  urination  with  a  young  man  disposed  to  it. 


TSeridion  curassAvicum.  44j 

Increased  urination  in  an  elderly  woman,  not  disposed  to  it. 
GENERATIVE      ORGANS. 

Male : — (Upon  the  glans  little  red  spots.) 
Scrotum  very  much  shrivelled. 
The  excessive  sexual  desire  is  immediately  lessened,  but  the 

usual  morning  erections  appear. 
Sexual  desire  appears  to  have  vanished,   nor   will  erections 

take  place. 
Strong  erections  in  the  morning,  without  desire. 
While  at  sleep  after  dinner,  a  seminal  emission  very   violent 
and  profuse. 
Women: — Menses  omitted  after   the  proving  more  than  ten 
weeks,  in  a  woman  in  the  climacteric  years,  but  who  in 
the  following  year  gave  birth  to  a  son. 
o  Hysterical  affections  during  puberty. — Hermg. 
o  Hysterical  affections  in  climacteric  years. — lb. 
o  Affections  in  climacteric  years  ;  headache  of  the  worst  kind, 
o  From  washing  in  third  week  after  confinement,  attack   of 
fainting. 

CHEST. 
Night  cough. 

Violent    stitches    up    high   in   the  chest,    beneath  the  left 
shoulder,  even  up  into  the  throat. 

HEART.  ' 

*  Anxiety  about  the  heart. — Braun. 
o  Slow  pulse  with  vertigo. —  Wells 

UPPER    LIMBS. 
Stinging  pain  from  elbow  to  shoulder. 

Violent  burning,  itching  on  inner  and  upper  part  of  left  ring 
finger,  the  spot  becomes  very  red  ;  soon  disappears. 
LOWER   LIMBS. 
Itching  and  knots  on  the  nates. 

Swelling  of  the  feet.     (Secondary  effect  of  the  bite.) 
Pains  in  all  bones  as  if  broken  ;  as   if  they   were   about   to 

fall  asunder. 
Heaviness  in  all  limbs  before  the  chill. 

She  is  so  weak  that   she   cannot  stand   long  ;  she  becomes 
tremulous  and  perspires, 
o  Weakness,  that  all  limbs  tremble. 

Great  inclination  to  be  startled,  with  many  provers. 
o  Hysteria. 

SLEEP. 

Sleepy  after  breakfast,  before  the  chill ;  sleeps  throughout  the 
whole  day. 


* 


444  THERIDION   CURASSAVICtrM. 

Long  and  dreamful  mid-day  sleep;  dreams  of  journeys  in 
distant  regions,  and  riding  on  horses  ;  a  person  who 
scarcely  ever  sat  upon  a  horse. 

While  sleeping  he  often  bites  into  the  point  of  his  tongue,  so 
that  it  is  sore  the  following  day  ;  occurs  frequently,  even 
after  the  lapse  of  weeks. 

Paroxysm.  : — She  awakes  after  a  short  sleep,  at  1 1  o'clock  ; 
already  in  sleeping  she  felt  the  vertigo,  and  was 
awakened  thereby  ;  could  not  remain  lying  ;  tried  to 
reach  the  chamber  pot,  but  fell  down  as  if  in  a  swoon  ; 
cold  sweat  broke  out ;  she  strains  to  vomit,  till  this 
takes  place,  and  is  repeated  every  quarter  of  an  hour ; 
during  which  icy  perspiration  breaks  out  all  over  her  ; 
at  the  same  time  she  has  several  attacks  of  diarrhoea, 
without  abdominal  pain.  At  first  she  vomited  acid, 
slimy  water,  almost  preventing  her  from  regaining  her 
breath.  At  length  she  felt  entirely  empty  at  the 
stomach.  The  least  motion  again  brought  on  ver- 
tigo and  vomiting  ;  she  dares  not  to  stir,  and,  when  her 
eyes  dozed,  the  lids  feeling  as  it  were  from  .being  tired, 
vertigo  and  nausea  immediately  returned.  In  the 
morning  on  rising,  the  nausea  came  again,  and  she 
vomited  bile. 

CHILL   FEVER   AND   SWEAT. 

Violent  shaking   chill,    during  which  foam  appears  at  the 

mouth,  after  the  bite. 
Shaking  chill  during  headache,  with  vomiting. 
After  breakfast,  heaviness  in  every  limb  ;  he  must  lie  down  ; 

grows  sleepy  ;  he  is  attacked  by  a  severe  internal    chill 

so  that  he  trembles  (from  the  30c). 
Pain  in  all  the  bones,  as  if  every  part   would  fall    asunder  : 

feels  as  if  broken  from  head  to  foot ;  thereupon  violent 

coldness,  so   that   nothing   would  warm   her  ;  without 

thirst,  after  the  bite. 
Being  internally  cold,  it  draws  from  the   hip   to   below   the 

knee,. without  external  coldness  ;  warmth    is  agreeable. 
Cold  hands,  with  flickering  of  the  eyes,  and  nausea. 
Icy  sweat  covers  the  body,  with   faintness  and  vertigo,  and 

vomiting  at  night. 

SKIN. 
Itching  on  the  head,  behind  the  ears,   on    the  nose,    on   the 

back  of  the  neck,  on  the  edge  of  the  shoulders,   on  the 

back,  on  the  nates,  on  the  calf. 
O  Phthisis  florida.   (Cures  if  given  in  the  beginning. j — Baruch. 
o  Scrofulosis.  (A  dose  arouses  the  latent  reacting  powers.) — lb. 
o  Rhachitis,  caries,  necrosis.    (Very  surprising  success  from  it.) 

—lb. 


New  remedies.  445 

TRIFOLIUM    PRATENSE. 

{Red  Clover.) 


Analogues  : — Ipecac,  Hepar  sulphur,  Mercurius,   Spon^ia, 
Sangiiinaria,  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  ripe  flowers  ; 
triturations,  and  dilutions. 

MENTAL   sphere. 
Dullness  of  intellect  ;  confused  ;  memory  feeble. 

HEAD. 
Intermittent  headache  for  half  an  hour  ;  fullness  of  the  head. 
■  Dull  aching  in  the  anterior  lobes  of  he  brain. 
Brain  feels  large. 
Headache  in  the  morning. 
Headache  all  day,  but  worse  in  the  evening. 

EYES. 
The  eyes  feel  dull  and  sore. 

NOSE. 
Nasal  mucous  membrane  dry. 
Discharge  of  thin  mucus  ;  with  much  irritation. 
Increased  flow  of  mucus. 
Coryza — like  that  which  precedes  hay-asthma. 

MOUTH. 
Increased  flow  of  saliva  in  men. 
Salivation  in  horses. 
O  Suppressed  drooling  in  children. 

STOMACH. 
Hiccough  for  half  an  hour. 
Great  thirst. 

ABDOMEN. 
Griping  pain  on  rising  A.  M. 
Severe  pain  in  the  bowels. 
Colicky  pains  all  day. 

STOOL. 
Very  costive,  with  hemorrhage   from    the   rectum,  while  at 

stool,  for  two  weeks. 
Slight  tenesmus. 

Stool  hard  and  covered  with  mucus. 
Stool  loose  and  slimy. 

URINE. 
Quantity  increased  ;  bladder  feels  full  to  overflowing;  clear; 
copious. 


44^  TRIPOLIUM    fRATENSE. 

Great  urging  to  urinate.     Urates  decreased. 

Phosphates  increased. 

Urine  diminished  in  quantity. 

PHARYNX   AND   THROAT. 
Sharp    pain    through   the    uvula,   causing   tears   to    start  ; 

throat  feels  dry.  . 
Irritation  of  the  bronchi,  causing  a  short,  hacking  cough. 
Irritation  of  pharynx  and  trachea,  with  dry,  hacking  cough. 
Accumulation  and  expectoration  of  mucus. 
Great  irritation  of  the  throat. 
Throat  dry  ;  then  increased  flow  of  mucus. 
Throat  feels  raw,  and  as  if  a  foreign  body  was  stuck  in  it. 
Sore  throat,  as  if  scaldeci  all  the  way  down. 
Sore  throat,  with  hoarseness. 

CHEST. 
Oppression  of  the  chest,  with  a   feeling   as  if  the   air  were 

loaded  with  impurities. 
Oppression  of  chest  on  lying  down. 
Asthmatic  oppression  of  the  chest  in  a  close  room  ;  relieved 

in  open  air. 
Cough  on  coming  into  the  open  air. 
Feeling  as  if  breathing  hot  air. 
Faint  feeling  when  in  a  close  room. 
Continual  short,  dry  cough. 
o  Hooping-cough  ;  paroxsyms  worse  at  night, 
o  Hay-asthma ;  hay   fever. 

BACK. 
Constant  uneasiness  in  region  of  the  kidneys. 

EXTREMITIES. 
Tingling  in  the  palm  of  the  left  hand  and  in  left  arm. 
Feet  and  hands  cold. 

FEVER. 
Pulse  72  (^second  day). 
Pulse  68  (third  day;. 
Pulse  64  (fourth  day). 

Pulse  weak,  intermitting  one  or  two  beats,  if  stopped    for  a 
few  seconds,  and  this  was  followed  by  a  full,  bounding  pulse. 
GENERALITIES. 

Malaise. 

Better  in  the  open  air  and  cool  room. 
Worse  when  in  a  close,  hot  room. 
Headache  worse  in  the  evening. 

[Extract  of  red  clover  is  the  sole  ingredient  of  Dr.  Thompson's  Cancer 
plasters,  and  it  is  the  principle  ingredient  of  Dr.  Howard's  celebrated 
Cancer  Salve.  Many  cases  of  cancer  have  been  reported  cured  by  the 
extract,  and  supported  by  proof  which  appears  trustworthy.  It  is  taken 
internally,  5  or  10  grains  daily,  and  applied  externally. — Hale.^ 


NEW  REMEDIES.  447 

TRILLIUM    PENDULUM. 

{White  Beth- Root.) 


Analogues  : — Asarum,  Crocus,  Copaiva,  Chiinaphila,  Erig- 
eron,  Erecthites,  Hainamclis,  Pulsatilla,  Sangiiinaria,  Senecio, 
Sabma,   TerebmtJihia,   Thlaspi. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Tincture,  dilutions;  tritura- 
tions of  the  root,     Trillin  :  triturations. 

{No  proving.) 
NOSE. 
O  Epistaxis — "A   solution   of   Trillium,    or   the    dry   powder 
snuffed  up  the  nostrils  will  immediately  check  epistaxis. 
— Eclectic. 
O  Nose-bleed  may  be  easily  checked    by   smelling  the   broken 
end  of  a  fresh  root  of  the  red  beth  root. — Merrill. 
MOUTH. 
o  Hemorrhage  from  the  gums  and    mouth  ;  the    diluted  tinc- 
ture to  be  used  as  a  wash, 
o  Useful  in  cancrum-oris. 
o  Putrid  sore  throat. 

o  Bleeding  from  the  cavity  after  extraction  of  a    tooth. 

STOMACH. 
Heat  and    burning    in  the    stomach  ;  rising   up    into    the 
oesophagus. 
O  Haematemesis,    with   erosion  of  the    mucous    coat    of    the 
stomach. 

ABDOMEN   AND   STOOL. 
Constipation  ;  hard,  dry  stool  (p), 
o  Chronic  diarrhoea;  discharges,  bloody  mucus  (3). 
o  Dysentery,  when  the  passages  are  almost  pure  blood. — Hale. 

URINARY    ORGANS, 
o  Haematuria,  passive. — Hale. 
o  Chronic  catarrh  of  the  bladder,  etc. 

O  Diabetes,  (which  kind.'')  "  I  have  used  it  frequently  in 
diabetes,  and  from  the  advantages  derived  from  its  use, 
we  think  much  reliance  can  be  placed  upon  it  in  that 
disease. — Dr.  Jones,  Eclectic. 

GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 
Female : — o  Hemorrhage  from  the  uterus,  with  pain  in  the 
back,  etc. 
o  Hemorrhage  after  abortion. — Dr.   Peterson. 
o  Threatened  miscarriage,  with  excessive  flooding, 
o  Menorrhagia,   with  profuse  yellowish  leucorrhoea  during  the 
period, 


448  TRIOSTEUM     PERFOLIATUM. 

O  Metrorrhagia  at  the  climacteric. — Hale,  Peterson. 

o  Post-partem  hemorrhage. 

o  FaciHtates  labor,  and  prevents  hemorrhage. 

o  Vaginal  and  uterine  leucorrhoea. 

o  Profuse  lochial  discharge. — Hale. 

[Dr.  S.  A.  Jones  considers, the  Trillium  a  vaso-motor  remedy,  and  is  in- 
dicated in  both  active  and  passive  hemorrhages.  I  have  been  very  suc- 
cessful with  it  in  many  cases. — Hale.~\ 

BRONCHI. 

o  Cough  of  catarrhal  nature  dependent  upon  chronic  bron- 
chitis or  laryngitis. — Scudder. 

o  Copious,  purulent  expectoration,  troublesome  cough  in 
phthisis. — {lb) 

o  Cough  with  spitting  of  blood. — Coe. 

O  /Haemoptysis  from  any  cause. — Eclectic. 


TRIOSTEUM    PERFOLIATUM. 

{Fever  root.) 


Analogues  : — Arsenicum,  Ipecacuanha,  Nux  vomica. 
Officinal    Preparations  : — Tincture  of   the  root  and 
berries ;  dilutions. 

MENTAL  SPHERE. 
Extreme  nervous  irritability  ;  fear  of  death. 

HEAD. 
Headache,  which  is  worse  in  the  right  side  of  the  head. 
Pain  in  the  occiput,  with   sensation  of    weight  there  ;  cold- 
ness and  stiffness  of  the  feet. 
Head  aches  worse  on  sitting  up. 
Boring  pain  in  the  left  temple, 
o  Bilious  headache,  with  vomiting. 

THROAT. 
Soreness,  as  if  from  swelling  of  the  pharynx,  and  pain  in  the 
oesophagus  on  swallowing, 
o  Sore  throat  from  influenza. — Matthews. 

STOMACH. 
Feeling  of  a  load  and  oppression  in  the  epigastrium. 
Pain  in  the  epigastrium  increased  by  drinking  water  and  by 
turning  in  bed. 
*  Nausea  on  rising,  followed  by  copious  vomitmg  'and  cramps 
in  the  stomach. 

ABDOMEN. 

Copious  evacuations  of  thin  stools  from  the  bowels,  without 
pain. 


URTICA  URENS.  449 

*  Stools  watery  and  frothy, without  pain,  followed  by  exhaustion, 
Evacuation  from  the  bowels  at  J  a.  in. 
Evacuations  most  frequent  in  the  evening. 
O  Bilious  colic. —  Tallviadge. 
o  Diarrhcea  with  severe  colic  pains. — Neidhard. 

CHEST. 
Audible  beating  of  the  heart  and  slight  pain  under  the  left 
breast. 
o  Asthmatic  troubles. — Dr.  Tallmadge. 

BACK. 
Pain  in  the  neck  and  back. 
Rheumatic  pain  in  the  back  from  stooping. 
Pain  and  stiffness  in  the  loins  (left  side). 

EXTREMITIES. 
Stiffness  of  all  the  joints  (upper  and  lower). 
Stiffness  of  the  knees  when  attempting  to  rise. 
Drawing  and  shrinking  sensation  in  rhe  legs. 
Coldness  and  stiffness  of  the  feet. 
o  Rheumatism  of  the  extremities. — Matthews. 

SKIN. 
Vesicular  eruption  on  the  forehead,  over  left  eye,   middle  of 

the  chest  and  on  the  right  arm. 
Violent  itching  eruption  of  the  skin. 
o  Urticaria,  from  gastric  derangement. 

FEVER. 
Fever  with  hot  skin  and  increased  thirst. 
Aching  pains  in  every  part  of  the  body, 
o  Typhoid  and  gastric  fevers. — Dr.  Tallmadge. 
o  Violent  attacks  of  bilious  fever,  with  pain  in  the  limbs,  head- 
ache and  vomiting. — .Dr.  Matthews. 


URTICA     URENS. 

{Stinging  Nettle^ 

Analogues  : — Arsenicum,  Apis  mellifica,^Belladonna,Clem- 
atis,  Copaiva,  Comocladia,  Dulcamara,  Petroleum,  Rhus. 
Officinal  Preparations: — Tinctures,  dilutions,  infusion. 

HEAD. 

Dull  aching  pain  in  right  sinciput  ;  right  side  of  the  face,  ex- 
tending to  malar  bone. 

Neuralgic  pain  in  right  face  and  forehead. 

Fullness,  dullness,  and  dizziness,  like   rush  of  blood  to  the 
head. 

56 


450  URTICA   URENS. 

Dull  aching  in  head,  with  stitches  in  region  of  spleen. 
Dull  aching  in  occiput  and  over  the  eyes, 
o  Urticaria  of  the  scalp — suddenly  appearing  and  determining 
internally. 

FACE    AND   EYES. 
Pain  in  right  eye  and  right  parietal  bone — a   stinging  pain 

compelling  one  to  rub  and  press  it. 
Pressing  pain  over  right  eye  and  in  the  eyeball, 
Pressing  pain  in  left  eye. 

Pressing  pain  over  both  eyes,  they  feel  weak  and  sore. 
Pain  in  eyeballs  as  if  from  a   blow,   and  a  sensation  as  of 

sand  in  eyes. 
Fever  blisters  on  lips,  itching. 

Lips,  nose  and  ears  swollen  ;  eyelids  closed  and  oedematous 
— followed    by  small   transparent   vesicles,  filled   with 
serum,  afterwards  desquamation. 
6  Urticaria  appears, 
o  Vesicular  erysipelas    appears. 

MOUTH   ANjl)   THROAT. 
Burning  in  throat,  with   frequent   throwing   up    of    frothy 

mucus,  with  cough  and  frothy  expectoration. 
Burning  in  throat  with  nausea. 

GASTRIC   AND    INTESTINAL. 
Nausea  with  burning  in  throat. 

*  Vomiting  from  suppression  of  nettle  rash. 

*  Constipation  (/.) 

Pain  around  the  umbilicus  with  severe  dysenteric  stools  of 
whitish  slime. 

White  and' yellow  stools  with  slimy  mucus,  tenesmus  and 
colic-like  pains. 

Small  dysenteric  stools  of  greenish,  brown  slime,  with  urging 
and  tenesmus. 

Soreness  in  the  bowels,  and  on  pressure,  a  sound  as  if  they 
were  full  of  water. 

Dysenteric  stools  during  the  greater  part  of  the  proving. 

Stools,  small  and  painful,  mixed  with  white  matter,  like  the 
boiled  white  of  an  egg,  with  much  pain  over  the  whole 
abdomen. 
O  Dysentery,  if  accompanied  or  preceded  by  nettle-rash  ;  dur- 
ing and  after  passage  of  stool,  a  sensation  of  rawness 
and  burning  in  anus. 

A  small  haemorrhoidal  tumor,  itching  and  burning,  at  times 
quite  severe. 

URINARY   ORGANS. 

Complete  suppression  of  urine  for  twelve  days  with  oedema- 
tous swelling  of  the  whole  upper  body  down  to  the 
umbilicus. 


URTICA  URENS.  45  I 

O  Strangury,     o  Gravel,     o  Disease  of  bladder  and  kidneys, 
o  Hemorrhage  from  the  bladder. 

GENERATIVE   ORGANS. 
Women  : — The  breasts  of  a  woman  who   had  had  twelve 
children,  but  never  nursed    any,  became  swollen    and 
filled   with  a  serous,  and  afterwards  milky   fluid — (in 
the  case  of  oedema  of  the  upper  body). 
Menorrhagia  after  confinement,  and  at  the  critical  period, 
o  Sudden  suppression  of  milk. 

CHEST. 
Soreness  and^bruised  feeling  in  sides  of  the  chest, 
o  Haemoptysis — from  violent  exertion  of  the  lungs. 

EXTREMITIES. 
Pain  in  right  deltoid  muscle,  worse  at  9  P.  M.,  could  not  put 

on  his  coat  without  assistance. 
Pain  in  both  arms,  right  the  worst,  and  in  ankles  cramplike 
pain  in  right  arm,  in  deltoid,  feeling  sore  to  the  touch  ; 
worse  on  rotating  the  arms  inward — worse  in  evening. 
Rheumatic  pains  in  right  arm,  worse  when  lying  on  it. 
A  sharp  stitch  darting  through  the  arm. 
Muscles  of  right  arm  sore,  as  if  bruised. 
Inability  to  stretch  or  raise  the  right   arm   on   account  of  a 
pain  in  the  right  hypochondriac  region. 

*  Urticaria  nodosa  on  hands  and  fingers. 
Rheumatic  pains  in  right  wrist  and  ankles. 

*  Blotches,  "  hives  "  on  the  hands  and  fingers,  itching. 
Soreness  on  inside  of  right  knee  joint. 
Rheumatic  pains  attended  with  urticaria.  . 

SKIN. 
The  skin  of  the  face,  arms  and  chest  burnt  frightfully  ;  she 
complained  of  itching  and  burning  as  if  the  skin  was 
scorched ;  the  lips,  nose  and  ears  were  swollen  ;  the 
eyelids  cedematous  as  if  full  of  water,  and  closed  ;  (in 
morning  after  drinking  an  infusion  of  Urtica  at  night ;) 
9  at  noon  the  whole  upper  part  of  body  down  to  the 
umbilicus  was  enormously  swollen,  but  rather  pale  and 
dropsical  than  inflamed,  and  covered  with  confluent, 
small,  transparent  vesicles  filled  with  serum  (^sudaminaj. 
In  other  respects  the  patient  was  free  from  pain  ;  the 
breathing  and  circulation  were  undisturbed.  On  the 
third  day  there  was  violent  itching  ;  on  the  sixth,  des- 
quamation. 

*  Raised,  red,  itching  blotches  on  the  skin   of  the"  hands  and 

fingers. 

*  Urticaria  nodosa,  with  stinging  itching. 

o   Urticaria  attending  or  preceding  rheumatism. 


452  USTILAGO    MADIS. 

o  Burns,  when  the  integuments  and  subjacent  tissues   are  not 

destroyed,  and  when  the  injury  is  confined  to  the  skin, 
o  Vesicular  erysipelas,  of  a  not  very  severe  character, 
o  Erythema  with  burning  and  itching. 

The  skin-symptoms  tended  to  return  every  year  at  the  same 
date. 

GENERALITIES. 

General  oedema  of  the  upper  half  of  body. 

The  seeds  induce  lethargic  sleep, 
o  Haemorrhages  from  various  organs. 

o  Results  of  retrocession  of  urticaria,  and  other  eruptions, 
o  Affections  attended  by  urticaria. 

The  rheumatic  pains  worse  in  evening, 
o  The  seeds  are  said  to  have  cured  Goitre, 
o  Intermittent  fever  (?) 

o  Insufficiency  or  entire  want  of  milk  after  parturition  (?) 
O  Nettle  rash  which  affects  the  patient  every  year  at  the  same 
season. 


USTILAGO    MADIS. 

(Smut-corn.) 


Analogues  : — Secale,  Sepia,  Sabina,  Tanacetum,  Gossipium, 
Borax,  Platina,  etc. 

Officinal  Preparations: — Triturations  of  the  fungus, 
gathered  when  it  has  turned  black,  but  before  the  frosts  have 
affected  it. 

MORAL   SYMPTOMS. 
Great  depression  of  spirits  during  the  whole   proving.     (See 
sexual  group.) 

HEAD. 
Feeling    of   fullness    of    head,    with    dull    pressive  frontal 

headache. 
Most  violent  frontal  headache,    feeling  as   if  the   forehead 

would  burst  open, 
Sharp  flying  pains  in  the  forehead, 
o  Nervous  headache  from  menstrual  irregularities. — Burt. 

EYES. 

Aching  of  the  eyeballs  with  profuse  secretion  of  tears. 
Smarting  of  the  eyes,  with  profuse  secretion  of  tears  in  the 
open  air. 

EARS. 

Constant  dull  pain  in  the  left  ear  caused  by  extension  of  in- 
flammation of  the  tonsil  along  the  eustachian  tube. 


USTILAGO    MADIS.  453 

NOSE. 
Dryness  of  the  nostrils  as  if  I  had  taken  cold. 

FACE. 

Burning  sensation  of  the  face  and  scalp. 

MOUTH. 

Slimy,  coppery  taste  is  a  prominent  symptom. 

Constant  dull,  aching  pain  in  the  first  and  second  upper 
molars  ;  they  are  decayed  and  have  ached  before. 

Shedding  of  the  teeth. — Rotilin. 

Pricking  sensation  in  the  tongue  with  a  feeling  as  if  some- 
thing was  under  the  roots  of  the  tongue  pressing  it 
upwards. 

Dryness  of  the  fauces  with  difficult  deglutition. 

Congestion  and  inflammation  of  the  tonsils,  left  one  greatly 
enlarged,  of  a  dark  color,  accompanied  with   dull  pain, 
much  aggravated  by  swallowing. 
THROAT. 

Dryness    of  the    fauces   with    a    burning    distress   in    the 

stomach. 
Dryness  and  roughness  of  the  fauces  with  difficult  degluti- 
tion. 
Feeling  as  if  there  was  a  lump   behind  the  larynx,   which 

produces  constant  inclination  to  swallow. 
APPETITE  AND   THIRST. 
Loss  of  appetite,  followed  by  canine  hunger. 

GASTRIC   SYMPTOMS. 
Eructations   of  the    ingesta. 
Eructation    of  food  strongly  acid. 
Very  faint  feeling  a  number   of  times   in    the   epigastrium, 

with  pain  in  the  region  of  the  liver  and  bowels. 
STOMACH. 
Constant  distress  in  the  region  of  stomach. 
Burning  distress  in  the  sternum  and  stomach,    accompanied 

with  fine  neuralgic  pains  in  the  same  region. 
Fine,  sharp,  cutting  pains  in  the  epigastrium,    lasting   about 

three  minutes  at  a  time,   came   on  every  ten  or  fifteen 

minutes  for  a  number  of  hours. 
ABDOMEN. 
Grumbling  pains  in  the  abdomen  all  the  afternoon,   followed 

by  dry,  hard  stool. 
Fine,    cutting,    colicky   pains  every    few   minutes   all    day, 

relieved  by  a  hard,  constipated   stool,  followed   by  dull 

pains  in  the  bowels. 

LIVER. 
Good  deal  of  pain  for  two  days  in  the   region  of  the  right 

lobe  of  the  liver. 


454  USTILAGO    MADIS. 

Dull  pains  in  the  right  hypochondrium,  with  distress   in   the 

small  intestines. 

STOOL. 
Constipation,  (where  ]the  Ustilago  is  indicated  the  stools  are 

generally  papescent  or  constipated.) 
Black,  lumpy  stool. 

URINARY  ORGANS. 
Urine  diminished  one-half  and  very  red  and  scanty    (p). 
Great  increase  of  colorless  urine  (s). 

GENITAL   ORGANS   OF   MAN. 
Sexual  dreams  every  night  with  no  emissions. 
Great  depression  of  the  sexual  system  for  weeks,  with  great 

relaxation  of  the  scrotum. 
Constant  aching  pains  in  the  testicles  for  a  number  of  days 
Severe,  sharp,  neuralgic  pains  in  the    testicles,   more  in    the 

right. 
Constant  aching  distress  in  the  right  testicle  for  days. 
Spells   of  violent    pains  in   the  testicles,  more  in  the  right. 
Every  five  minutes  sharp  pains  in  the  testicles    that  produce 

faintness. 
Two  nights  had  a  profuse   cold    sweat   upon  the  scrotum, 

which  was  greatly  relaxed. 

*  Spermatorrhoea,  with  erotic    ideas  and  amorous  dreams. — 

Burt. 
o  Seminal  emissions,  and  irresistible  tendency  to  masturbation, 

erotic  fancies,  melancholy,  etc. — lb. 
o  One  to  four  emissions  with  sexual  dreams  every   week,  fol- 
lowed the  next  day  with  great  prostration   of  strength, 
dull  pain  in  the  lumbar  region,  with  great   despondency 
and  irritability  of  mind. — lb. 

ORGANS   OF   GENERATION   OF   WOMEN. 

Constant  aching  distress  in  the  uterus,  referred  by  the  patient 
to  the  mouth  of  the  womb. 

In  a  cow  house,  where  cows  were  fed  on  Indian  corn  infested 
with  this  parasite  (Ustilago)  eleven  of  their  number 
aborted  in  eight  days;  after  their  food  was  changed  none 
of  the  animals  aborted.  {Anl.  Med.  Vetr.  Beige,  and 
Rep.  de  Ph.) 

Six  drachms  to  two  bitch  dogs  with  young,  soon  caused  them 
to  abort. — Burt. 

Fowls  fed  on  this  fungus  lay  eggs  without  shells. — Roulin. 

*  Menorrhagia  with  menses  too  frequent. — Hale. 

*  Metrorrhagia,  after  confinement  and  after  miscarrage. 

*  Tendency  to  miscarriage  with  or  without  hemorrhage. 

*  Menstruation  too  frequent,  too  profuse  and  too  long. — Burt. 
Suppressio-mensio     from      ovarian     irritation,  with    much 


VALERIANATE  OF  ZINC.  455 

pain  in  the  ovarian  region,  and  flatulence  and  soreness 
of  the  bowels. 
Vicarious  menstruation  from  the  lungs  and  bowels. 
Scanty  menstruations  from  ovarian  irritation. 
Menorrhagia  at  the  climacteric  period,  with    much    pain  on 
the  top  and  side  of  the  head  ;  with  burning  distress  in 
right  ovary  ;  goneness  in  the  epigastrium  ;  the  flooding 
lasts  for  weeks;  blood   dark-colored,    with  many   clots 
and  vertigo. — Hale. 

O  Active  and  constant  flooding,  with  frequent  clots  of  bright 
red  blood,  with  bearing-down  pains. — Burt. 

O  Passive  hemorrhage  ;  blood  dark  colored,  lasting  many  days, 
with  anjemia,  and  dull,  heavy  headache. — lb. 

O  Abortion,  with  bearing-down  pains,  as  if  everything  would 
come  from  her. — lb. 

o  Deficient  labor-pains,  when  the  os  is  soft,  pliable,  and  dila- 
table.— Hale. 

O  Dysmenorrhcea    of    a    congestive     character,    with     much 
ovarian    irritation  ;  severe  pain  in  the    ovaries,    uterus, 
and  back,  every  few  minutes. 
Spasmodic  pains    in    the  left  ovary,  which  is  very  sore  and 
tender. 

o  Ovaritis  ;  constant  pain  in  the  ovary,  with  sharp  pains  pass- 
ing down  the  legs  with  great  rapidity  ;  ovary  much 
swollen  and  very  tender. — Burt. 

o  Intermittent  neuralgia  of  the  left  ovary,  which  is  large  as  a 
hen's  e^^,  and  very  tender  to  the  touch. 

O  Between  the  menses,  constant  misery  under  left  breast  at 
the  margin  of  the  ribs. 

O  Hypertrophy  of  the  uterus  — Burt. 

o  Vertigo  at  the  climacteric  period,  with  too  frequent  and  too 
profuse  menstruation. 


VALERIANATE    OF    ZINC. 


Analogues  : — (J)     Probably  those  of  its  two  constituents; 

Officinal  Preparations. — Triturations.  Pills.  (The 
triturations  are  of  snch  an  intensely  disagreeable  taste  and 
smell,  that  it  is  best  to  use  either  a  sugar-coated  pill,  of  one- 
fourth  or  one-half  grain  crude,  or  made  from  the  trituration 
with  gum  arable  instead  of  sugar, 

MIND. 

O  Insanity — recurring  with  the  headache. — Hale. 


4156  VALERIANATE  OF  ZINC. 

HEAD. 

O  Neuralgic  headaches  of  three  weeks  duration,  cured  in  three 
days. — Dr.  Banks. 

o  Terrible  headache,  involving  the  whole  head,  occurring  once 
or  twice  a  week  for  many  years.  She  becomes  insane  : 
beside  herself  with  pain  ;  almost  unconscious;  screams  ; 
pulls  her  hair  ;  eyes  red  :  face  pale  and  drawn ;  the  pain 
is  piercing  and  stabbing.  She  speaks  of  many  other 
horrible  sensations.  It  has  injured  her  health;  she 
looks  pale  and  cadaverous,  and  her  mind  is  not  sound 
any  of  the  time  ;  loss  of  memory  ;  melancholy.  Gave 
one  grain  of  the  i/io  trit.  three  times  a  day,  for  several 
weeks.  In  the  meantime  she  had  several  attacks,  but 
all  lighter.  In  three  months  she  wrote  me  that  the 
attacks  were  very  seldom  and  very  slight.  She  had 
regained  her  health,  and  was  quite  clear  in  her  mind. 
One  of  the  finest  cures  I  ever  made. — Ha/e. 

o  Uncontrollable  sleeplessness  from  pain  in  the  head  in  children 
with  meningitis  :  to  produce  sleep,  and  the  children  seem 
better  for  its  use. — Ha/e. 

o  Facial  neuralgia,  for  more  than  three  years,  nothing  ever 
gave  her  any  relief. — Dr.  Banks. 

O  Neuralgia  of  three  months  standing.  Pain  excessive  in 
inferior  maxillary  and  left  temple. — Id. 

o  Many  other  cases  of  violent,  obstinate  facial  neuralgia  have 
been  reported  cured  by  Valerianate  of  Zinc,  in  the  practice 
of  several  other  homoeopathic  physicians. 

o  Neuralgia  of  the  ovaries. — Lndlam,  Hale. 

o  Sciatic  neuralgia,  with  great  nervous  erythema  in  a  lady  who 
had  suffered  for  years. — Hale. 

o  Angina  pectoris,  several  cases. — lb. 

o  "  Spinal  neuralgia  ":  the  patient  was  almost  crippled  when 
a  permanent  cure  was  effected  in  one  week  ;  a  dose  (no 
mention  of  quantity)  was  given  every  six  hours. — Dr. 
Morrill. 

o  The  severe  pains  in  neck,  spine  and  elsewhere,  in  the  sequelae 
of  cerebro-spinal  meningitis. — Hale. 

[All  the  authorities  above  quoted  are  homcEopathists.] 


NEW  REMEDIES.  457 

VERATRUM    VIRIDE. 

{American  Hellebore.) 


Analogues  : — Aconitum,  Colchiawt,  Calabar,  Gelseminum,, 
Hclleborus  iiigcr.  Kali  bromidwn  and  ammonium,  Lobelia, 
Phytolacca,   Tabacum,  Tartarus  emeticus,  Veratrum  album. 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  root;  dilutions. 

MENTAL   SPHERE. 

Depression  of  spirits,  but  not  always  the  intense  anxiety  and 
fear  of  death  as  Aconite. 
O  Cerebral  congestion,  causing  insanity. 
o  Puerperal  mania.     (See  generative  organs.) 

HEAD. 

*  Headache,  with  vertigo ;  dimness    of   vision,    and    dilated 

pupils. 

*  Headache,  preceding  from  the  nape  of  the  neck,  with  heaviness 

of  the  head. 
Sharp,  drawing  pains  over  the  left  eyes  ;  with   a  contracted 
feeling  of  the  skin  of  the   forehead. 

*  Dull,  frontal  headache,  with  neuralgic  pains  in  the  right  tem- 

ple, close  to  the  eye. 

*  Great  pain,  with  fullness  in  the  head  ;  face   much    flushed  ; 

burning  in  the  head  ;  spots  before   the  eyes ;  delirium 
or  a  kind  of  stupefaction. 

*  Severe  frontal  headache,  with  vomiting. 

o  Active  cerebral  congestions  ;  congestive  headache  in  plethoric 

persons  from  suppression  of  the  menses, 
o  Acute  inflammatory  meningitis, 
o  Fullness    and   heaviness   of  the  head,    with    throbbing   of 

carotids  ;  booming  in  the  ears  ;  sensitivness  to  noise. 
o  Cerebrospinal  meningitis ,  when   ushered  in   by   high   fever, 

great  congestion,  etc.,  or  without  fever,  but  cold,  haggard 

face,  slow  pulse  etc. 

FACE   AND   NOSE. 

*  Pale,  cold  face  ;  bluish,  and  covered  with  cold  perspiration. 

*  Convulsive  twitching  of  the  facial   muscles  ;  mouth   drawn 

at  one  corner. 
Nose  looks  pinched,  cold  and  blue, 
o  Chorea  :  convulsive  motions  of  the  facial  muscles. 

EARS. 

Ringing  in  the  ears  ;  moving   quickly   produces  complete 

deafness. 
The  ears  are  cold  and  pale. 

57 


458  VERATRUM  VIRIDE. 

EYES. 

Profuse  secretion  of  tears. 

*  Dimness  of  vision,  with  dilated  pupils. 

Immense  circles  of  a  green  color  appeared  around  the  can- 
dle, which  as  vertigo  comes  on,  and  I  closed  my  eyes, 
turned  to  red. 

*  Double  vision. 

Sudden  change  of  position,  and  washing  brings  on  blindness 
and  faintness. 
o  Amaurosis  from  anaemia, 
u  Amaurosis  from  irritation  or  congestion  of  the  optic  nerves. 

MOUTH,   FAUCES   AND   CESOPHAGUS. 
Tongue  feels  as  if  it  had  been  scalded. 

*  Tongue  coated  yellow  along  the  centre,  with  flat,  bitter  taste 

in  morning. 

*  Intense  burning  in  the  fauces  and  oesophagus,  with  constant 

inclination  to  swallow. 

*  Spasms  of  the  oesophagus,  with  or  without  rising   of  frothy, 

bloody  mucus  into  the  mouth. 
o  Sensation  as  of  a   ball  rising  in  the  oesophagus. 
o  CEsophagitis    (in    one   case   where   the    inflammation   was 

located  in  the  cardiac  orifice,  prompt  relief  was  obtained 

by  Veratrum  viride. — Hale. 

APPETITE. 

Increase  of  appetite,  digestion  (from  small  doses.) 

STOMACH. 

*  Excruciati^ig  pain  in  the  lower  part  of  the  stomach. 

*  Constrictive  pain,  increased  by  warm  drinks. 

*  Violent  nausea  andvomitng,  with  collapse  ;  very  slow  pulse, 

and  cold  sweat. 

*  Painful,  empty  retching,  with  ejection  of  only  a  little  bloody 

mucus. 
Severe  hiccough,  with  sensation  of  dryness  and  heat  in  the 

throat. 
Violent  vomiting,  coming  on  every  1 5  minutes. 

*  Smallest  quantity  of  food  or  drink  is    immediately   rejected. 
Pains  are  drawing,    twisting,   pressing,    aggravated  by   the 

least  noise. 
.  Stomach  seems  to  press  against  the  spine  while  lying  upon 

the  back. 
Vomiting  of  bile  and  blood. 
Sharp,  flying  pains  in  the  epigastrium  and  umbilical  region, 

pressing  down  to  pelvis. 

*  Gastritis,  acute — (here  the  high  dilutions  are  useful). 

o  Neuralgic  or  spasmodic   affections  of  the  stomach,   accom- 
panied by  vomiting,  retching  and  excessive  irritation. 


VERATRUM     VIRiDE.  459 

ABDOMEN   AND   STOOL. 

*  Neuralgic  like  pains  at  the  right  side  of  the  umbilicus,  pass- 

ing down  to  the  groin. 
Dull,  heavy  aching  pains  in  the  umbilical  region. 

*  Cutting  aching  pains  in  the  umbilical  region,  with   rumbling 

in  the  bowels,  and  desire  for  stool. 
Soft,  mushy,  stool,  preceded  by  cutting  pains  in   the  bowels, 

and  followed  by  cutting  pains  in  rectum  and  anus. 
Neuralgic  and  long-lasting  pains  in  the  rectum. 
Neuralgic  pains  in  the  left  groin. 
Haemorrhoids,  half  the  tumor  red  and  the  other  half  purple. 

*  Cholera  and  cholera  morbus. 

o  Acute  enteritis  with  high  fever,  dark  and  bloody  stools. 

KIDNEYS,   URINE,   ETC. 
Profuse  urine,  which  is  pale. 
Specific  gravity  is  decreased. 
Increases  the  solid  constituents  of  the  urine. 
It  is  said  to  eliminate  lithic  acid. 
o  Cystitis  acute,  with  fever. 

GENERATIVE  ORGANS, 
Male  : — o  Orchitis,  (acute)  the  local  application  is  especially 

useful. 
Female: — o  Acute   metritis.     (Internally  give  the    i/ioth 
and  apply  a  lotion  externally.) 
O  Congestions  during  uterine  disorders — (reflex  congestions  to 

chest  and  brain.) 
o  Menstrual  colic,    (previous  to  the  discharge,   when  the  con- 
gestion is  great. j 
o  Puerperal  fever,  (with  bounding   hard  pulse  ;  cerebral  con- 
gestion ;  delirium,  etc.) 
O  Convulsions  before,  dtiring  and  after  labor ;  (Hale,  Ludlam, 

and  many  other  authorities  of  all  schools j. 
o  Vomiting  during  pregnancy  (}) 
o  Hysterical  convulsions. 

o  Congestive  dysmenorrhcea  in  plethoric  subjects. 
o  Puerperal  mania;  she  becomes  silent,  suspicious  and  distrust- 
ful ;  would  not  see  her  physician  ;  his  presence  seemed 
to  terrify  her  ;  she  feared  she  would  poison  her  ;  com- 
plete sleeplessness,  could  be  with  difficulty  confined  to 
her  bed-room,  (cured  in  six  hours). 
CHEST. 

*  Active  congestion  and  engorgement  of  the  lungs. 

*  Anxious  oppression  of  the  chest. 

*  Sensation  as  of  a  heavy  load  on  the  chest. 

*  Constant,  dull,  burning  pain  in  the  region  of  the  heart. 
Oppression  of  the  chest  with  nausea. 


460  VERATRUM    VIRIDE. 

o  Pneumonia,  with  high  fever,  will  arrest  the  inflmnjnation  in 

the  first    stage. 
o  Pleurisy  in  the  first  stage  ;  often  superior  to  Aconite. 

Respirations  fall  from  18  to  12  in  the  healthy. 

Respirations  fall  from  40  to  12  in  pneumonia. 

HEART. 

Prickling  pains  In  the  region  of  the  heart. 
Dull,  aching  pains  in  the  region  of  the  heart. 
Constant  burning  distress  in  the  cardiac  region. 
o  Faintness  after  rising  from  the  recumbent  position. 
Syncope  when  walking,  only  relieved  by  lying  down. 
Pulsations  reduced  from  68  to  24  in  health  ;  and  from  140  to 

33  in  fever. 
Beats  of  the  heart  low  and  feeble  (/>). 
Palpitation  of  the  heart  {s). 

Fluttering  sensation  in  the  region  of  the  heart  {s). 
Palpitation  on  taking  the  least  exercise  {s). 
Strong,  loud  beating  of  the  heart,  with  quick  pulse  {s). 
O  Palpitation,  with  dyspnoea. 

Cardiac  oppression,  with  passive  congestion,  and   tendency 

to  fainting  and  collapse  [from  the  3  x  to  the  6  x  dilutions. 

Carditis  and  pericarditis,  especially  rheumatic,   with   strong 

forcible  impulse,  during  the  first  stage  [from  the    ist  to 

the  3rd  dilutions.] 

BACK. 
*  Very  severe,  and  constant  aching  pains  in  the  back  of  the 
neck  and  shoulders. 
Neuralgic  pains  in  the  back. 
O  Cerebro-spinal  congestion. 

EXTREMITIES. 
Drawing  pains   in  the  right  elbow  and  calves   of  the   legs. 
**  Cramps  of  the  legs  and  of  the  fingers  and  toes. 
Galvanic  shocks  in  the  limbs  of  great  violence. 
Coldness,  blueness   and   dampness   of  the  hands,  feet  and 

limbs,  with  cramps  of  extremities. 
Paralysis  of  the  lower  limbs. 

SLEEP. 
Some  sleep  every  night,  but  has  frightful  dreams  of  being  on 

the  water. 
Restless  night,  and  frightful  dreams  of  being  drowned. 

FEVER. 
Chilliness  with  nausea. 
Coldness  of  the  whole  body  with  cold  perspiration  on  hands, 

feet  and  face. 
Coldness,  with  pale  skin,   flabby   muscles,  and  quick,  weak 

pulse. 


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VERATRUM     VIRIDE.  ,  46 1 

O  Pulse  reducd  from  1 30  to  60  in  fever. 

Pulse  35,  slow  and  soft,  with  nausea  and  vomiting. 
Weak,  scarcely  perceptible  pulse,  reduced  from  68  to  52. 
Feeble,  irregular,  scarcely  perceptible  pulse. 

o  Ephemeral  fevers,  with  vertigo,  headache,  dimness  of  sight, 
nausea  and  weakness. 

o  Remittent  or  bilious  fevers,  not  dependent  on  miasmatic 
influences. 

o  Typhoid  fever,  commencing  with  violent  arterial  action  ; 
pulse  120  hard  ;  violent  pain  in  the  back  of  the  head  ; 
delirium  and  black  diarrhoea. — Dr.  Henry. 

o  Typhus  fever  (T\ 

o  All  fevers  with  full,  frequent,  hard  pulse,  and  tendency  to 
congestion  of  the  head,  spasms,  etc. — Hale. 

O  Yellow  fever  [was  successfully  used  in  Savannah]. 

O  In  certain  typhoidal  cases  which  the  morbid  action  has  con- 
tinued for  weeks,  pulse  at  130,  under  the  use  of  Veratrum 
viride  the  pulse  sinks  to  70  or  80,  and  rapid  convales- 
cence sets  in. 

O  Cerebro-spinal  fever  ["  spotted  fever  "]  in  the  first  stage. — 
Hale. 

GENERALITIES. 

O  Acute  rheumatism  with  high  fever,   full,  hard,   rapid  pulse, 
some   pains   in  joints  and   muscles  ;  very  scanty  red 
urine — use  the  lowest  dilutions. 
Sensation  of  pricking  and  tickling,   particularly  in  the  ex- 
tremities. 

o  Violent  pains  attending  the  inflammations. 

*  Contortions  of  the  muscles  of  the  face,  neck,  fingers  and 
toes  ;  head  drawn  to  one  side  ;  mouth  drawn  down  at 
one  corner,  and  the  facial  muscles  affected  with  convul- 
sive twitching  ;  at  turns  these  contortions  would  take 
the  form  of  tonic  spasms,  while  at  other  times  the 
action  would  simulate  a  series  of  galvanic  shocks,  fre- 
quently of  such  violence  as  to  precipitate  the  patient 
out  of  bed. 

o  Exerts  a  sedative  influence  over  the  nerves  of  motion. 

o  Hysterical,  epileptiform  and  puerperal  convulsions  and  con- 
vulsions of  children. 
Complete  loss  of  power  of  the  locomotive  muscles. 

O  Trismus,  opisthotonos  and  other  convulsions. 

O  Convulsion  coming  on  suddenly,  frothing  at  the  mouth  and 
violent  jactitations  of  all  voluntary  muscles. 

o  Chorea  of  two  months'  duration. 

o  Chorea  in  a  girl  aged  12,  the  muscular  commotion  was 
violent,  universal  and  unaffected  by  sleep  ;  the  lips 
covered  with  foam,  worked  up  by  a  continued  champing 


462  '  VERATRUM     VIRIDE. 

of  the  teeth  ;  had  not  taken  nourishment  for  days — 
[cured  in  four  days]. 

o  Chorea,  in  a  woman,  childless,  and  subject  to  menorrhagia, 
with  continual  nodding  of  the  head  and  violent  convul- 
sive action  in  one  arm,  and  jactitation  of  one  leg. 

O  Chorea  of  two  months  duration,  the  entire  muscular  system 
was  in  a  continuous  and  tumultuous  motion,  the  face 
was  worked  into  the  most  horrible  and  ludicrous  contor- 
tions ;  head  constantly  jerking;  writhing  of  the  whole 
body  and  no  sleep. 

O  Chorea,  in  a  lady  of  30,  constant  moving  of  the  head,  lower 
jaw,  larynx  and  tongue,  twitching  of  the  head,  jerking 
of  the  arms  and  lower  extremities,  when  these  symp- 
toms would  subside,  she  would  be  attacked  with  violent 
palpitation  of  the  heart.  Veratrum  always  relieved  this 
cardiac  chorea. 

o  Puerperal  convulsions  with  furious  delirium,  found  curative 
in  doses  from  10  to  30  drops  every  hour  till  the  convul- 
sions subsided. 

o  Cerebro-spinal  disease, pulse  quick  and  wiry  ;  pupils  dilated; 
muscles  of  back  and  neck  contracted,  drawing  head 
back  on  the  shoulders  ;  delirium  ;  spasmodic  cough  ; 
finally  tetanic  convulsions  occurring  every  five  or  ten 
minutes  for  five  days  ;  opisthotonus  ;  cold,  clammy 
sweat  over  the  body.  Veratrum  brought  about  a  rapid 
recovery. 

o  Cerebro-spinal  disease  in  a  child  ;  burning  fever,  frequent 
vomiting,  cries  out,  on  any  attempt  to  move  him,  draws 
the  head  backwards,  rolls  up  the  eyes,  puts  the  hands 
back  of  his  ears,  rolls  the  head  from  side  to  side,  pulse 
wiry,  rapid,  1 50,  spinal  column  pungently  hot  and  dry 
with  petechiae ;  cured  in  5  days.  (2)  A  child  of  three 
months,  very  much  emaciated,  head  much  enlarged  and 
and  misshapen,  drawn  back,  so  much  contraction  of  the 
spinal  muscles  is  compelled  to  lie  on  side,  eyes  rolled 
upwards,  rolling  of  the  head  moaning  and  screaming, 
great  heat  in  back  of  the  head  and  spine,  respiration 
feeble  and  sighing,  pulse  160  and  feeble,  watery 
diarrhoea,  urine  scanty  and  high  colored ;  all  these 
alarming  symptoms  disappeared  in  a  week. 

o  Epileptiform  convulsions  in  a  boy  of  four  and  a-half,  with 
high  fever,  pulse  190,  rapid  respirations,  76  in  a  minute, 
and  much  cerebro-spinal  irritation. 

SKIN. 

Coldness  of  the  skin,  which  is  usually  perspiring^ 


VERONICA  BECCABUNGA.  463 

Tingling  and  prickling  of  the  skin. 

Cold,  clammy  and  insensible  skin. 

Vesication    of   the    skin    when    applied    externally,    also 

erythema. 
Hot,  burning  and  sensitive  skin. 
o  Eruptions  of  the  skin  with  very  high  fever, 
o  The  first,  or  inflammatory   stage  of  scarlatina,    small-pox, 

measles, 
o  III  scarlatina  it  wards  off  cerebrospinal  irritation. 
o  Erysipelas,  pJilegmonous,  or  vesicular ;   apply    topically,   a 
lotion  3i  to  ^  IV,  and  internally  ix  dilution. 


VERONICA     BECCABUNGA. 

{Brook-lime^ 


Analogues  : —  [?] 

Officinal  Preparations  : — Tincture,  dilutions. 

[This  plant  called  by  some  botanists  V.  Americana,  grows  in  brooks  and 
clean  waters  in  the  United  States  and  Canada.  It  is  a  fleshy,  smooth 
plant,  12  to  18  inches  long  ;  decmnbent  ;  rooting  at  base.  Flowers  blue, 
or  bluish  purple. — HaleJ] 

o  "  Nursing  sore  mouth." — Stomititis  materna.  (Dr.  N.  F. 
Prentice,)  who  gives  it  internally  in  the  first  decimal 
attenuation,  and  has  an  aqueous  solution  of  the  same 
strength  applied  to  the  mouth, — Dr.  Ludlam,  in  "  Lec- 
tures on  Diseases  of   Women." 

{King's  Dispensatory  says  :  "It  is  anti-scorbutic,  diuretic,  vermifuge,  and 
emmenagogue — useful  in  scurvy,  fever  and  cough."] 


464  NEW  REMEDIES. 

VIBURNUM  OPULUS. 

{High   Craftberry.) 

Analogues  : — Caulophylhim  (?)  Viburnum  prunifolium  {?) 
Officinal  Preparation  : — Tincture  of  the  bark. 

{No  proving.) 
o  Hysterical  convulsions, 
o  General  irritation  of  the  nervous  system, 
o  Cramps  and  contractions  of  the  extremities — especially  dur- 
ing pregnancy, 
o  Paralytic  conditions,  coming  on  after  cramps  and  convulsions, 
o  Amaurosis  {^) 

o  Dyspepsia  with  constipation  and  incontinence  of  urine, 
o  Cramplike  {})  difficulty  of  breathing, 
o  Cramps  in  the  feet  after  long  walking. 


VIBURNUM    PRUNIFOLIUM. 
{Black  Haw.) 

Analogues  : — Pulsatilla  (?)  Caulophyllum  (f)  Gossipium  {?) 
Officinal  Preparation  : — Tincture  of  the  bark. 

{No  proving.) 

o  Apthae  in  the  mouth  and  throat. 

o  Ulcerations  of  an  obstinate  character. 

o  Cancerous  ulcerations,  * 

o  A  preveutive  in  cases  of  habitual  miscarriage. — Dr.  P hares. 

O  Prevents  miscarriages  from  any  cause — especially  when  at- 
tended by  severe  pains. — lb. 

O  Completely  neutralizes  the  effects  of  the  Gossipium  when 
that  drug  is  taken  to  cause  miscarriage. — lb. 

O  It  has  never  failed  to  prevent  a  threatened  misscarriage,  as 
far  as  I  can  learn. — lb. 

o  Renders  the  pains  of  confinement  milder  and  more  bearable. — 
lb. 

o  After  pains — of  a  severe  character, 

o  Cramps  in  the  limbs  during  pregnancy, 

o  Palpitation  of  the  heart,  especially  in  pregnant  women. 


XANTHOXYLUM    FRAXINEUM. 
(Prickly- Ash.) 


NEW  REMEDIES.  46$ 

VERBENA    HASTATA. 

{Blue  Vervain.) 


Analogues  : — Arnica  (f)  Bryonia  (?) 
Officinal    Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  leaves  or 
root ;  dilutions.     (Infusion  for  external  application.) 

[The  uses  of  this  remedy  are  given  in  a  paper  contributed  to  the  trans- 
actions of  the  New  York  State  Homoeopathic  Society,  by  Dr.  S.  M, 
Griffin,  accompanied  by  beautiful  engravings,of  the  plant.  See  Vol.  VIII. 
1870.,  Page  324.] 

O  Rlnis  poisoning :  Dr.  Griffin  reports  many  cases  of  persons 
who  were  suffering  severely  from  poisoning  by  poison 
ivy,  cured  in  a  very  short  time  by  the  external  appli- 
cation of  an  infusion,  or  the  tincture  largely  diluted. 
He  says  the  swelling,  itching,  and  burning  are  relieved 
in  a  few  hours, 

o  Promotes  the  absorption  of  blood  effused  in  bruises,  and 
allays  the  attendant  pain. — King. 

[The  country  people  call  this  plant  Ague-weed,  from  its  supposed  value 
in  intermittents.  It  is  as  bitter  as  Quinine,  and  I  have  known  many 
instances  of  old  agues  being  arrested,  not  to  return,  by  the  use  of  the  infu- 
sion.— Hale.'\ 


XANTHOXYLUM   FRAXINEUM. 

{Prickly  Ash.) 


Analogues  : — Caniphora,  Ammonium  carbonicum,  Asarum, 

Vcratrum  album. 

Officinal    Preparations  : — Tincture  of  the  berries  and 

bark  ;  dilutions. 

MENTAL   sphere. 

Great  despondency,  irritability. 

Anguish  about  the  chest. 

Fearfulness,  terrible  nervous  frightened  feeling. 

HEAD. 
Head  feels  full  and  heavy. 
Vertigo;  bewildered  feeling;  insensibility. 
Pain  over  both  eyes,  throbbing  pressure  above  root  of  nose. 
Grinding  pain  in  the  head,  with  nausea. 
Severe  pain  in  top  of  head,  as  if  it  would  come  off. 
The  head  feels  as  ^if  it  was  divided. 

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466  XAN^THOXYLUM   FRAXINEUM. 

EYES. 
Lachrymation,  pain  in  the  lid  of  right  eye. 
Dull  heavy  pain  in  the  left  eye. 
O  Ophthalmia. — {Dr.  Cidlis) 

EARS. 
Dull  pain  in  the  left  ear  ;  ringing  in  the  right  ear. 

NOSE. 
Fluent  coryza. 
Discharge  of  bloody  scales  of  mucus  from  the  nose,right  side. 

FACE. 
Pain  in  the  right  jaw-socket. 
Dull  pain  in  the  left  side  of  the  lower  jaw. 

MOUTH. 
Ptyalism  ;  tongue  coated  j^^ellow. 

THROAT. 
Throbbing  in  the  throat,  and  sensation  of  swelling. 
Soreness  with  expectoration  of  tough  mucus. 
A  "  bunch  "  in  left  side  of  throat  when  swallowing. 
Aphonia  from  cold  or  general  debility. 

STOMACH. 
Fluttering  in  the  stomach  ;  feeling  of  fulness. 
ABDOMEN    AND    STOOL. 

Fulness  and  pressure  at  the  epigastrium,  with  coKc  pain  in 

right  iliac  region. 
Rumbling,  with  soreness  on  pressure, 
o  Epidemic  dysentery,  characterized  by  spasmodic  tenesmus, 
intestinal  spasms,  tympanitis,  etc. 
Inodorous  discharges,  with  tenesmus. 
O  Cholera,  \n  the  stage  of  collapse,(when  Veratrum  album  fails.) 
URINARY    ORGANS. 
Profuse  and  light  colored  urine. 

GENERATIVE      ORGANS. 
Women: — Menses  too  soon. 
Profuse  menses,  with  violent  pains, 
o  Leucorrhffia,  with  amenorrhoea. 
o  After  pains. 

o  Menorrhagia,  and  threatened  abortion, 
o  Amenorrhcea,  recent. — Dr.  Cidlis. 

o  Amenorrhoea  of  one  year  s  standing.  A  girl  aet.  i8  :  paleness 
of  face,  lips,  tongue,  fauces  and  conjunctiva  ;  face  bloat- 
ed with  dark  rings  round  the  eyes  ;  appetite  poor  ; 
abdomen  bloated  ;  urine  cloudy  and  deposits  a  brick- 
dust  sediment,  scanty ;  oedema  of  feet  and  limbs  great 


XANTHOXYLUM   FRAXINEUM.  467 

Weakness,  dyspncta  and  chlorotic  condition.     (The  1st, 
dilution  brought  on  menses    in  four   days,  after  other 
remedies  had   failed  ;   cure  completed  by  Calcarea  and 
Ferrum.) — Dr.  C.  A.  Williams. 
O  Af?jenorrhcea  for  five  months;  face    and   legs  oedematous  ; 
very   nervous,   sensitive  to   the   least  ndise,    hysterical 
mood ;  voice    tremulous  ;  fears    she    is    going    to    die  ; 
general    chlorotic     appearance,     constipation,    scanty, 
frequent  and  dark  urine  ;  (the    ist  dil.  cured  this  case 
in  a  few  weeks,) — lb. 
O  Amenorrhcea  for  five  months  ;  with  severe  pains  over  right 
ovary  ;  constant  headache ;  bearing  down  and  tension 
in  hypogastric   region,   (the    ist,  soon  relieved  the  pain 
in  the  head  and   restored  the  menses   in   a  few  days.) 
—lb. 
O  AmenorrJioea  from  getting  the  feet  wet ;  lasting  six  months. 
Symptoms  :  emaciation  with  cough  ;  dirty  gray  expec- 
toration ;  pale  face,  night  sweats,  (cured  in  a  short  time 
by  the  ist. — lb. 
O  Ovarian  and  sacral  pains  during  pregnancy. — lb. 
O  Ovarian  pains  with  scanty  and  retarded  menses. — lb. 
o  DysmenorrJioea,  with  agonizing  pains  driving  patients  almost 

distracted. — Dr.  Ctdlis. 
o  Is  indicated  in  neuralgic  dysmenorrJioea  by  the  presence  of 
pain  along  the  course  of  genito-crural  nerve.  Spare 
habit,  nervous  temperament,  and  delicate  organization, 
seems  more  particularly  to  call  for  this  remedy. — Dr. 
Massey,  England. 

CHEST. 
Oppression  of  the  chest,  with  a  desire  to  take  deep  inspira- 
tion. 
Shortness  of  breath. 

Tightness  of  the  chest,  difficulty  to  inflate  the^hest. 
Pain  in  the  left  side,  under  the  fourth  rib. 

ARMS. 
Pain  in  the  right  shoulder  and  arm. 
Pain  and  pricking  feeling  in  the  right  arm,  extending  to  the 

third  finger. 
Numbness  of  the  left  arm. 
Pricking  and  throbbing  sensation  in  the  left  arm  and  fingers. 

LEGS. 
Excessive  weakness  of  the  lower  limbs. 
Pain  in  the  left  leg,  between  hip  and  knee, 

GENERALITIES. 

Prickling  sensations  extending  to  the  whole  body  and  tyi- 
tremities. 


468  ZIZIA    AUREA. 

Gentle  shocks  like  electricity  pouring  through  the  body. 

Numbness  all  through  left  side  of  the  body, 
o  Paralysis  of  single  members, 
o  Hemiplegia,  after  Nux  vomica  failed. 

Fever  with  flushed    and  hot   face,   followed    by   great  de- 
pression. 

Flashes  of  heat  from  head  to  foot. 

Nausea  followed  by  chills. 
O  Typhoid  fever,  in  the  stage  of  collapse. 


ZIZIA  AUREA. 

{Golden  Alexander^ 


Analogues  : — Agaricus,     Belladojina,     Stravionium,    Sol- 
an unty  etc. 

Officinal   Preparations: — Tincture  of  the  whole  plant 
and  seeds  ;  dilutions. 

MENTAL   SPHERE. 
Depression  of  spirits,  with  disgust  of  life. 
Depression  of  spirits,  followed  by  great  exhilaration. 
Laughing  and  weeping  moods  in  alternation. 

HEAD. 

Sensation  of  tightness  around  the  hard. 

Acute  aching  pain  in  the  whole  left  side  of  the  head. 

Rush  of  blood  to  the  head  and  face,  with  feeling  of  fullness. 

Pressure  upon  the  top  of  the  head. 

Severe  pain  in  the  right  temple  with  nausea. 

Headache,  with  nausea;  inclination  to  bilious  vomiting. 

Light,  noise  and  jar  aggravate. 

Pain  permanent  on  the  right  sidt,  associated  with  back-ache. 
o  Migraine  with  acid  and  bitter  vomiting. 
o  Neuralgia  of  the  head. 

EYES. 

Redness  of  both  eyes,  which  are  sensitive  to  light. 

Sharp  pains  in  the  right  orbit,  increased  by  moving  the  balls, 
stooping  and  stepping. 
o  Shooting  pains  through  both  orbits. 

Yellowish,  muco-purulent  secretion,  gluing  the  lids  together. 

Right  eye  is  more  particularly  affected. 


ZIZIA    AUREA.  469 

NOSE. 
Burning  and  siharting  sensation  in  the  nostrils  and  eyes. 
Discharge  of  mucus. 

Obstruction  and  soreness  of  the  right  nostril,  which  is   pain- 
ful to  the  touch. 
o  Cold  in  the  head,  with  sneezing  and  watery  discharge. 
o  Chronic  catarrh,  with  yellow  and  foetid  discharge. 

FACE. 
Face  pale  and  puffy. 
Redness  and  heat  of  the  cheeks. 
Boring  pains  in  the  cheek  bones. 

APPETITE   AND   TASTE. 
Craving  for  acids  and  stimulants. 

Tongue  covered  with  a  whitish  fur  in  the    middle,    and  red- 
dened at  the  tips  and  sides. 
Unusual  sensitiveness  to  cold  or  warm  drinks. 

STOMACH. 
Nausea  ;  acid  and  bilious  vomiting. 
Pressure  occasions  nausea  and  faintness. 
GENERATIVE    ORGANS. 

Male : — Sexual  power  increased. 
0  Great  lassitude  following  coitus. 

IVome'H  : — Acrid  leucorrhoea  ;  profuse  leucorrhoea. 

Sudden  suppression  of  the  menses. 

Profuse    menstruation    for    one    day,    followed    by     acrid 
leucorrhoea. 
o  Leucorrhoea,   with  retarded  and  suppressed  menses. 
o  Intermittent  neuralgia  of  left  ovary. 

CHEST. 
Dry  cough,  with  shooting  pains  in  the  chest. 
Pleuritic  stitches  in  the  right  side,  increased  by  coughing,  or 

taking  a  long  breath. 
Pressure  excites  pain  in  intercostal  muscles. 
Sharp  pains  extending  from  the  sides  of  the    chest    to  both 

shoulder  blades. 
Asthmatic   respiration  with  inability  to  retain  a  recumbent 
position. 
O  Cough  which  is  tight,  with    stitches  in  chest,   worse   in  the 
evening  and  during  the  night. 
BACK. 

Dull,  aching  pains  under  the  right  scapula. 

Severe    shooting  pain   extending   from  front  part   of    the 

thorax  to  the  scapula. 
Smarting,  burning  pain  in  small  of  back. 


4/0  ZIZIA    AUREA. 

•    Dull  pains  in  loins,  increased  by  movement. 
UPPER    EXTREMITIES. 
Lameness  in  the  muscles  of  both  arms. 
LOWER    EXTREMITIES. 
Dragging  sensation  in  both  hips. 

Unusual  tired  feeling  of  the  legs  after  the  slightest  muscular 
exertion. 

NERVOUS    SYSTEM. 
Convulsions, 
o  Epilepsy. 

SLEEP. 
Exhilaration  of  all  the  faculties,  followed  by  strong  desire  to 

sleep. 
Spasmodic  twitching  during  sleep. 

FEVER. 
Feverish  symptoms,  accompanying  severe  stitching  pains  in 

the  chest. 
Fever,  with  headache,  pain    in    back,    thirst,  dryness  of  the 

mouth. 
Chilliness  and  heat  alternating  with  faintness,  nausea,  pain  in 

right  temple. 
Redness  of  the  eye-balls,  dry  and  red  tongue,  and  thirst    for 

cold  water. 
Hot  flushes  in  face  and  head,  followed  by  perspirations. 
Chilliness,  accompanied   with  spasmodic  twitchings  of  the 

muscles  of  the  face  and  upper  extremities,  followed  by 

fever. 
Flushed  cheeks,  hot  head,  visible   pulsations   of  the  carotid 

and  temporal  arteries. 

SKIN.     . 
Itching  pimples  on  forehead,  wrists  and  legs. 
Redness  of  one  cheek  and  paleness  of  the  other. 
White  and  puffy  appearance  of  the  w^hole  body. 


NEW  REMEDIES.  47 1 


APPENDIX. 


ARALIA    RACEMOSA. 

ROUGH    NOTES   ON,    BY   S.   A,   JONES,    M.    D. 


One  of  our  pharmaceutists  informed  me  that  he  had  re- 
ceived decided  benefit  from  the  use  of  Aralia  racemosa  in  hay 
fever  ;  taken  by  the  advice  of  Dr.  P.  Drumm,  of  Ohio. 

At  3  p.  m.,  August  26th,  1870,  I  took  10  drops  of  the 
mother  tincture  in  two  oz.  of  water.  An  interesting  book 
caused  me  to  forget  my  "  dose."  The  events  of  the  night 
jogged  my  memory  very  eftectually.  Here  are  the  notes  taken 
on  the  following  morning  : — 

On  retiring  at  12  p.  m.  felt  as  well  as  ever  I  did.  Had  no 
sooner  lain  down  than  I  was  seized  with  a  fit  of  asthma.  I 
had  lain  upon  my  back  when  the  following  symptoms  super- 
vened : — Dry,  wheezing  respiration,  sense  of  impending  suffo- 
cation and  rapidly  increasing  dyspnoea.  Very  loud  musical 
whistlings  during  both  inspiration  and  expiration,  but  louder 
during  inspiration.  The  attack  soon  reached  its  acme,  and 
phlegm  began  to  come  up.  It  was  scanty,  but  each  expectora- 
tion was  attended  with  a  sensation  that  more  would  soon 
follow.  My  wife  now  observed  that  my  wheezing  was  so 
labored  as  to  make  the  whole  bed  vibrate.  Could  not  possibly 
lie  down  ;  felt  that  I  would  suffocate  if  I  did  not  sit  up. 
Phlegm  began  to  come  freer  and  more  abundantly  ;  had  a 
markedly  salty  taste,  and  felt  quite  warm  in  the  mouth.  Right 
lung  appeared  to  be  more  oppressed  than  the  left. 

When  the  worst  of  the  attack  was  over  I  lay  on  my  right 
side,  and  then  it  seemed  as  if  all  the  oppression  and  discomfort 
was  in  the  right  lung.  Shortly  after,  I  turned  over,  and  soon  it 
felt  as  if  my  left  lung  was  affected,  7vJiile  the  right  zvas  entirely 
relieved. 

It  took  a  long  time  for  me  to  "  come  to."  Had  a  constant 
desire  to  clear  the  chest  of  something,  so  that  I  could  inspire 
better.  All  the  obstruction  seemed  to  be  in  inspiration.  On 
making  a  forcible  expiration,  in  the  attempt  to  clear  the  chest, 
had  a  raw,  burning,  sore  feeling  behind  the  whole  length  of  the 
sternum,  and  in  each  lung — most  intense  behind  the  sternum. 
Slept  well  all  night.  After  rising  in  a.  m,  raised  some  loose 
phlegm  easily. 


472  ARALIA   RACEMOSA. 

I  am  inclined  to  asthma,  and  at  first  thouglit  this  one  of 
its  attacks  ;  but  as  the  phenomena  was  evolved  the  pro- 
gramme was  so  different  that  my  drink  of  Aralia  flashed  into 
memory. 

On  the  night  of  the  28th  I  was  literally  drenched  with  perspi- 
ration while  asleep.  Was  awakened  by  a  patient,  when  it 
passed  off  and  did  not  recur. 

29th.  Have  been  annoyed  all  day  by  a  dread  that  my  right 
lung  is  seriously  diseased.  Could  not  shake  ofif  the  fear. 
Cough  now  and  then,  raising  a  little  phlegm,  which  is  involun- 
tarily swallowed.  Took  10  drops  of  the  tincture  at  i  30  a.  m. 
No  symptoms  that  night.  On  rising  at  8.30,  bowels  felt  as 
they  have  done  after  a  large-sized  "  spree."  Faintly  defined 
nausea  in  throat  and  stomach,  and  sensation  in  intestines  as  if 
diarrhoea  would  set  in.  At  3.15  p.  m.  went  to  closet,  expecting, 
from  my  feelings,  a  loose  stool.  Evacuation  was  soft,  yellow, 
about  a  teaspoonful  in  quantity,  and  expelled  with  great  diffi- 
culty. Mucous  membrane  of  rectum  came  down  like  a  tumor. 
(Have  had  haemorrhoids.)  After  stool,  and  while  sitting  on 
the  "throne,"  an  aching  pain  in  the  rectum,  extending  upwards 
and  on  the  left  side. 

Feel  weak,  prostrated,  half-sick,  and  filled  with  a  vague 
nausea. 

II. 

After  having  made  this  experiment,  I  received  the  subjoined 
statement  from  the  pharmaceutist  mentioned  :— 

"  Following  a  protracted  attack  of  so-called  'suffocative 
catarrh,'  taken  in  the  army,  and  lasting  from  the  end  of  May 
to  August,  1863,  I  was  afflicted  with  a  regular  hay  fever,  which 
began  every  year  about  the  middle  of  August  and  lasted  until 
the  middle  or  end  of  October.  These  attacks  grew  worse 
from  year  to  year,  until,  finally,  the  following  symptoms  were 
regularly  presented  : — Extreme  sensitiveness  to  a  draft — the 
least  current  of  air  occasions  a  violent  fit  of  sneezing,  accom- 
panied by  a  copious  watery,  acrid  discharge  from  nostrils  and 
posterior  nares.  When  dressing  in  the  morning  the  first  fit,  so 
to  say,  would  come  on.  Between  10  and  ii  a.m.  this  attack 
subsides,  and  recommences  between  5  and  6  p.  m.,  lasting  until 
10  or  1 1 — my  usual  bed-time.  The  head  would  then  feel  stu- 
pefied and  weak  from  the  great  loss  of  fluid,  of  which  I  esti- 
mate that  rather  more  than  a  quart  is  ejected  in  twenty-four 
hours.  It  is  watery,  transparent,  of  an  acrid,  salty  taste,  and 
excoriates  nostrils,  posterior  nares  and  fauces.  Between  .11 
and  12  o'clock  I  would  wake  up  with  terribly  impeded  breath- 
ing, which  necessitated  my  immediate  sitting  up  in  bed.  I 
then  usually  dressed  and  sat  down  to  read,  knowing  by  expe- 
rience that  I  would  not  be  able  to  lie  down  again   until  2  or  3 


ARALIA   RACEMOSA.  473 

o'clock,  and  often  not  until  4  or  5  a.  m.  During  this  time 
sneezing,  spitting,  blowing  my  nose,  would  keep  me  quite  busy. 
Bending  forward  and  resting  my  elbows  on  my  knees  eased  the 
asthma  very  soon. 

"  In  the  second  stage,  or  after  the  lapse  of  two  or  three 
weeks,  the  coryza  would  cease,  and  the  whole  trouble  would 
settle  on  my  lungs,  producing  such  dyspnoea  as  to  incapacitate 
me  for  business  for  days.  Walking  up  stairs  brought  on  an 
aggravation.     Inspiration  was  more  difficult  than  expiration. 

Towards  the  end  a  cough  would  set  in,  at  first  dry  and 
wheezing  and  continuing  until  something  was  ejected.  After 
a  time  the  sputa  would  be  mixed  with  yellow,  thread-like 
pieces  of  tough  mucus,  looking  as  if  they  had  been  dislodged 
from  the  bronchial  tubes.  After  a  few  days  the  thread-like  ex- 
pectoration would  disappear,  the  sputa  becoming  softer  and 
more  easily  raised,  until,  by  the  time  the  six  or  eight  weeks  had 
expired,  only  a  disposition  to  dyspncea,  aggravated  by  cold 
weather  or  fast  walking,  would  remain  and  sometimes  continue 
until  spring. 

"  On  the  advice  of  Dr.  Drumm,  I  took  Aralia  racemosa,  10 
drops  three  or  four  times  a  day.  The  effect  was  most  gratify- 
ing. After  the  second  dose  it  felt  as  if  some  healing  balm  had 
been  poured  over  the  burning  and  excoriated  fauces,  nares  and 
nostrils,  and  the  coryza  failed  to  appear  at  its  usual  time  in  the 
evening.  I  went  to  bed,  got  up  at  11,  but  without  the  sneezing 
and  coryza  ;  had  but  slight  asthma,  and  was  able  to  lie  down 
again  in  an  hour.  Continued  the  medicine  the  next  day. 
Had  no  coryza,  did  not  get  up  at  night,  only  sat  up  in  bed 
about  twenty  minutes.  After  the  third  day  discontinued 
medicine,  as  my  whole  trouble  was  gone. 

"  Let  me  add  that,  during  the  coryza,  walking  in  the  open 
air,  on  the  sunny  side  of  the  street,  however  hot,  would  alle- 
viate ;  the  slightest  draft  aggravate.  This  sensitiveness  to 
draft,  and  aggravation  therefrom,  would  continue  throughout 
the  whole  attack.  My  appetite  was  invariably  good  ;  bowels 
regular  ;  not  much  thirst,  but  would  drink  great  quantities  at  a 
time.     Humor  excessively  irritable  and  peevish. 

"  A  ralia  tincture  must  be  made  from  the  fresh  root.  It  has 
a  yellowish-brown  color,  an  insipid,  sweetish  and  slightly  bitter 
taste.  That  from  the  dry  root  is  of  a  dark-brown  color  and 
intensely  bitter.  It  has  hardly  any  eflfect,  as  I  have  found  from 
experience." 

In  a  case  of  hay  fever,  wherein  Sabadilla  failed,  though 
seemingly  indicated,  I  gave  Aralia.  The  nasal  and  conjunc- 
tival hyperaesthesia,  hyperaemia,  and  flux  were  speedily,  almost 
wholly  relieved.  In  their  stead  came  what  the  patient  termed 
a  "  dry  phthisic,"  which  greatly  alarmed  him,  and  led   him  to 

59 


474  ■  CALABAR   BEAN. 

consult  a  physician  in  New  York.  On  my  return  the  patient 
informed  me  that  the  New  York  physician  had  said  his  hay 
fever  was  inducing  a  deep  seated  asthma^  and  that,  if  he  would 
prolong  his  days,  he  must  remove  to  an  entirely  different 
climate.  A  profound  apprehension  of  something  very  serious 
was  felt  by  this  patient  before  he  had  seen  the  "  city  doctor," 
and  this  gains  significance  in  the  light  of  my  own  similar 
symptoms. 


CALABAR  BEAN. 


[The  following  pathogenesis  of  Eseriae,  the  active  principle 
of  Calabar  was  not  found  until  too  late  for  insertion  in  its 
proper  order.  It  is  made  up  of  provings  contributed  to  the 
Massachusetts  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society,  and  rs  arranged 
by  Dr.  Lilienthal,  and  was  published  in  N.  A.  Journal  of 
Homoeopathy,  vol.  xix.,  page  2g.  A  study  of  the  two  pathogene- 
sis will  give  some  idea  of  the  powerful  action  of  this  unique 
remedy.  HALE.] 

GENERAL   SYMPTOMS. 

Pain  ceases  during  rest,  but  commences  again  during  motion  ; 
but  by  continued  motion  it  is  relieved. 

Muscular  trembling  in  different  degrees  ;  from  a  mere  tre- 
mor up  to  a  jerking  of  the  muscles. 

MORAL   SYMPTOMS   AND    HEAD. 

Constriction  of  the  forehead  and  eyes,  with  heaviness  of  the 

lids  ;  numbness  and  dizziness. 
Dizziness  and  sensation  of  wavering  in  the  brain,  when  walk- 
ing, half  an  hour  after  tea. —  H.  L.  Chase. 
Deep-seated  pain   in  the  forehead,   with  desire  to  rub  it. — 

Chase. 
Dizziness  in  walking  ;  it  requires  an  effort  of  the  will  to  keep 

from  staggering. 
Severe  pressing  pain  in  the  forehead,  as  though  something 

hard  was  bound  tightly  on  it,  accompanied  by  dizziness 

when  walking. 
Difficulty  to  concentrate  thought. — Chase. 
Confusion  of  the  head,  vertigo  with  loss  of  strength  in  the 

legs,  as  if  he  had  been  drinking. — Cullis. 
He  staggers  like  a  drunken  man,  and  goes  to  bed  with  his 

head  swimming. 
Some  headache  over  the  right  eye,  lasting  two  days.     loth 

day. — Cullis. 


CALABAR  BEAN.  475 

Strange  vertigo  at  night ;  she  holds  to  the  bedstead  to 
keep  from  falling,  and  makes  an  effort  to  shake  off  that 
feeling,  Her  whole  frame  seems  .loosened  and  power- 
less. 

Her  thoughts  wander  and  she  has  difficulty  in  fixing  her 
attention. 

FeeHng  of  constriction  around  forehead  and  temples,  chang- 
ing into  oppressive  pain  over  the  left  orbit  and  extend- 
ing to  the  forehead  and  temples,  very  troublesome  in 
reading. —  Wesselhoeft. 

Dull  weight  along  the  vertex,  mostly  on  the  left  lobe  of  the 
brain. —  Wesselhoeft. 

Feeling  of  constriction  around  the  entire  top  of  the  head,  as 
if  a  tight  cap  were  being  pressed  down  as  far  as  the 
temples,  at  the  same  time  severe  pressure  along  the 
sagittal  suture,  as  if  from  fulness  of  the  longitudinal 
sinus  and  dull  aching  in  each  temple. —  Wesselhoeft. 

Dulness  ;  was  obliged  to  make  an  extra  effort  in  speaking 
with  people. —  Wesselhoeft. 

Pressing  from  within  outwards  in  vertex  and  temples. 

During  the  forepart  of  the  day  he  has  at  times  a  feeling  of 
weakness,  though  there  was  uncommon  mental  activity. 
— Cullis. 

Sudden  attack  of  headache  with  nausea  and  bitter  rising, 
followed  by  dull  pain  under  the  sternum,  increased  by 
suddenly  turning  of  the  head,  bending  forward  or  throw- 
ing the  shoulders  forward. 

Headache  with  fulness  and  a  sense  of  faintness,  with  a  numb 
feeling  down  the  left  arm,  pulse  50  to  60  with  feeble 
impulses. 

EYES   AND   FACE. 

Sensation  of  contraction  of  eyelids  wtth  difficulty  of  open- 
ing them  and  a  suffusion  of  tears,  when  opened  wide. — 
Chase. 

Sensation  of  contraction  of  the  whole  left  side  of  the  face, 
with  slight  numbness  ;  it  required  an  effort  to  keep  the 
eyelids  open. 

Eyes  unusually  free  from  black  spots,  (curative.) 

For  three  days  attacks  of  partial  blindness,  on  attempting 
to  write  he  was  unable  to  see  a  line. 

Alternation  of  dilatation  and  contraction  of  the  pupil  from 
oscillatory  motions  of  the  pupillary  muscles,  ending  in 
permanent  contraction. — Leven. 

Nystagmus. — Leven. 

Severe  pain  in  the  right  side  of  the  upper  jaw,  like  tooth- 
ache. 


4/6  CALABAR   BEAN. 

Sensation  of  contraction  of  the  alae  nasi  and  upper  lip,  with 
frequent  desire  to  rub  them,  which  reHeved  for  a  time. 
20  minutes. — Chase. 

Tongue  feels  as  if  scalded. 

Severe  sharp  darting  pains  in  the  right  malar  bone,  and  in 
the  ramus  of  the  jaw  on  the  right  side. 

Small  boil  on  the  inside  of  the  right  nostril,  very  painful, 
the  pain  extending  up  to  the  eye  and  right  side  of  the 
head.  It  broke  on  the  fourth  day  with  very  little  dis- 
charge. 

ABDOMEN. 

Dryness  and  smarting  at  the  tip  of  the  tongue  all  day. — 
Chase. 

Numbness,  tingling  and  smarting  of  the  tongue  and  lips, 
with  a  constant  desire  to  moisten  them. 

Soreness  of  the  bowels,  painful  when  moving  about,  aggra- 
vated by  riding; 

Soreness  of  abdomen,  the  spot  is  not  larger  than  the  palm 
of  the  hand. 

Sense  of  distension  with  soreness  of  abdomen. — Chase. 

Colicky  pains  low  in  abdomen,  succeeded  by  a  copious  loose 
discharge  from  the  bowels. — Chase. 

Small  intestines  in  a  state  of  contraction,  showing  in  places 
circular  constriction,  like  internal  strangulation. 

CHEST. 

Pulsations  through  the  whole  body,  particularly  at  the  chest, 

each  beat  of  the  heart  distinctly  perceptible  in  the  chest 

and  temple. —  Wesselhceft. 
Heart's  action  retarded  with  diminished  impulse  ;  rate  56 ; 

no   abnormal   sounds,    the    radial  pulse   irregular  and 

weak. —  Wesselhceft. 
Trembling  and  convulsive  agitation  of  the  heart. — Leven. 
Respiratory  muscles  in  oscillatory  motion. — Leveti. 

URINE  AND  SEXUAL  ORGANS. 

Pain  in  the  back,  hips  and  lower  part  of  the  abdomen  ; 
thought  the  menses  were  about  to  appear,  but  this  did 
not  take  place. 

Slight  stitches  on  the  left  side  of  the  abdomen  (female). 

Dull  pain  and  downward  pressure  in  the  back,  accompanied 
by  the  appearance  of  the  menses. — Mrs.  P. 

Menses  come  on  at  the  usual  time  without  the  usual  un- 
pleasant premonitory  symptoms. — Mrs.  N. 

BACK   AND   EXTREMITIES. 
Sharp  darting  pains  in    the    right  elbow-joints,  extending 
down  the  outside  of  the  arm  to  the  two  middle  fingers. 


CALABAR  BEAN.  477 

A  numb  pain  in  the  knees  and  ankles,  while  sitting,  with  a 
desire  to  move  frequently. 

The  limbs  feel  weary,  as  after  great  fatigue,  with  a  constant 
desire  to  move. 

Itching  of  the  left  palm. 

Severe  cramp-like  pain  in  the  left  popliteal  space  ;  walking 
was  very  painful. 

Heavy  pain  in  the  back,  under  left  shoulder,  continuing 
severe  for  an  hour,  and  then  slowly  passing  away. — 
Mrs.  S. 

Sharp  twinges  in  the  right  instep,  and  various  twinging 
pains  about  tKe  body.     Half  hour. —  Wesselhceft. 

Throbbing  pains  in  the  forehead ;  worse  on  moving. — 
Wesselhceft. 

Sharp  darts  through  the  right  thumb,  at  the  root  of  the  nail, 
and  several  weaker  ones  through  the  finger  joints  of 
the  right  hand. — Mrs.  P. 

Dragging  pains  over  the  left  hip  towards  the  back. 

Slight  twinging  pains  in  the  lower  limbs,  with  sharp  momen- 
tary twinges  in  the  ankles. 

Drawing  rheumatic  pains  through  the  left  shoulder. 

Drawing  pains  low  in  the  back  and  abdomen,  with  bearing 
down,  as  if  the  menses  were  coming. 

Feeling  of  weakness,  as  though  paralyzed,  passes  downward 
from  the  occipit  through  the  back  to  the  lower  ex- 
tremities ;  the  feeling  in  the  legs  like  that  known  as 
being  asleep. — Chase. 

Slight  exertion  causes  lameness  and  weakness  of  the  back. 

SLEEP. 

After  falling  asleep  wakes  repeatedly  during  the  night  with 
terrible  thoughts.  He  fears  he  was  becoming  crazy, 
and  that  he  might  get  up  and  do  some  mischief.  He 
dreamed  that  he  was  a  lion.  Awakes  at  4  a.  m.,  with 
soreness,  not  a  pain,  in  the  left  side  of  the  abdomen, 
painful  to  pressure. 

Irresistible  desire  to  sleep. —  Wesselhceft. 

Soporific  sleep,  extremely  distressing,  paleness  of  face. — 
Wesselhceft. 

Drowsiness  in  the  forenoon,  even  while  riding  or  working. 

Profuse  perspiration  dispels  partly  the  drowsiness. 

Great  drowsiness  after  dinner  ;  sleeps  good,  and  sleeps  just 
as  well  at  night  as  if  he  had  not  slept  in  the  afternoon. 

In  the  evening  not  drowsy  as  usual,  but  wakeful. 


478  NEW  REMEDIES. 

A    CONTRIBUTION    TO    THE    PATHOGENESIS    OF 
HELONIAS   DIOICA.* 


I. 

The  perpetration  of  two  grevious  mistakes  has  long  kept  me 
from  communicating  this  paper,  and  it  is  submitted  now  by 
way  of  a  public  penance. 

It  was  while  reading  that  Helonias  "  irritates  the  kidneys  to 
the  extent  of  causing  diabetes  and  albuminuria,"  that  I  jumped 
from  my  chair  determined  to  try  if  massive  doses  would  in- 
duce such  conditions. 

The  fifteen  minim  dose  of  the  matrix  had  no  sooner  slid 
through  the  cardiac  orifice  than  it  occurred  to  me  that  I  should 
have  first  determined  the  daily  rate  of  urinary  excretion  in  my 
organism,  and  have  obtained  a  qualitative  and  a  quantitative 
analysis  thereof.  As  I  was  not  heroic  enough  to  pay  the 
penalty  of  a  "  puke,"  I  resolved  to  content  myself  with  a 
"  proving  "  which  would  be  only  a  search  for  sugar  or  albumen. 
This  is  mistake  No.  i.  The  second  is  even  more  condemn- 
able,  and  it  consists  in  this :  That  I  was  thoughtless  enough, 
no,  that  is  too  mild,  I  mean  green  enough  to  employ  an  alco- 
holic tincture  in  any  researches  affecting  the  renal  function. 
I  know  that  far  abler  than  I  have  made  this  same  mistake,  but 
I  also  know  that  their  results; represent  the  drug  plus  alcohol, 
and  good  company  fails  to  make  ^me  any  less  ashamed  of  my 
error  :  on  the  contrary,  I  stand  with  breeches  down,  and  the 
smallest  boy  in  the  school  need  not  spare  the  rod. 

I  come  now  with  my  lame  results  in  the  hope  that  even  they 
may  incite  some  one,  having  leisure,  to  do  rightly  that  which  I 
have  only  botched.  I  also  know  that  even  my  results  are  at 
the  worst  alcohol  pltis  Helonias,  and  that  they  may  afTord  a 
qualifying  comparison  for  other  research. 

When  this  experiment  was  made  I  chewed  one  ounce  of 
tobacco  daily,  and  as  I  spat  freely,  from  three  to  four  pints  of 
water  were  drank  every  day.  It  was  also  the  rule  of  my  life  to 
have  an  almost  constant  rather  copious  deposit  of  the  amorph- 
ous phosphate  of  lime.    Not  to  observe  such  a  milky  discharge 


*  Continued  from  Vol.  VIII,  p.  iy8. 


HELONIAS    DIOICA.  <7^ 

in  the  post-prandial  urine  was  the  exception.  The  urinary 
reaction  was  generally  faintly  alkaline,  sometimes  neutral,  but 
previous  to  taking  the  Helonias  I  can  not  remember  when  I 
found  an  acid  reaction  in  even  the  urina  sanguinis. 

[Pardon  a  parenthesis  while  this  alkaline  urine  and  this 
special  deposit  are  traced  to  a  cause  which  is  not,  perhaps,  so 
widely  known  as  it  should  be. 

As  an  excessive  tobacco-user,  I  was  often  puzzled  because  I 
found  *so  few  of  my  "symptoms"  in  our  pathogenesis  of 
Tabacmri.  To  be  sure,  I  can  find  the  effects  of  my  first  cigar 
vividly  detailed  therein,  but  by  far  the  greater  part  of  the 
"  misery  "  which  I  instinctively  ascribed  to  the  "  divine  herb  'J 
has  not  been  outlined  by  Noack  and  Trinks.  When  I  read 
the  effects  of  Tobacco  on  the  blood,  as  detailed  by  Richard- 
son in  his  prize  essay.  The  Cause  of  the  Coagiilatioti  of  the 
blood.  *  I  turned  to  our  proving  oi  Ammonium  carb.  and  my 
tobacco-riddle  was  quickly  resolved.  The  ammonia  of  the 
tobacco  alkalised  my  blood,  hence  the  urinary  reaction  and  the 
phosphatic  deposit.  Now  it  is  worth  while  to  think"of  Helon- 
as  in  uraemia,  for  my  urine  was  rendered  of  a  markedly  acid 
reaction  by  it  even  while  I  was  consuming  my  daily  ration  of 
tobacco.  This  fact  has  a  two-fold  suggestiveness,  first,  because 
Helonias  has  been  recommended  in  albuminuria,  and  the  re- 
lation of  this  condition  to  an  ammoniacal  blood-state  is  well 
known  :  and,  secondly,  because  Helonias  is  advised  in  anaemia 
and  chlorosis.  The  red  blood  corpuscle  presents  a  crenated 
periphery  in  ammonaical  blood,  and  if  this  fluid  be  strongly 
ammoniated,  they  break  up  into  debris,  and  even  melt  into  a 
grumous  paste.  A  priori  ov\&wo\A6.  not  expect  Helonias  to  act 
as  an  acid,  hence  chemically,  but  rather  as  a  modifier  of 
chemico-vital  operations.  Are  we  safe  then,  in  assuming  for 
Helonias  a  direct  action  upon  the  red  blood  corpuscle  .-'  That 
it  can  influence  the  blood-genetic  process  in  certain  conditions 
is  undeniable.  Of  its  efficacy  in  anaemia,  and  in  chlorosis,  I 
have  no  positive  data,  but  there  is  one  condition  of  blood 
degeneration  wherein  my  friend  Dr.  A.  P.  Macomber  of 
Hackensack,  N.  J.,  employs  it  with  unequivocal  benefit,  namely: 
in   that   profound    debility  which   follows  an  attack  of  true 


♦  Vide,  p.p.  loo,  loi,  350. 


480  HELONIAS    DIOICA. 

diphtheria.  The  "typhoid"  prostration  which  signalizes  this  dis- 
ease hints  plainly  as  to  the  condition  of  the  blood,  and  analogy 
would  lead  one  to  say  that  it  is  one  of  super-alkalinity. 
Richardson  has  noted  that  in  death  by  asphyxia  "  the  blood 
was  fluid  and  contained  a  large  excess  of  ammonia."  Finally 
Trousseau,  citing  Drs.  Millard  and  Peters,  says :  "  This  blood 
is  turbid  and  somewhat  muddy :  the  clots  formed  are  soft  and 
somewhat  resemble  the  over-cooked  juice  of  the  grape,  [re sine 
trop-cuit^Y^  It  is,  at  least,  possible,  that  a  poverty  of  the  red 
blood  corpuscles  as  a  result  of  a  super-alkalinity  of  the  san- 
guineous fluid  may  be  the  basis  of  the  debility  which  remains 
after  the  adynamic  diseases  ;  and  it  may  be  that  Helonias  will 
do  for  the  red  blood  corpuscles  what  the  researches  of  Binz 
led  one  to  believe  Cinchona,  or  its  alkaloid,  does  for  the  white 
ones,  I  am  well  aware  how  fragile  these  speculations  are,  and 
am  willing  to  hold  them  as  lightly  as  the  reader  may,  but  I 
would  emphasize  the  fact  that  Helonias  dioica  is  07ie  of  the  few 
agents  which  can  render  an  alkaline  urine  acid.] 

The  first  dose  of  Helonias  was  taken  at  4  P.  M.,  March  24th. 
At  10  A.  M.,  on  the  25th,  the  bladder  was  emptied  and  ^// the 
urine  passed  until  the  same  hour  of  the  following  day,  was  col- 
lected and  kept  in  a  cool  place.  The  specific  gravity  of  each 
separate  emission  was  taken,  and  the  mean  specific  gravity  of 
each  diurnal  cycle  was  obtained  from  a  sample  of  the  whole 
mixed  quantity. 

March  25th.     Quantity,   43^  oz.  spec.  grav.    1.020.  reaction, 
faintly  alkaline,  color  pale  yellow,  clouded  with  amorphous 
phosphates. 
26th.  46  oz.  s.  g.  1.020  reaction  etc.,  in  all  respects  like  urine 

of  25th. 
27th,   39^  oz.   s.    g.    1. 01 790.  reaction    alkaline,  amorphous 

phosphates  more  abundant. 
28th,  II  a.m.,  5  oz.  s.  g.  1.01740.  reaction,  alkaline,  amorph- 
ous phosphates  abundant.  (Henceforth  will  specify  the 
reaction  only  when  it  is  not  alkahne.)  i  p.  m.,  7^  oz.  s.  g. 
1. 01 330,  phosphates  visible  only  on  heating  urine.  3  p.  m., 
8  oz.  s.  g.  1.009,  phosphates  on  heating.  4.50,  p.  m.,  7^  oz. 
s.g.  1.00980,  no  phosphates.    Night  and  morning  urine  29  oz. 

*  CHn*cal  Medicine,  Vol.  11,  p.  536. 


HELONIAS    DIOICA.  481 

s.  g.  of  morning  emissions,  i. 01 240,  just  perceptibly 
clouded  with  phosphates.  Whole  quantity  for  24  hours 
5/1/^  oz.  mean  s.  g.  1.015. 

29th,  11.35  a-  n^->  S%  oz.  s.  g.  1.01490,  phosphates  visible  by 
heat.  I  p.  m.,  13  oz.  s.  g.  1.00880,  watery,  no  phosphates. 
2  p.  m.,  7)^  oz.  s.  g.  1.00680,  so  like  water  it  is  scarcely 
colored.  3  p.  m.,  ^}i  oz.  s.  g.  i. 01 260.  5.30  p.  m.  s^^oz.  s.  g. 
1.01560.  Clear  when  passed,  phosphates  percipitated  when  it 
had  cooled.  9.35  p.  m.,  7^  oz.  s.g.  1.02030.  7  a.  m.,  (morning 
of  next  day)  14^  oz.  s.  g.  1.01450,  no  phosphates.  Whole 
quantity,  56^4^  oz.  mean  s.  g.  i. 01650,  reactioi)  neutral. 

30th,  9.20  a.  m.,  2^  oz.  s.  g.  1. 01 870.  1 1. 1 5  a.  m.,  3  oz.  s.  g. 
1. 01940.  Phosphate  visible.  12  m.,  3^  oz.  s.  g.  1.00890. 
I  p.  m.,  9)4^  oz.  s.  g.  1.00670.  2  p.  m.,  5^  oz.  s.  g.  1.00840. 
5.15  p.m.,  4)^  oz.  s.  g.  1.01532.  On  retiring  7^oz.  s.  g. 
1.01810  :  on  rising  (31st,)  12^  oz.  s.  g.  1.018.  whole  quantity 
for  24  hours,  47}^  oz.  mean  s.  g.  1.014.  The  reaction  of  the 
9  a.  m.,  urine  was  neutral ;  that  of  11.15  a.  m.  faintly  alkaline, 
each  succeeding  emission  unmistakable  acid.  On  mixing 
the  whole  quantity  it  gave  an  acid  reaction. 

31st,  10.40  a.  m.,  zV\  oz.  s.g.  1.01690.  Reaction  neutral.  No 
phosphates.  12.20  p.  m.,  5  oz.  s.  g.  1.01950.  The  last  third 
of  the  emission  milky  with  phosphates.  3.30  p.  m.,  5  oz, 
s.  g.  1.02010.  6.30  p.  m.,  a^Yi  oz.  s.  g.  1.020.  On  retiring 
5  i/^  oz.  s.  g.  1.02430.  Morning  urine  (April  1st,)  63^  oz.  s.  g. 
1.02230:  Reaction,  strongly  acid.  Whole  quantity  24^  oz. 
Mean  s.  g.  1.02032  :     reaction  of  mixed  urines  just  acid. 

April  1st,  10.45  a.  m.,   4  oz.  s.  g.  1.01830.     Reaction,  neutral 

4.45  p.  m.   10^   oz.  s.  g.    1.01650:  phosphates   abundant; 

last  of  discharge  milky.  6  p.  m.,  8^^  oz.  s.  g.  1.01290.  Urine 

at  night,  6y%  oz.  s.  g.   1.02140.     Morning  urine,  (2v\6..)  8  oz. 

s.  g.  1.02090.     Whole  quantity,  1"]]/^^  oz.     Mean  s.  g.  1.017, 

reaction,  faintly  alkaline. 
2nd,  II  a.  m.,  4^^  oz.  s.  g.    1.01730.     11.30  a.  m.,  2^  oz.  s.  g. 

1.01910  :     phosphates  very  abundant.    2.30  p.   m.,   7^  oz. 

s.  g.  1.01850.  6.45  p.  m.,  8^  oz.  s.  g.  1.01850.    Night  9^  oz. 

s.  g.  1.015^0.     Morning,  (3rd.)  9^^  oz.  s.g.  1.01930.     Whole 

quantity,  42^-^  oz.     Mean  s.  g.  1.01716. 

60 


482  HELONIAS    DIOICA. 

3rd,  Until  4  p.  m.,  40^  oz.  s.  g.  1.00870.  6  p.  m.,  and  night 
24  oz.  s.  g.  i.oii.  Morning,  (4th.)  81/2  oz.  s.  g.  1.01650. 
Whole  quantity,  73  oz.  mean  s.  g.  1.01350.  reaction  faintly 
alkaline. 

4th,  Until  noon,  23  ^^  oz.  s.  g.  1.01170.  7.15  p.  m.,  10  I /z  oz 
s.  g.  1.01610.  Night  55^  oz.  s.  g.  1.020.  Morning,  9  oz.  s.  g, 
1.01750.     Whole  quantity,  47^  oz.     Mean  s.  g.  1.013. 

5th,  II  a.  m.,  4  oz.  s.  g.  1.01632.  Reaction,  faintly  acid.  2.30 
p.m.,  10  oz.  s.  g.  1.01530.  Reaction,  neutral,  5.30  p.m., 
6}^  oz.  s.  g.  1.016.  Reaction,  acid.  Night  5  1/2  oz.  s.  g. 
1.021.  Reaction,  acid.  Morning  1 1  oz.  s.  g.  1.01590.  Re- 
action, acid.  Whole  quantity,  36^  oz.  s.  g.  1.017.  Reaction 
acid. 

6th.  12.45  p.  m.,  7^  oz.  s.  g.  1. 01 860.  Reaction  acid,  bu 
boiling  gives  a  faint  percipitate  of  phosphates.  4.45  p.  m., 
6^  oz.  s.  g.    1. 01 470,  contains  phosphates.     Night  8}(  oz. 

'  s.  g.  1.02090.  Morning  (7th,)  11  oz.  s.  g.  1.020.  Whole 
quantity,  33^  oz.  s.  g,  1.018.     Reaction,  acid. 

I  have  given  this  monotonous  record  almost  solely  for  the 
sake  of  calling  attention  to  the  acid  reactions  which  obtained. 
The  notes  for  the  remaining  six .  days  contained  no  essential 
data ;  but  it  will  be  well  to  state  that  the  last  acid  reaction 
was  observed  in  the  morning  of  April  9th.,  after  which  time 
the  faintly  alkaline  reaction  supervened  and  continued  so  long 
as  the  urine  was  under  observation. 

The  following  tables  are  submitted  with  a  keen  regret  that 
many  of  their  data  are  so  imperfect,  and  in  hope  that  with  all 
their  incompleteness,  they  may  still  be  of  use  for  comparison 
with  future  research.  The  solids  are  calculated  from  Chris- 
tison's  formula  ;  the  urea  from  Parkes'.  Various  circumstances 
made  this  course  imperative,  and  the  conclusions  are  offered 
only  as  approximations. 


HELONIAS    DIQICA. 


483 


Table 

I. 

DATE. 

DOSES. 

Tincture. 

Resinoid, 

Marcli  24,  4  p.  m 

M. 

15 

f 

'       25,  12  m. 

<( 

30 

4  ( 

25,  3  p.  m. 

gr.        I 

26,  II  a.  m. 

grs.     2 

'       26,  4.20  p. 

m. 

"       4 

27,  3.20  p. 

m. 

"     12 

28,  10.30  a 

.  m. 

<< 

120 

'       28,  3.45  p. 

m. 

i< 

240 

29,  12  m. 

(( 

480 

'       30,  1 1  a.  rr 

1. 

<( 

540 

7  Days 

M. 

1425 

Grs.     1 9 

Table. 

II. 

DATE. 

URINE. 

OZ.  DRMS. 

SPEC.   GRAY 

UREA. 

ORS. 

March  25, 

43  4 

1.020 

530.7 

26, 

46 

1.020 

561.2 

"        27, 

39  4 

I.OI7 

390.5 

28, 

57   I 

I.OI5 

478.8 

"        29, 

56  2 

I.OI2 

281. 

"        30, 

47  4 

I.OI4 

338.5 

31, 

24  3 

1.020 

298.9 

April     I, 

37  2 

I.OI7 

372. 

2, 

42  3 

I.OI7 

423- 

"         3, 

73 

I.OI3 

4I6.I 

4, 

47  7 

I.OI3 

322.9 

5, 

36  5 

r.017 

366. 

"        6.     • 

33  5 

I.O18 

365.7 

"        7, 

33   I 

I.O16 

304.6 

"        8, 

54  5 

I.OI5 

458.6 

"        9. 

57  2 

1. 01 3 

324-9 

10, 

40  4 

I.OI8 

442. 

II, 

57  2 

1.013 

3249 

12, 

54  4 

I.OI4 

386.8 

Total. 

882.2 

7511.88 

Dail> 

r  average : 

46.347 

I.OI57I 

395-36 

484 


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HELONIAS  DIOICA.  487 

The  design  of  this  whole  experiment  was,  if  possible,  to 
induce  saccharine,  or  albuminous  urine.  From  the  specific 
gravity  it  will  be  seen  that  there  is  little  chance  of  finding 
either.  The  test  by  heat  alone  would  have  led  to  the  supposi- 
tion that  albumen  existed,  from  the  flocky  curdling  of  the 
phosphates,  but  nitric  acid  never  gave  an  albuminous  precipi- 
tate. 

The  sugar  was  sought  for  with  YQ}c\S\vi^'s,\.Qs\.  freshly  prepared 
and  invariably  with  negative  results. 

The  urine  was  carefully  examined  with  the  microscope 
throughout  the  whole  research,  and  the  results  show  that  the 
action  of  Helonias  upon  the  kidney  is  purely  functional. 
There  is  no  evidence  of  any  epithelial  desquamation,  or  degene- 
ration, and  Helonias  as  a  renal  remedy  may  be  classed  with 
Cantharides,  but  not  with  Arsenic,  or  Phosphorus.  This  con- 
clusion by  no  means  negatives  the  possible  usefulness  of 
Helonias  in  cases  of  albuminous  urine.  Renal  hyperaemia 
alone  can  give  this  condition ;  hence  the  possible  efificacy  of 
Helonias. 

So  far  as  my  experiment  is  concerned,  these  three  facts  are 
sufficient  to  justify  the  job  :  the  other  fact  that  Helonias  can 
render  a  neutral  or  an  alkaline  urine  acid  is  a  clear  gain.  The 
means  for  doing  this  are  so  few,  and  the  demand  for  doing  it 
in  overworked  business  men  is  so  frequent  that  we  may  extend 
a  welcoming  hand  to  the  Helonias  dioica.  I  think  this  end 
must  be  sought  through  the  agency  of  large  doses.  If  the 
advocates  of  the  ininifmim  dose  will  show  me  a  better  way,  I 
as  a  homoeopath  am  bound  to  accept  it.  I  know  not  such  a 
way  now,  having  vainly  sought  for  it,  and  vainly  had  it  sought 
for  in  my  own  case. 

In  endeavoring  to  estimate  the  other  very  questionable 
results  of  this  imperfect  research,  I  will  consider  the  quantity 
of  the  urine,  the  specific  gravity,  and  the  urea  eliminated. 

I  think  it  must  be  allowed  that  Helonias  is  somewhat  diuretic, 
a  daily  average  of  46.347  ounces  is  certainly  d.  plus  for  one  of 
my  stature  and  weight.  I  do  drink  water  freely,  but  I  "  chew 
tobacco,"  and  my  spittoon  will  testify  that  the  salivary  glands 
do  extra  duty.  I  think  the  primary  action  of  Helonias  is  to 
reduce  the  renal  excretion.  When  this  remedy  is  in  full  action 
the  kidneys  have  an  even  burning  feel,  and  they  ache — evi- 


4*8  HELONIAS    BI®ICA. 

dence,  I  take  it,  of  venous  congestion  :  retarded  blood-flow, 
hence  the  urinary  plus.  If  this  be  true,  then  Helonias  pro- 
mises'well  in  diabetes  insipidus. 

On  March  28th,  29th,and  30th.,  1380  minims,  in  all,  were  taken. 
A  glance  at  Table  III,  will  show  the  effect  upon  the  renal 
excretion.  It  decreases  from  57  1/2  oz.  to  24  oz.  3  drms. 
Three  days  time  are  required  with  the  doses  taken.  Then  the 
drug  is  suspended,  and  in  the  next  three  days  the  quantity  of 
urine  increases  from  24  oz.  3  drms.  to  "ji  oz. — a  plus  of  nearly 
50  oz.  On  the  following  day  it  falls  from  73  oz.  to  47  1/2. 
Such  variations  are  beyond  even  the  maximum  of  physiologi- 
cal oscillation. 

On  the  26th,  I  dined  at  12,  emptied  the  bladder  at  i  p.  m., 
and  again  at  2.  The  rate  of  excretion  was  2  1/4  oz.  in  an  hour. 
On  the  29th,  I  repeated  this  process,  and  found  the  rate  to  be 
7  1/4  oz.  in  an  hour.  On  the  latter  date,  at  12  m.,  I  had  taken 
480  minims  of  the  tincture.  Possibly  this  phenomenon  of  renal 
stimulation  may  be  ascribed  to  the  alcohol.  Consult  Simon's 
Animal  Chemistry,  Vol.  II,  p.  339.  However,  as  the  tincture 
was  diluted  with  thrice  its  quantity  of  water,  it  is  as  probable 
that  the  stimulation  is  due  to  the  Helonias. 

According  to  Bocker  and  Hammond,  alcohol  lessens  the 
water  of  the  urine,  and  this  must  be  borne  in  mind  in  estimat- 
ing the  downward  slope  of  the  quantity  line,  (Table  III,)  for 
the  29th,  30th,  and  31st.  The  decrease  begins  on  the  29th,  and 
reaches  the  minimum  on  the  31st  :  the  whole  quantity  elimi- 
nated being  128  1/8  oz.  The  increase  begins  on  April  ist, 
and  reaches  the  maximum  on  Ailrp  3rd  :  the  whole  quantity 
163  1/4  oz.  The  "  reaction  "  is  plus.  These  quantities  added, 
give  48.55  oz.  as  the  daily  mean — another //z^j.  As  a  like 
quantity  of  water  was  drank  daily,  and  as  no  change  in  the 
temperature  of  the  weather  occurred  to  explain  this //«j- by 
skin-action,  I  am  disposed  to  ascribe  it  to  the  drug. 

If  we  assume  45  oz.  as  my  daily  rate  of  excretion,  which  is 
certainly  liberal,  we  shall  find  that  nine  of  the  nineteen  days 
give  a  quantity  below  this,  while  the  remaining  ten  are  above 
it.  The  nine  minimum  days  give  as  a  total  350^  oz.  which  is 
38  T,l  10  oz.  per  diem.  The  ten  maximum  days  give  551 3/^  oz. 
55  13/100  oz.  daily.  If  we  take  enough  from  the  maximum, 
ten  day's  quantity,  to  bring  the  minimum  nine  day's  quantity 


HELONIAS    DIOICA.  489 

up  to  the  mean  of  450Z.  per  dietn   we  still  have  left  z.  plus  of 
46^02. 

That  Helonias  is  a  diuretic  in  the  same  sense  as  Apocynunr 
cannabinum,  I  am  not  prepared  to  affirm — that  it  is  a  renal 
stimulant,  I  think  may  be  safely  assumed.  Let  not  the  term 
stimu/ant  mis\ea.d.  The  Helonias  renal  stimulation  is  a  condi- 
tion of  debility — venous  paresis,  the  result  of  previous  arterial 
tonic  contraction.  * 

Helonias  lowers  the  specific  gravity.  A  mean  of  1.01571  for 
nineteen  consecutive  days  is  not  normal.  Suppose  that,  on 
account  of  the  experimenter's  sedentary  habits,  we  assume 
1. 01 8  as  the  normal  specific  gravity  of  his  urine,  we  then  find 
that  under  the  Helonias  action  it  is  for  fourteen  days  of  the 
nineteen  below  this,  and  that  for  seven  of  these  fouteen  days  it 
is  at  i.oi4for  two,  1.013  for  three,  and  i.oi2fortwo.  A  glance 
at  Table  HI,  will  show  that  the  depression  of  the  specific 
gravity  is  not  directly  dependent  upon  the  quantitity  of  urine 
excreted.  On  different  days  we  have  73.572  and  47.7  oz, 
each  of  1.013  s.  g.  46,43.4  and  24.3  oz.  of  1.020;  42.3,  39.4 
37.2  and  36.5  oz.  of  1.017.  The  consideration  of  this  leads 
us  to  the  urea. 

It  is  in  regard  to  this  substance  that  I  feel  most  keenly  my 
lack  oi positive  data.  In  lieu  thereof  I  can  only  state  explicitly 
how  the  approximative  urea  quantities  of  Table  II,  were 
obtained,  and  leave  the  reader   to  judge  of  their  validity. 

Prof.  Haughton  has  published  tables  by  means  of  which  the 
urea  is  determined  from  the  mean  specific  gravity  of  the 
whole  quantity  of  urine  eliminated  in  twenty-four  hours.  + 
His  method  is  inapplicable  to  any  urine  containing  albumen 
or  sugar ;  and  as  I  was  confident  of  their  absence  in  the 
Helonias  urine,  I  followed  his  formula. 

This  result  was  tested  by  Parker's  "  Empirical  Foemula  :  " 
the  weight  of  the  individual  x  3.53  =  "  physiological  amount  " 
of  urea  he  will  excrete  in  24  hours.  My  mean  then  would  be 
1 12x3.53  =  395.36  grains. 

It  is  a  curious  coincidence  that  this  quantity  should  exactly 

*  For  the  most  plausible  hypothesis  yet  offered  in  explanation  of  the 
rationale  of  this,  I  refer  the  reader  to  the  Monthly  Microscopical  Review 
Vol.  VIII,  p.  4  :  Vol.  VIII,  p.  173.      ■ 

+  Dublin  Quarterly  Journal  of  Medical  Science,  Vol.  XXVII,  p.  374. 
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490  HELONIAS    DIOICA. 

equal  that  noted  as  the  daily  average  in  Table  II ;  but  in 
applying  Parker's  formula  I  deem  it  necessary  to  make  his 
specified  deduction  of  one-eighth  fpr  moderate  diet.  Therefore, 
395.36 — 49.42,  =  345.94  grs,  my  probable  daily  rate  or  "  physio- 
logical amount."  As  the  daily  average,  according  to  Table  II, 
exceeds  this  "physiological  amount"  by  nearly  50  grains /^r 
diem,  one  would  say  that  the  primary  action  of  Helonias  is  to 
increase  the  elimination  of  urea.  A  glance  at  Table  II,  will 
show  that  on  only  seven  of  the  nineteen  days  did  the  urea  fall 
below  the  daily  rate  of  345.94  grains ;  and  the  greatest  minus 
will  be  found  to  coincide  with  the  days  in  which  a  great 
amount  of  alcohol  was  taken.  In  three  days,  28th,  29th,  30th, 
1380  minims  of  tincture  were  drank,  and  in  the  urine  of  the  29th, 
30th,  and  31st,  the  effect  of  the  alcohol  is  shown  in  a  minus  of 
130.58  grs.  of  urea.  On  twelve  of  the  nineteen  days  there  is  a 
phis  of  urea  which  extends  from  9.76  to  215.26  grs.  daily.  So 
far,  then,  as  these  data  go  we  must  believe  that  Helonias, 
primarily  increases  the  elimination  of  urea. 

Now  let  me  say  that  if  ever  an  argument  is  wanted  for  small 
doses  in  proving  this  very  Helonias  job  is  a  contribution  in 
that  direction.  The  quantities  I  took  were  an  outrage  upon 
my  organism,  and  the  action  of  Helonias  may  not  be  determin- 
ed from  such  doses.  We  have  just  reached  the  seeming  con- 
clusion that  Helonias  increases  the  elimination  of  urea,  but  / 
believe  this  to  be  a  fallacy  which  is  due  solely  to  the  size  of  the 
dose. 

In  my  day-book  (this  Journal,  Vol.  VII,  p,  181)  I  wrote; 
"  In  the  latter  end  of  May  I  became  '  bilious,'  sleepy  during 
the  day,  head  dull  and  stupid,  poor  appetite,  food  had  no  taste 
etc."  This  I  take  to  have  been  the  action  of  Helonias,  and  at 
this  time  an  examination  of  the  urine  would  have  shown  a 
minus  of  urea.  Let  this  remedy  be  proven  in  dilutions,  say 
6th  to  30th,  and  I  am  confident  that  a  urea-minus  will  be 
demonstrated  by  quantitative  analysis. 

Taken  in  equal  quantities  Helonias  dioica  is  the  direct 
opposite  of  Thea  chinensis,  Coffea,  and  Erythroxylon  coca.  In 
their  primary  action  they  retard  the  disintegrative  processes  ; 
Helonias  dioica  does  the  same  secondarily. 

IV. 

Will  Helonias  dioica  find  a  place  in  the  treatment  of  Bright's 


MELONIAS    DIOICA.  49 1 

disease  ;  in  albuminuria,  in  diabetes  mellitus  ?  This  experiment 
certainly  failed  to  educe  sugar  ;  indeed,  the  specific  gravity- 
tended  to  recede  from  rather  than  approximate  that  of  sacchar- 
ine urine.  The  urinary  flux  seems  to  have  been  that  of  venous 
hypersemia,  and  at  the  farthest  I  should  feel  disposed  to  rely 
upon  this  remedy  only  in  D.  insipidus  dependent  upon  con- 
gestion of  the  lower  third  of  the  medulla  spinalis. 

Albumen  was  also  sought  for  in  vain,  but  perhaps  a  venous 
congestion  wie  degree  de plus  would  have  given  that  as  a  result- 
ant. With  Helonias  subjective  symptoms  I  should  most  con- 
fidently rely  upon  it  despite  this  objective  hiatus. 

In  Bright's  disease  with  desquamated  epithelia  and  "casts," 
I  would  not  dare  to  venture  with  it.  The  urea-mittus  in 
Helonias  urine  is  not  traceable  to  impaired  renal  function  ;  it 
is  a  result  of  an  impeded  tissue  disintegration,  and  this  con- 
dition is  not  to  my  knowledge,  an  element  in  the  etiology  of 
Bright's  disease.  I  doubt  if  a  tendency  to  Bright's  disease  is 
detected'  early  enough  to  warrant  a  resort  to  Helonias  and  yet 
I  can  conceive  of  a  condition,  a  pre-desquamative  stagewherein, 
from  subjective  symptoms,  I  should  employ  it.  It  was  lately 
my  lot  to  diagnosticate  morbus  Brightii  in  one  very  near  to 
me.  [It  followed  an  intermittent  fever  which  was  treated  with 
Lycopod.  200 ;  and  in  my  poor  opinion,  the  aegis  of  an  anti- . 
psoric  is  vulnerable,  and  the  sulphate  of  Quinine  isn't  half  as 
black  a  devil  as  some  of  my  best  friends  have  painted  it.] 
Under  a  course  of  Arsenicum  the  cell-elements  disappeared 
from  the  urine.  Then  Helonias  was  exhibited  for  the  follow- 
ing symptoms  :  restlessness,  constant  "  fidgetty  "  desire  to  be 
doing  something,  low  spirits,  burning  aching  in  lumbar  spine, 
frequent  profuse  urination,  urine  pale  yellow,  s.  g.  1.013,  re- 
action faintly  acid  ;  obliged  to  get  up  two  or  three  times  every 
night  to  urinate,  debility,  easily  fatigued,  palpitation  from 
going  up  stairs  ;  she  feels  her  weakness  less  when  she  is  at 
work  ;  evenings,  a  sensation  as  if  a  cold  wind  was  blowing  up 
the  limbs  from  the  heel  to  each  popliteal  space,  appetite  poor, 
bowels  relaxed  but  not  to  diarrhoea,  sleep  s'omewhat  difficult 
and  not  refreshing."  The  improvement  under  Helonias  is 
gradual  but  unmistakeable.  In  a  similar  ante-desquamative 
state  I  should  feel  justified  in  relying  upon  this  remedy. 

I  have  said  in  the  introduction  to  this  paper  that  it  is  worth 


492  HELONIAS    DIOICA. 

while  to  think  of  Helonias  in  uraemia,  and  I  must  confess  that 
I  lack  the  knowledge  to  either  withdraw,  or  else  to  emphasize 
the  hint.  From  my  interpretation  of  the  action  of  Helonias 
in  decreasing  the  elimination  of  urea,  I  should  expect  this 
drug  to  produce  uraemia  not  from  epithelial  degeneration,  but 
by  the  pressure  resulting  from  intense  venous  congestion. 
Now  Helonias  could  be  of  use  here  only  secondarily — that  is 
by  reducing  the  congestion  it  would  remove  the  condition 
giving  urea  in  the  blood.  But  remedies  which,  as  a  result  of 
their  action,  induce  that  chemico-vital  accident,  uraemia,  are 
not  necessarily  indicated  in  the  uraemic  explosion.  Then  we 
have  had  the  conversion  of  urea  into  carbonate  of  ammonia, 
and  that  Helonias  may  act  beneficially  in  an  alkaline  blood  con- 
dition is  simply  a  hint  which  I  can  neither  retract  nor  sub- 
stantiate. God  knows  that  in  such  an  hour  of  fiery  trial  we 
need  every  hint,  and  I  submit  this  poor  thing,  born  of  analogy, 
with  a  humility  which  I  learned  when  I  had  to  give  my  own 
child  back  to  God. 

Helonias  changed  my  own  tobacco-alkalised  blood.  I  think 
not  chemically,  as  acid  and  alkaline,  but  by  a  so-called  cataly- 
sis. In  uraemia  a  catalytic  change  is  the  only  anchor  of  our 
hope,  and  this  remedy  has  shown  itself  capable  of  this  in  the 
instance  given. 

I  am  disposed  to  think  that  the  grand  sphere  of  Helonias 
action  is  to  be  found  in  the  trophic  nerves  of  the  vegetative 
system,  hence  it  acts  upon  the  sluice-gates  of  nutrition.  It  is 
never  a  direct  tissue-irritant  like  Arsenic.  Its  mode  of  action 
can  be  best  conceived  by  considering  the  difference  between  a 
gastritis  produced  by  Belladonna,  and  one  brought  on  by 
Arsenic  :  the  first  is  induced  remotely  through  the  circulation  ; 
the  other  directly  in  the  tissues. 

In  its  action  on  the  medulla  spinalis  we  have  only  conges- 
tion from  vaso-motor  paresis.  It  probably  differs  from  Nux 
vomica  in  lacking  the  haemorrhage  which  attends  that  drug. 

In  the  nutrition  change  effected  by  it,  I  incline  to  the  opinion 
that  it  influences  blood-genesis.  Its  value  in  post-diphtheritic 
debility,  anaemia,  and  in  chlorosis  hint  that  we  shall  probably 
be  safe  if  we  look  in  the  direction  of  the  red  blood-corpuscle 
as  the  theatre  of  its  action. 

When  we  survey  its  whole  field  of  action  we  are  led  to  con- 
clude that  its  primary  effects  are  upon  the  blood  qtmtttitatively 
through  the  trophic  nerves  ;  that  its  secondary  and  lasting 
effects  are  upon  the  blood  qualitatively  through  nutrition 
change. 

It  asks  a  real  proving  from  those  who  are  capable,  and  when 
the  organism  is  interrogated  with  doses  that  luill  be  tolerated, 
the  replies  will  give  a  proud  place  to  Helonias  dioica. 

S.  A.  JONES. 


NEW  REMEDIES.  493 

LYCOPUS    VIRGINICUS. 

A    PROVINO    Br  DR.    MORRISSOM.  * 


Preparation. — American  mother  tincture.  The  officinal  pre- 
paration is  a  tincture  of  the  whole  plant.  The  full  botanical 
description  of  this  plant  (which  is  commonly  called  bugle 
week,  Paul's  betony,  or  water  horchound),  may  be  found  in 
Hale's  Nczv  Remedies,  2nd  edition. 

State  of  Health. — Usually  good,  though  not  robust.  For 
the  last  nine  years  (since  residing  in  England),  tendency  to 
rheumatic  pains,  with  slightly  depressed  cardiac  action.  The 
oppression  of  crowded  rooms  induces  faintness.  For  about  a 
week,  tendency  to  diarrhoea.  Slight  attacks  of  spasm  of  the 
intercostals,  which  have  troubled  me  for  about  a  month  ;  con- 
sequent on  the  effects  of  arsenical  wall-paper.  Depression  of 
vital  energy,  from  a  long  strain  of  work. 

Examiner  s  i?^(?r/ (by  a  hospital  physician). — "Impulse  of 
heart  rather  feeble.  Percussion  shows  that  the  heart  is  of 
natural  size.  There  is  a  distinct  systolic  basic  murmur  heard 
at  the  second  left  interspace,  which  I  have  no  doubt  is  haemic. 
The  first  sound  at  the  apex  is  not  good,  and  rather  murmurish. 
Occasional  intermissions  in  the  heart's  beats." 

Clinical  Observations. — Pulse  70  (sitting)  ;  temp.  36.4O  C.  ; 
resps.  20.  Urine  clear,  bright  (even  after  standing  the  whole 
night)  ;  acid  ;  sp.  gr.  1012  ;  free  from  albumen. 

Proving. — Sept.  5th,  1872,  -10  p.  m.,  Lycopus  m-K-d.  Within 
fifteen  mins.  slight  pain  in  the  left  frontal  eminence,  quickly 
transferred  to  right  ;  then  ceasing,  and  returning  in  both  ;  suc- 
ceeded by  slight  burning  on  right  side  at  back  of  palate,  last- 
ing fully  ten  minutes.  I  append  pulse-tracing  as  taken  by  the 
sphygmograph.  The  indications  are  those  of  fairly  healthy 
action. 


Sept.  6th,  10  a.  m.,  mx-6.  No  effects.  2  p.  m.,  mx-d. 
Within  five  mins.  oppressed  feeling  in  brain,  succeeded  by 
subacute  pain  an  inch  below  and  to  outer  side  of  left  nipple, 
quickly  subsiding  :  twenty  mins.  after  taking,  dull  pain  in  both 
frontal  eminences  ;  succeeded  by  slight  return  of  subacute 
pain  at  apex  of  heart.  10  p.m.,  mxv-d.  Within  ten  mins. 
distinct  sensation  of  rawness  at  back  of  palate  on  right  side, 
extending  over  to  left.  Pulse  72,  sitting  ;  temp.  36.  30  C.  Urine 
clear,  acid  ;  sp.  gr.  1016;  free  from  albumen.  « 

•  British  Monthly  Homoeopathic  Review,  Dec.  1,  1872. 


494  Lycopus   virginicus. 

7th,  Sept.  10  a.  m.,  m-s.-K.-d.  Twenty  mins.  after,  slight  raw- 
ness at  back  and  on  r.  side  of  palate.  2  p.  m.,  ;;zxx-^.  Within 
five  mins.  slight  burning  in  palate  ;  slight  obtusion  of  intellect, 
with  dull  aching  through  sinciput.  lo  p.  m,,  mxx-d.  Slight 
burning  on  r.  side  of  palate,  in  usual  spots.  Pulse  76  ;  action 
fairly  regular.     Tracing  appended. 


y^. 


-/\    ^--^     ^.^\ 


8th,  Sept.  10  a.  m.,  7nxx-d.  Within  fifteen  mins.  frontal 
headache,  succeeded  by  burning  in  usual  spot  of  palate.  1 1 
a.  m.,  sharp  pain  in  usual  spot,  lasting  several  minutes.  2 
p.  m.,  mxxv-d.  During  afternoon,  pressive  frontal  headache, 
relieved  by  a  current  of  air,  returning  on  entering  house.  7 
p.  m„  cardiac  oppression,  lasting  an  hour ;  pulse  80,  standing, 
with  distinct  intermissions ;  tendency  to  toothache  in  r.  lower 
molars  (sound  teeth)  ;  succeeded  by  subacute  pain,  first  in  left 
then  in  right  frontal  eminence. 

9th,  Sept.  9  a.  m.,  mxxx-d.  3  p.  m.,  subacute  pain  in  both 
frontal  eminences  ;  succeeded  by  frontal  headache.  9  p.  m., 
marked  cardiac  oppression  ;  pulse  80,  sitting,  with  distinct 
intermissions  ;  sighing  and  yawning  ;  unsteadiness  of  hands, 
rendering  writing  somewhat  diflficult;  strange  sensation,  extend- 
ing up  oesophagus  and  locating  in  pharynx.  10.10  p.  m.,  feeling 
of  unsteadiness  in  walking  ;  continuous  subacute  adiing  in 
frontal  eminences,  especially  left  ;  tendency  to  toothache,  first 
in  r.  molars  (sound  teeth),  then  transferred  to  left  (sound  teeth). 
10,15  p.m.,  mxxx-d.  Within  half-an-hour,  subacute  pain  in 
left  frontal  eminence,  and  in  pharynx,  latter  increased  by 
deglutition;  pulse,  sitting,  66;  temp.  35.90  C;  resps.  19. 
Urine,  for  the  first  time,  exhibits  a  cloudy  deposit  ;  acid  ;  sp. 
gr.  1021  ;  free  from  albumen.     Pulse-tracing  appended. 


loth,  Sept.  Retired  at  2  a.  m.  On  lying  down,  cardiac 
depression,  with  dull,  heavy  beating,  lasting  several  minutes. 
Awoke  before  8  ;  sleep  dreamy  and  disturbed  (not  restless). 
On  rising,  continuous,  dull,  frontal  headache  ;  not  relieved  by 
cold  affusion,  slightly  relieved  by  strong  pressure.  10  a.  m., 
mxxx-d.  Return  of  tremulous  feeling  in  hands,  while 
writing,  lasting  several  minutes.  During  day,  dull  pressive 
frontal  headache ;  occasional  "subacute  pains  in  left  frontal 
eminence,  10  p.  m.,  mxl-d.  Within  ten  mins.  general 
feeling  of  oppression,  inducing  me  to  sit  down ;  sharp 
rhAimatoid  pain  from  left  knee  to  ankle  ;  quickly  settling  in 
loins  (lumbago.'') ;  then  accompanied  by  sharp  darting  pains  in 


LYCOPUS    VIRGINICUS.  495 

left  thumb  :  succeeded  by  acute  pain  in  nape  of  neck  (cervical 
muscles  ;  pressive  frontal  headache,  with  acute  pain  in  cere- 
brum from  the  succussion  of  walking.  Pulse  not  perceptibly- 
altered.  1 1.30  p.  m.,  steady  subacute  pain  in  cervical  muscle.s, 
more  to  left  side  ;  subacute  pain  in  left  frontal  eminence. 
Pulse  74,  sitting  and  standing,  varying  in  volume.  Examiner's 
Report. — "  Haemic  murmur  lessened  ;  apex  murmurishness 
imperceptible ;  pulsation  stronger,  70  standing  and  lying. 
Otherwise  nothing  special." 

nth,  Sept.  Slept  better  last  night.  Awoke  at  6.30.  On 
waking,  noticed  intermittent  character  of  cardiac  pulsation  ; 
intermissions  at  7th,  8th,  6th,  21st,  9th,  23rd,  and  88th  beats. 
A  few  minutes  subsequently, ,  intermissions  between  6th  and 
15th  beats;  later,  the  heart  beats  regularly  at  70  (lying). 
Before  rising  was  free  from  headache,  which  immediately 
slightly  returned ;  not  relieved  by  cold  affusion.  10  a.  m., 
mx\-d.  Pulse  at"  first  steadier  ;  then  frequent  intermissions ; 
increased  headache.  1 1  a  m.,  subacute  pain  in  both  temples. 
12.15  P-  f"-'  P'^'^  of  temples  transferred  to  cerebellum  seems  of 
a  congestive  character  ;  subacute  pain  at  apex  of  heart,  of 
short  duration  ;  rheumatoid  pain  in  calves  of  legs,  especially 
left ;  succeeded  by  acute  rheumatoid  loin  pain,  extending  to 
lower  dorsal  region  ;  acute  pain  at  seventh  cervical  vertebra  ; 
pain  from  cerebellum  transferred  to  temples — more  acute. 
12.45,  congestive  P'^"^  '"  occiput,  without  mitigation  of  tem- 
poral aching ;  constant  severe  lumbar  aching ;  slight  rheu- 
matoid pain  in  left  supra-scapular  mu.scles ;  general  feeling  of 
weakness  and  weariness.  Pulse  76,  sitting  and  standing. 
2.30  p.  m.,  flying  muscular  pains,  with  persistent  aching  in  loins 
and  occiput,  increased  by  movement ;  not  lessening,  as 
formerly,  after  meal.  Depression  of  vital  power.  6.30  p.  m., 
By  4  o'clock  pains  had  almost  left,  but  after  exertion  of  run- 
ning up  stairs  returned  sharply  ;  first  in  lumbar  region  ;  then 
in  left  [eg,  extending  up  thigh  ;  afterwards  in  right  leg,  with 
increased  weakness  and  weariness;  flying  pains  in  various  parts; 
eyes  feel  weak,  as  if  the  system  were  much  over-fatigued ;  symp- 
toms not  lessened  by  the  evening  meal.  Pulse  y2,  sitting  and 
standing,  with  occasional  intermissions.  10  p.  m.,  (no  medicine,  . 
owing  to  severity  of  symptoms),  pulse  6S,  regular,  sitting  ;  74, 
irregular,  standing  ;  temp.  36.20  C.  ;  resps.  19.  Urine  exhibits 
cloudy  deposits;  acid;  sp.  gr.  1016 :  fre&  from  albumen, 
phosphaces,  lithates,  and  sugar.  Microscopic  examination 
.shows  mucus,  epithelial  cells,  and  very  minute  crystals.  Since 
commencing  proving,  bowels  have  acted  regularly  twice  a  day  ; 
motions  papescent  or  watery  till  to-day  ;  now  dedidedly  con- 
stipated. 

1 2th,  Sept.     Retired  last  night  at   11;  slept  well  till  day- 


496  LYCOPUS    VIRGINICUS. 

light  ;  then  awoke  (quite  unusual),  and  had  light  dreamy 
sleep  after.  Before  rising,  free  from  pain  ;  immediately  after, 
rheumatoid  aching  in  right  scapular  muscles,  10.50  a.  m., 
pain  in  scapular  muscles  continues  ;  feel  otherwise  well.  m\-6. 
Within  ten  mins.  dull  frontal  headache  ;  pain  in  lower  molars, 
transferred  to  right.  During  day,  rheumatoid  pain,  commenc- 
in  left  calf  and  finishing  in  right ;  lumbar  pain  ;  frontal  head- 
ache ;  occipital  pain  ;  flying  pains ;  general  malaise.  All 
symptoms  much  less  marked  than  yesterday.  1 1  p.  m.,  pulse 
72,  sitting  and  standing  ;  62  to  66  lying  ;  irregular  and  inter- 
mittent, specially  so  when  lying ;  quickened  by  each  inspira- 
tion. Bowels  have  acted  twice  to-day  ;  motions  loose,  light  in 
color.  Urine  shows  deposit  of  mucus,  even  while  cooling  ; 
acid  ;  sp.  gr.  1012. 

13th,  Sept.  Did  not  sleep  as  soundly  as  usual.  On  awak- 
ine,  slight  aching  in  left  calf,  quickly  transferred  to  right  ; 
slight  aching  down  left  forearm.  After  rising,  cardiac  distress, 
scarcely  amounting  to  pain,  most  marked  at  apex.  10  a.  m., 
ml-d  (new  tincture).  Within  twenty  minutes  frontal  oppres- 
sion ;  with  trembling  weakness  of  hands  ;  return  of  rawness  at 
back  of  palate  on  right  side.  During  afternoon,  return  of 
lumbar'aching,  most  marked  on  left  side ;  frontal  headache  ; 
pains  in  limbs  ;  general  malaise.  Evening,  lumbar  aching  ; 
occasional  pains  in  legs,  especially  left  ;  slight  pain  in  molars, 
passing  from  right  to  left  ;  pulse  72,  lying,  sitting  and  standing, 
quickened  by  each  inspiration  ;  temp.  36.30  C. ;  resps.  19. 
Urine  shows  deposit  of  mucus,  while  cooling  ;  acid  ;  sp.  gr.  on 
passing,  loio  ;  after  standing,  1014.  Motion  to-day  slimy,  of 
a  peculiarly  shining  dark-brown  color.  Examiner's  Report. — 
"  Pulsation  scarcely  perceptible  to  touch  ;  haemic  murmur  again 
distinct ;  apex  murmurishness  again  perceptible.  Pulse  72, 
sitting  and  standing.  All  symptoms  increased  by  movement 
in  lying  down  or  standing  up."  Evening,  cardiac  action 
regular  ;  pulse  74,  not  intermittent.     Pulse-tracing  appended. 


14th,  Sept.  Awoke  at  5,  after  dreamy,  though  not  restless 
sleep.  Pulse  74;  intermissions  at  7th,  7th,  nth,  31st,  loth, 
and  20th  beats.  Slept  indifferently  till  8  ;  then  awoke  free 
from  pain  or  ache.'  Pulse  72,  not  intermittent.  10  a.m.,  pulse 
74  lying  and  sitting ;  82  standing  ;  general  debility,  mlx-d. 
Within  ten  mins.  severe  lumbar  aching ;  frontal  headache ; 
pulse  82  sitting ;  86  standing ;  irregular  and  intermitting. 
Five  mins.  later,  subacute  pain  at  apex,  extending  to  third  left 
interspace.  Later,  cessation  of  frontal  headache ;  succeeded 
by  occipital  aching,  and  subacute  pain  in  fifth  right  interspace, 


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each  quickly  abating ;  succeeded  by  return  of  aching  pain  in 
temples  ;  loin  pain  persists.  1 1  a.  m.,  pulse,  sitting  72  ;  stand- 
ing 82;  accasional  intermissions.  12  noon,  loin  pain  and 
temporal  headache  persist  ;  slight  pain  at  apex  ;  rheumatoid 
pains,  especially  left  leg  and  forearm.  During  afternoon, 
sharp  aching  in  right  leg,  not  relieved  by  friction  ;  .short  ach- 
ings  in  varions  parts,  left-sided  predominating.  Night,  pulse 
74 ;  temp.  36.40  C.  Urine  shows  deposit  of  mucus  ;  acid  ; 
sp.  gr.  fresh,  10 12,  on  cooling,  1016  ;  free  from  albumen. 

15th,  Sept,  On  awaking  at  6.30,  pleurodynia,  from  third  to 
seventh  left  interspace  ;  with  acute  pain  at  apex  of  heart ; 
with  contraction  of  intercostal  muscles  ;  increased  by  lying  on 
right  side;  lasting  till  10  a.  m.  ;  pulse  68,  with  oppressed 
cardiac  action.  11  a.  m.,  m\xxx-d.  Within  half  an  hour, 
sharp  pain  in  right  lower  molars,  passing  to  right  temple,  then 
to  left  lowar  molars,  then  to  left  temple,  then  returning  to 
right  lower  molars,  then  settling  in  loins ;  with  frontal  oppres- 
sion. Later,  pains  at  apex  of  heart,  in  left  wrist,  left  leg,  right 
leg,  nape  of  neck,  and  loins,  passing  off  quickly  ;  not  relieved 
by  friction.  Palpitation  on  slight  exertion  ;  general  malaise. 
Evening,  congestive  pain  in  nape  of  neck,  with  severe  con- 
tinuous lumbar  and  dorsal  pain,  worse  towards  left  side.  10.50 
p,  m.,  pulse  lying,  60  ;  sitting,  66 ;  standing,  80,  regular. 
Urine  less  clouded;  acid;  sp.  gr.  fresh,  1012  ;  on  cooling, 
1018, 

1 6th,  Sept.  On  awaking  at  6.30,  labored  cardiac  pulsa- 
tion ;  pulse  62.  10  a.  m.,  pulse  72  sitting ;  82  standing,  mc-6. 
Within  an  hour,  dull  pressive  frontal  headache;  pulse  76 
sitting;  80  standing;  aching  across  loins.  12  noon,  while 
sitting,  strong  bearing-down  in  left  inguinal  canal,  as  if  hernia 
would  protrude  ;  with  acute  pain  on  walking  ;  relieved  by  up- 
ward pressure  on  external  ring  ;  lasting  about  fifteen  minutes. 
Afternoon,  slight  pains  in  various  parts,  left-sided  predominat- 
ing, ,  Evening,  restless  activity,  ready  for  any  amount  of  work  ; 
slight  aching  in  left  lower  molars  (sound  teeth).  9.30  p.  m., 
bearing-down  in  right  inguinal  canal,  with  subacute  pain  when 
walking  ;  relieved  by  upward  pressure  on  external  rings  ;  re- 
turning when  pressure  is  removed  ;  lasting  fully  two  hours  ; 
with  severe  loin  pain,  most  marked  to  right  of  spine,  lasting 
till  retiring.  During  day  thei^e  has  been  subacute  pain  at  apex 
of  heart;  afterwards  at  fourth  left  interspace.  Urine  less 
clouded;  acid;  sp.  gr.  fresh,  1008;  on  cooling,  1012  ;  free 
from  albumen. 

17th,  Sept.     Awoke  at  daylight,  and  slept  but  indifferently 
after.     On  awaking   free   from    pain.     On  rising,  aching   re- 
turned   in   both    inguinal    canals  ;  increased  by  walking  ;  re- 
lieved by  upward  pressure  on  external  rings  ;  sharp  aching  in 
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498  LYCOPUS     VIRGINICUS. 

left  lower  molars  (sound  teeth).  lo  a.  m.,  mcxx-d.  Pulse  im- 
mediately steadied  ;  soft,  regular  ;  y6  sitting ;  84  standing. 
Within  half  an  hour,  sharp  aching  in  left  lower  molars;  ac- 
companied by  fronto-occipital  headache  ;  return  of  lumbar 
aching,  i  p.  m.,  subacute  superficial  pain  at  third  left  inter- 
space, near  sternum,  becoming  acute  on  moving,  lasting  fully 
ten  mins.  passing  to  mid-sternum  ;  continuous  aching  along 
inguinal  canals,  most  marked  on  right  side,  obliging  me  to 
walk  cautiously  ;  continuous  loin  pain.  Pulse  70  sitting  ;  yy 
standing.  Afternoon,  severe  continuous  lumbar  aching  ;  pain- 
ful stiffness  in  left  infra-maxillary  region,  extending  to  nape 
of  neck,  interfering  with  movement  of  head  ;  slight  tenderness 
in  inguinal  canals.  Evening,  continued  tenderness  in  inguinal 
canals  ;  pulse  70,  jerking  ;  temp.  36.10  C.  ;  urine  less  clouded  ; 
acid;  sp.  gr.  fresh,  1014 ;  on  cooling,  1017.  Pulse-tracing 
appended.     In  this,  the  jerking  character  is  well  expressed. 


1 8th,  Sept.  No  medicine.  During  morning,  sharp  aching 
down  right  tibia,  causing  lameness,  not  relieved  by  friction  ; 
achings  in  various  parts,  especially  left  lower  molars  and  loins; 
general  malaise.  Bowels  acted  this  morning  only ;  motion 
shiny,  of  a  peculiar  greyish  brown,  as  if  mixed  with  ashes. 
Night,  pulse  58  lying  ;  70  sitting  ;  72  standing  ;  temp.  36.10  C. 
Urine  slightly  clouded  ;  acid  ;  sp.  gr.  fresh,'^i007  ;  on  cooling, 

lOIO. 

19th,  Sept.  On  awaking,  spasms  of  right  intercostals ; 
slight  aching  down  right  ingufnal  canal.  10  a.  m.,  pulse  70 
sitting  ;  78  standing.  3iij-^.  Within  five  mins.  sharp  aching 
in  nape  of  neck,  left  side  ;  soon  transferred  to  right  frontal 
eminence.  Later,  pulse  very  feeble,  quickened;  78  sitting; 
86  standing  ;  irregular.  Acute  pain  in  inner  muscles  of  left 
calf,  with  straining  and  lameness  ;  acute  flying  pains  to  right 
of  middle  dorsal  region,  in  nape  of  neck,  frontal  eminences, 
left  wrist,  left  lower  molars  (sound  teeth),  lumbar  region,  and 
again  in  nape  of  neck.  1 1  a.  m.,  distressed  feeling  in  cerebel- 
lum ;  sharp  achings  in  various  parts ;  acute  superficial  pain  at 
third  and  fourth  left  interspaces ;  continuous  lumbar  pain,  not 
increased  by  stooping,  increased  by  walking.  Pulse  82  sitting  ; 
84  standing;  regular.  11.30  a.  m.,  while  sitting,  acute  pain 
down  right  inguinal  canal,  quickly  abating  ;  leaving  a  steady 
dull  aching  ;  cervical  and  lumbar  pains  continue. 

12  noon.  Examination  (by  H.  R.,  Esq). — "Heart  sounds 
indistinct,  systolic  running  into  diastoHc  ;  basic  murmur  very 
slight  ;  apex  murmurishness  not  perceptible ;  action  very 
feeble.'    Pulse  'j'i  sitting  ;  ^6  standing  ;  not  intermittent." 


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1.30  p.  m.,  "heart-sickness"  (faint  nausea),  lasting  an  hour 
not  relieved  by  dinner ;  marked  cardiac  depression  ;  shifting 
pains.  2  p.  m.,  aching  down  flexor  muscles  of  right  thigh, 
extending  to  knee  and  calf  of  leg,  then  to  left  knee  and  calf ; 
then  returning  to  right  thigh  and  knee  ;  with  slight  lameness. 
During  afternoon,  acute  pains  in  usual  spots,  with  steady  aching 
in  right  thigh  and  knee-joints  ;  faint  perspiration  on  covered 
parts,  when  walking ;  repeated  sharp  superficial  and  deep 
pains  in  praecordial  region.  Evening,  great  debility,  especially 
on  walking ;  I  have  taken  extra  stimulant  to  keep  me  going. 
Continuous  aching  in  various  parts ;  cardiac  pains  ;  slight 
lameness ;  slight  return  of  faint  nausea.  Pulse  60  lying, 
regular  ;  62  sitting,  regular ;  64  standing,  irregular ;  temp. 
36.10  C.  ;  resps.  17.  Urine  scarcely  clouded;  acid;  sp.  gr. 
fresh,  1008;  after  cooling,  1012.  Before  retiring,  giddiness, 
with  tendency  to  stagger  to  the  right.  Motion  to-day,  dark 
shining  brown  ;  strong  odor. 

20th,  Sept.  On  awaking,  pleurodynia  below  5th  r.  costal 
cartilage  ;  passing  to  1.,  then  again  returning  to  r.  fide.  Pulse 
70,  feeble,  regular  (lying).  On  rising,  aching  down  both  thighs, 
with  weakness  in  walking  ;  slight  achings,  relieved  by  the 
electrical  current,  not  relieved  by  the  galvanic.  10.30  a.  m., 
aching  in  1.  inferior  maxillary  articulation,  and  in  1.  wrist,  i. 
p.  m.,  subacute  pain  in  1.  frontal  eminence,  and  in  prascordial 
region  ;  aching  across  lumbar  region  ;  sensations  of  faintness, 
with  unsteadiness  in  walking  ;  trembling  in  hands  ;  tenderness 
in  r.  inguinal  canal.  Pulse  66  sitting  and  standing  ;  regular. 
5  p.  m.,  severe  aching  in  both  temples,  especially  1.  ;  remains 
of  lumbar  pain.  6  p.  m.,  acute  darting  pains  at  apex  of  heart. 
Evening,  shifting  pains,  most  persistent  in  r.  knee ;  persistent 
nausea,  rising  from  back  of  fauces,  relieved  by  eructations, 
which  taste  of  tea  and  drug ;  succeeded  by  persistent  giddi- 
ness while  sitting,  with  staggering  to  r.  on  walking  ;  acute  pain 
in  1.  temple,  passing  to  r.,  followed  by  severe  lumbar  aching  ; 
darting  pains  at  apex  of  heart  ;  oppression  of  respiration  ; 
constriction  of  larynx  ;  acute  pain  in  1.  frontal  eminence,  with 
.sensation  of  compression  of  brain  ;  aching  down  r.  inguinal 
canal  while  sitting ;  restless  activity  notwithstanding  nausea, 
giddiness  and  pains,  all  of  which  have  been  very  severe.  10.20 
p.  m.,  pain  from  front  of  r.  knee  transferred  to  back  of  I.  10.45 
p.  m.,  darting  pains  throngh  r.  wrist.  On  retiring,  pulse  60 
lying  ;  62  sitting ;  64  standing.  Urine  shows  deposits  of 
mucus;  acid;  sp.gr.,  fresh  1014.  on  cooling  1018  ;  free  from 
albumen.  Bowels  have  acted  twice  to-day  ;  motions  slimy,  of 
the  peculiar  dark,  shining  brown  ;  gushing  out. 

2 1st,  Sept.  Awoke  at  5,  light  dreamy  sleep  after.  On 
waking,  sense  of  constriction  across  lower  half  of  thorax,  im- 


500  LYCOPUS   VIRGINICDS. 

peding  respiration,  with  subacute  pain,  increased  by  lying  on 
r.  side  ;  continuous  aching  in  1.  lower  molars.  lo  a.  m.,  3iv-^. 
Within  an  hour  dull  frontal  headache  ;  vital  depression  ;  heavy 
aching  in  cervical  region  ;  acute  pain  at  apex,  not  relieved  by 
pressure,  but  driven  by  friction  to  1.  subscapular  region,  then 
passing  to  mid-dorsal  region,  severe  ;  continuous  aching  in  1. 
lower  molars ;  return  of  acute  pain  at  apex,  with  distress. 
Pulse  regular,  feeble  ;  not  altered  as  to  rate.  Later,  parched 
feeling  in  upper  lip  ;  severe  aching  in  occiput,  with  cessation 
of  cardiac  pain  ;  general  oppression  of  brain  ;  acute  pain  over 
1,  temple  ;  giddiness,  with  tendency  to  stagger  to  the  right. 
12  noon,  persistent  lumbar  aching;  dull  oppressive  headache. 
Pulse  scarcely  perceptible,  -j^  sitting,  regular ;  84  standing, 
irregular.  Annexed  tracing,  showing  feeble  action,  obtained 
with  difficulty. 

I  p.  m.,  acute  pain  down  r.  inguinal  canal,  partially  relieved 
by  upward  pressure  on  external  ring  ;  occipital  aching.  Later, 
prickings  (urticaria  .'')  as  if  bitten  by  an  insect,  in  1.  forearm, 
hypogastrium,  r.  leg,  r.  forearm,  back,  and  again  in  1.  forearm ; 
slight  achings  .in  r.  leg,  lumbar  region,  nape  of  neck,  and  r. 
inguinal  canal.  5  p.  m.,  Examinations  (H.  R.,  Esq.) — "  Pulse 
exremely  varying  both  as  to  time  and  volume,  at  first  almost 
imperceptible  ;  ^6  to  Z6  sitting  and  standing  ;  not  intermittent. 
Cardiac  pulsation  much  stronger  than  the  pulse-indications 
would  lead  one  to  expect.  No  special  murmurs."  Night, 
slight  achings ;  pulse  72  lying  and  sitting,  regular  ;  84  to  88 
standing,  varying  in  volume.  Urine  shows  but  a  trace  of 
mucus;  acid;  sp.  gr.  loio  fresh,  1014  on  cooling.  For 
several  mornings,  excessive  flatulent  rumblings  on  awaking. 

22nd  Sept.  Awoke  during  night  with  pressive  aching  down 
1.  inguinal  canal,  relieved  by  upward  pressure  on  external  ring, 
lasting  several  minutes.  Before  rising,  intercostal  pains,  worse 
when  lying  on  r.  side,  extending  to  apex  of  heart.  During 
day  a  double  set  of  pains  ;  from  cold  and  from  the  drug.  The 
former  chiefly  affected  upper  teeth  on  left  side,  decayed 
lower  teeth  and  head  ;  the  latter,  left  lower  molars  (sound 
teeth),  and  lower  limbs.  The  pains  from  cold  were  relieved  by 
Aconite,  port  wine,  and  warmth,  increased  by  cold  air.  The 
dental  drug  pains  were  not  relieved  by  Aconite,  Mercurius,  nor 
direct  warmth.  Evening,  feverish  feelings  (from  cold)  ;  pain 
from  lower  molars  went  to  lumbar  region,  then  went  rolling  up 
the  spine  like  a  ball,  and  settled  in  mid-dorsal  region,  chiefly 
to  left  of  spine;  afterwards  returned  to  1.  lower  molars  ;  severe, 
general  headache,  with  giddiness.  Pulse  72  lying  and  sitting, 
regular;  84' standing,  regular ;  feeble.     Temp.  36.70  C.   Urine 


LYCOPUS     VIRGINICUS.  501 

scarcely  clouded  ;  acid;  sp.  gr.,  fresh,  1015,  on  cooling,  loic,* 
Bowels  acted  twice ;  second  motion  half  solid,  with  straining, 
half  slimy,  gushing  out. 

23rd,  Sept.  On  waking  severe  intercostal  pains,  both  r.  and 
1.,  with  repeated  acute  darting  pains  at  apex  of  heart,  increased 
by  lying  on  r.  side ;  severe  aching  down  spine,  somewhat 
relieved  by  friction  ;  passing  off  after  rising ;  excessive  flatul- 
ence. During  day,  severe  and  continuous  aching  in  1.  lower 
molars  (sound  teeth)  ;  frontal  headache.  During  afternoon, 
severe  irritation,  like  urticaria,  on  various  parts.  Before  retir- 
ing, troublesome  urticaria,  specially  affecting  1.  forearm  and  r.leg. 

24th  Sept.  On  awaking,  subacute  pain  in  lower  dorsal 
region  to  left  of  spine.  2  p.  m.,  acute  darting  from  anterior 
superior  angle  of  1.  parietal  to  malar  bone,  succeeded  by  sensa- 
tion as  if  the  brain  were  compressed  ,  followed  by  long-con- 
tinued irritation  of  scalp  over  the  line  of  pain.  During  day, 
troublesome  irritation  (urticaria),  especially  of  1.  forearm  and 
r.  leg  (I  can  not  say  this  irritation  is  a  drug  effect,  as  I  have  had 
slight  urticaria  on  previous  occasions  ;  but  its  development  fol- 
lows the  rule  of  preceding  symptoms).  5  p.  m.,  Examiner's 
Report  (by  first  examiner), — "  Impulse  feeble  ;  heart  sounds 
very  weak  ;  action  irregular  in  force  and  rhythm  ;  not  intermit- 
tent ;  no  murmurs.  Pulse  feeble,  very  compressible  ;  y6  sit- 
ting, 80  standing."  Evening,  urticaria  more  troublesome,  has 
extended  to  r.  forearm.  Before  retiring,  frontal  headache; 
slight  aching  to  1.  of  lower  dorsal  region  ;  irritation  persists. 
Pulse  feeble,  compressible  ;  68  lying,  72  sitting,  "jG  to  82  stand- 
ing ;  irregular  in  force  and  rhythm  ;  not  intermittent.  Urine 
slightly  clouded  ;  acid  ;  sp.  gr.,  fresh,  1004,  on  cooling,  1006  ; 
free  from  albumen,  phosphates,  lithates.  and  sugar.  Microsco- 
pic examination  shows  scattered  mucus  and  epithelial  cells, 
abundance  of  spermatozoa,  and  oxalate  of  lime  crystals.  Mo- 
tion to-day  slimy,  of  the  peculiar  shining,  dark  brown  ;  offen- 
sive ;  gushing  out. 

25th  Sept.  On  waking,  subacute  pain  in  intercostal  muscles 
below  fifth  rib  on  each  side,  increased  by  lying  on  r.  side. 
After  rising,  severe  aching  in  I.  lower  molar  (sound  teeth), 
spreading  to  1.  upper  bicuspides  (sound  teeth),  lasting  several 
hoars  ;  succeeded  by  frontal  headache  ;  on  the  passing  off  of 
which,  increased  mental  and  physical  activity.  Evening,  irrita- 
tion has  returned  in  1.  forearm,  r.  leg,  to  1.  of  lower  dorsal  ver- 
tebrae, r.  forearm,  and  1.  leg.  Pulse  68  sitting.  The  subjoined 
pulse-tracing  was  taken  with  difficulty  at  former  pressure, 
owing  to  feebleness  and  compressibility. 


Motion  slimy,  of  a  shining  yellow  color ;  offensive. 


502  LYCOPUS     VIRGINICUS. 

26th  Sept.  Sleep  dreamy.  On  waking,  labored  cardiac 
action  ;  excessive  flatulencs.  Pulse  62  lying  ;  feeble ;  less 
compressible.  During  day,  urticaria.  Evening,  marked  cardiac 
depression,  causing  slight  faintness  on  quickly  ascending  a  few 
stairs,  lasting  fully  half  an  hour ;  returning  later  on  quietly 
ascending,  with  subacute  cardiac  pain  ;  cardiac  action  barely 
perceptible  ;  pulse  stronger  than  the  heart's  action  would  indi- 
cate ;  less  compressible  ;  not  intermittent ;  72  lying,  sitting 
and  standing.  Urine  slightly  turbid,  free  from  deposit ;  acid  ; 
sp.  gr.,  fresh  and  on  cooling,  loio.  Motion  partly  solid,  natu- 
ral ;  partly  slimy,  dark  brown  ;  offensive. 

27th  Sept.  On  waking,  intercostal  pain  ;  urticaria  persists. 
5  p.  m.,  subacute  pain  over  cardiac  region,  with  cardiac  distress  ; 
slight  aching  in  lower  dorsal  and  lumbar  region.  Pulse  com- 
pressible, irritable;  varying  greatly  in  force  and  rhythm  ;  74 
to  'j6  sitting,  85  to  92  standing ;  with  frequent  intermissions. 
7  p.  m.,  acute  pain  in  1.  axilla,  extenifiing  down  edges  of  pecto- 
ral muscles  to  thorax  ;  then  passing  to  base  of  heart,  then  to 
apex  ;  faintness,  with  slight  nausea  when  walking  in  the  open 
air,  persistent  giddiness,  commencing  when  walking  in  the  open 
air,  continuing  after  entering  the  house,  while  sitting  ;  subacute 
pain  down  muscles  of  1,  calf;  sighing  respiration;  return  of 
acute  pain  at  apex  of  heart ;  trembling  of  hands  ;  return  of 
giddiness  while  sitting,  with  constriction  of  larynx ;  shooting 
pain  through  1.  frontal  eminence  ;  constriction  to  1.  of  larynx  ; 
cardiac  depression  ;  continuous  constriction  of  larynx;  aching 
at  superior  curve  line  of  occiput,  an  inch  to  1.  of  occipital  pro- 
tuberance, passing  to  corresponding  spot  on  r.  side  ;  pulse  less 
compressible,  irregular  and  intermittent.  Symptoms  lasting 
over  three  hours.  Pulse  on  retiring,  72  sitting,  80  standing  ; 
regular ;  not  intermittent. 

29th  Sept.  Yesterday  atternoon,  severe  general  headache, 
lasting  several  hours ;  slight  plans.  To-day,  severe  fronto- 
occipital  headache,  from  3  to  7  p.  m.,  succeeded  by  labored 
cardiac  action  ;  then  by  cardiac  depression,  with  faintness, 
lasting  fully  two  hours  ;  pulse  at  same  time  about  ']6,  stronger 
than  cardiac  impulse  indicates.  10  p.  m.,  sharp  darting  pains 
through  1.  testicle  (epididymis),  several  times  repeated  ;  pass- 
ing to  r.  testicle  ;  leaving  dull  achings ;  recurring  till  mid- 
night ;  aching  in  left  inguinal  canal.  Bowels  acted  twice  ; 
motion  more  natural. 

30th  Sept.  Before  rising,  spasms  in  r.  intercostals  while 
lying  on  r.  side.  After  rising,  acute  aching  in  1.  testicle,  with 
occasional  darting  pains,  changing  to  r.,  then  again  tol.  1 1.30 
a.  m.,  acute,  extensive  pain  from  1.  kidney  to  1.  inguinal  canal, 
lasting  several  minutes.  12  noon,  the  pains  in  1.  testicle  cause 
an  aching  along  1.  inguinal  canal,  and  extend  to  r.  testicle  ;  at 


LYCOfUS    VIRGINICUS.  503 

times  they  are  so  severe  as  to  almost  force  me  to  call  out  ; 
aching  across  lower  dorsal  region.  1.45  p.  m.,  acute  pain  in 
intercostal  muscles  over  base  of  heart,  lasting  several  minutes. 
3  p.  m.,  slight  return  of  headache.  5  p.  m.,  acute  pain  down 
anterior  muscles  of  r.  thigh,  causing  lameness  ;  afterwards  in 
both.  Evening,  acute  pains  in  testicles,  first  1.  then  r.,  then 
in  both  ;  recurring  and  lasting  the  whole  evening  ;  with  ach- 
ings  in  inguinal  canals.  Evening,  cardiac  depression,  causing 
faintness  ;  increased  mental  and  physical  activity. 

1st  Oct.  Slight  achings  in  various  parts  ;  general  depres- 
sion. Examiner' s  Report. — "  Cardiac  impulse  very  feeble  ; 
haem»ic  murmur  again  distinct ;  no  other  murmurs ;  pulse 
feeble,  extremely  compressible,  irregular  in  force  and  rhythm, 
not  intermittent,  72  to  80  sitting  and  standing,  quickened  by 
movement."  Urine  clear;  acid;  sp.  gr.,  1018  ;  free  from 
albumen.  Motions  of  the  past  two  days  have  been  of  a 
peculiar  shining  brown  ;  offensive. 

3rd  Oct.  I  p.  m.,  aching  in  1.  testicle,  1.  hand,  and  r.  knee, 
while  sitting.  Afternoon,  slight  achings  in  1.  wrist,  r.  knee,  1. 
tibia  anteriorly,  lower  dorsal  region,  1.  knee  and  r.  forearm. 
Pulse  72  sitting,  78  standing;  feeble,  compressible;  temp., 
36.95  C.  ;  resps.,  20.  The  annexed  tracing  was  taken  last 
evening,  with  a  pulse  of  72,  feeble,  and  so  extremely  compres- 
sible as  to  render  its  being  taken  at  former  pressures  a  matter 
of  considerable  difficulty. 


During  the  past  three  days,  frontal  headache,  extending 
afterwards  through  to  occiput,  commencing  about  3  p.  m.,  and 
continuing  two  or  three  hours  ;  similar  to  that  of  29th  Sept., 
but  much  less  severe.  Before  retiring,  severe  pain  in  r.  side 
of  thorax  at  insertion  of  pectoral  muscles,  becoming  acute  on 
inspiring  deeply. 

5th  Oct.  Yesterday  morning,  on  awaking,  return  of  pain 
on  r.  side  of  thorax  :  passing  during  the  day  to  apex  of  heart, 
to  r.  axilla,  down  pectoral  muscles  to  former  spot,  again  to 
apex  of  heart,  and  -assing  off  from  r.  side  of  thorax.  During 
last  evening,  slight  cardiac  depression.  Headache  recurred  at 
3  p.  m.,  and  continued  till  6  p.  m.  To-day,  symptoms  very 
slight ;  bowels  have  acted  twice,  first  part  of  each  motion 
being  solid  and  natural,  second  part  slimy,  of  a  peculiar  .shin- 
ing brown,  but  much  less  offensive. 

6th  Oct.  4.30  p.  m.,  recurrence  of  frontal  headache,  lasting 
till  6  p.  m.  ;  succeeded  by  cardiac  depression,  followed  by 
cardiac  oppression,  with  quickened  pulse  ;  giddiness,  with 
strong  tendency  to  stagger  to  the  r. ;  then  by  neuralgic  pain 
in  r.   supra-orbital  region,    and   in    1.  testicles  ;  with  return  of 


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LYCOPUS    VIRGINICUS. 


cardiac  depression,  causing  faintness  and  nausea ;  with  sub- 
acute pains  at  apex  and  at  base  of  heart ;  passing  off  before 
lo  p.  m.,  with  eructations  and  yawnings  (while  out  walking). 
Pulse  78  sitting,  88  standing  ;  irregular  in  rhythm  ;  extremely 
compressible.     Resps.,  23.     Urine  clear;  acid;  sp.gr.,  loio. 

loth  Oct.  7.30  p.  m.,  marked  cardiac  depression  ;  pulse 
stronger  than  indicated  by  cardiac  impulse,  66  lying,  sitting 
and  standing,  extremely  irregular  in  force  and  rhythm  ;  respi- 
ration oppressed  ;  lasting  till  9  p.  m.  The  annexed  pulse- 
tracing  shows  the  character  of  the  heart's  action  at  the  time. 
Owing  to  slow   running  of   the  paper  this  tracing  is  rather 


cramped,  but  the  curves  are  well  marked.  A  singular  feature 
in  this  tracing  is  its  resemblance,  in  main  points,  to  one  recently 
taken  on  a  patient  aged  31,  afflicted  with  several  mitral  re- 
gurgitant disease  ;  which  latter  I  annex  for  the  sake  of  com- 
parison.* 


For  the  sake  of  clinical  comparison  I  append  a  second  trac- 
ing taken  from  the  same  patient  ten  days  after,  while  under 
the  influence  of  Digitalis^  of  which  Lycopus  appears  to  be  an 
analogue. 


During  the  past  few  days  the  faeces  have  been  partly  solid 
and  natural,  partly  soft  and  of  the  peculiar  shining  brown  ; 
the  first  part  being  passed  with  much  straining,  the  second 
part  quite  freely. 

15th  Oct.  No  special  symptoms  since  last  report.  The 
faeces  are  gradually  assuming  their  natural  character.  Cardiac 
action  still  rather  depressed. 

Examiner  s  Report  (by  first  examiner) — "  Cardiac  impulse 
feeble  ;  haemic  murmur  distinct  on  strong  pressure ;  systolic 
sounds  not  quite  natural  at  apex,  not  amounting  to  a  murmur ; 
probably  due  to  feeble  action  ;  pulse  regular,  very  compres- 
sible, ^6  sitting."  10.30  p.  m.,  pulse  6%  sitting,  72  standing, 
regular,  compressible  :  temp.  36.40 ;  resps.,  20.  Urine  clear  ; 
acid  ;  sp.  gr.,  1014.  The  annexed  tracing,  taking  on  the 
following  morning,  shows  a  healthy,  though  not  vigorous, 
cardiac  action.     This  completes  the  proving. 


*  It  should  be  mentioned  that  this  is  not  the  characteristic  tracing  of  mitral  reeursitant 
disease. 


LYCOPUS     VIRGINICUS.  505 

REMARKS. 

Should  extended  experience  demonstrate  the  general  cor- 
rectness of  this  proving,  Lycopus  may  be  expected  to  produce 
beneficial  efifects  in  some  forms  of 

F'unctional  disorders  of  the  heart ;. 

Rheumatic  Carditis  ; 

Inguinal  Hernia  ;  and 

Neuralgia  of  the  testicle. 

During  the  time  of  proving   I  lived  much  as  usual,  with  the 

exception  that  on  several  occasions  I  took  an  extra  quantity  of 

stimulant  in  order  to  keep  me  going.     I  very  seldom  indeed 

take  coffee,  or  use  tobacco ;  my  breakfast  beverage  consists  of 

plain    cold  water.     At   the   period    of  commencing,   and    for 

several  weeks  after,    I  had    late   hours,    combined  with  much 

work  ;  which  accounts  for  the  low  temperature  several  times 
registered. 

It  was  not  till  after  the  conclusion  of  my  proving  that  I  care- 
fully peru.sed  the  fragmentary  proving  in  Hale's  "  New  Reme- 
dies." I  have  not  classified  the  symptomatology  as  there  is 
not  sufficient  evidence  to  work  upon,  but  the  following 
characteristics  repeatedly  attracted  my  attention  : — 

The  rheumatoid  pains  produced  by  Lycopus  generally  mani- 
fe.sted  themselves  on  the  left  side,  passed  to  the  corresponding 
spot  on  the  right ;  and  then  either  passed  off,  or  returned  to 
the  left  and  passed  off  equally  from  both.  The  exception  to 
this  was  the  dental  pains,  which  commenced  on  the  right  side 
and  passed  to  the  left  ;  on  the  right,  avoiding  the  two  front 
lower  molars  (which  are  decayed),  and  affecting  the  next  two 
(which  are  sound)  ;  on  the  left,  side  avoiding  the  posterior  lower 
molars  (which  are  decayed),  and  affecting  the  two  front  molars 
(which  are  sound). 

The  rheumatoid  pains  of  Lycopus  were  readily  dis^tinguished 
from  those  of  ordinary  rheumatism.     They  chiefly  affected  the 
muscles ;  then    articulations ;  then   tendons.     They  were  not 
63 


5o6  Lvcopus   viR(;rNicUF;. 

relieved  by  friction,  by  cold  affusion,  nor  by  direct  warmth  ; 
relieved  by  a  warm  room,  and  by  the  warmth  of  the  bed  ;  in- 
ereased  by  movement  and  cold  air. 

The  cardiac  pains  were  of  a  rheumatic  character. 

Pains  in  general,  increased  by  movement ;  not  relieved  by 
the  open  air. 

The  cardiac  distress  and  palpitation  were  increased  by 
ascending  (stairs  or  hill);  by  excitement;  by  deep  inspira- 
tions ;   and  by  thinking  of  them. 

I  do  not  attribute  the  urticaria  or  intercostal  spasms  to  the 
Lycopus  (as  I  have  had  both  previously),  but  they  appeared  to 
be  renewed  by  its  action. 

Cardiac  depression  was  strongly  and  persistently  marked. 

Irregular  and  intermittent  pulsc-^correspondingly  frequent. 

On    several    occasions    there    was   a    noticeable   difference 
between  the  cardiac  power  and  pulse  force. 
■    Frontal  and  fronto-occipital  headache — frequent  and  severe. 
The  pains   were   very    persistent    in    the    frontal    eminences. 
These  were  relieved  by  strong  pressure. 

The  brain-effects  are  worthy  of  note  ;  particularly  the  in- 
creased activity,  dreamy  sleep,  and  early  wakings. 

The  faeces  were  peculiar.  On  one  occasion  they  emitted  a 
decided  odor  of  the  drug. 

I  have  employed  the  terms  "  cardiac  de-pression  "  to  denote 
feeble  and  excitable  action  ;  and  "  cardiac  oppression "  to 
denote  heavy,  labored  action,  as  if  the  heart  were  obliged  to 
make  great  efforts  to  do  its  work. 

Times  of  aggravation — early  morning  (o\\  wakingj  ;  after- 
noon fabout  3  and  5  o'clock^ ;  evening. 

Analogues. — Lycopus  appears  to  touch  specially,  Cimicifuga, 
Spigelia,  Digitalis,  Raniiticiilus  b.,  Cerasus,  Clematis,  f  sexual  j 
Lanrocerasus,  Saiigiiinaria,  Cactus,  Gelseminum,  and  Veratrum 
viride ;  perhaps  also  Aconite,  Bryonia,  Lachesis,  and  Sepia. 


LYCOPUS     VIRGINICUS.  507 

It  would  be  an  interesting  study  to  note  the  effects  oi  Lycopus 
on  the  female  organism. 

CLINICAL. 

Mrs.  A.  W.,  hysterical  temperament,  consulted  me  on  the 
13th  Sept.  Age  47  ;  no  appearance  of  menses  for  three  years. 
Complained  of  occipito-frontal  headache ;  debility  ;  flushings  ; 
dyspnoea ;  palpitation,  easily  induced,  with  occasional 
intermissions  ;  flatulency  ;  giddiness ;  huskiness  of  throat  on 
r.  side ;  interscapular  pains  ;  pains  down  lower  limbs,  com- 
mencing on  1.  side;  dreamy  sleep.     5^-  Lachesis  12. 

17th  Sept.  Complains  of  fronto-occipital  headache  on  ex- 
citement ;  palpitation  "  all  over ;  "  swelling  of  legs  and  ankles 
on  exertion.  General  symptoms  unchanged.  .  1^.  Lycopus  3x 
om.  3tiis  horis. 

23rd  Sept.  Swelling  of  ankles,  flatulency,  and  dyspnoea 
lessened.  Cardiac  pulsation  regular,  not  intermittent.  Has 
also  found  relief  from  shooting  pains  in  left  wrist  and  elbow. 
Flushings  continue.     Rep. 

27th  Sept.  Complains  much  of  "  strange  feelings,"  with 
fronto-occipital  headache,  "  as  if  the  temples  were  pressed 
in ;  "  seems  afraid  to  turn  for  fear  she  would  tilt  forward  : 
nausea,  from  epigastrium  ;  depression  ;  for  several  years,  has 
dropped  things  from  her  hands ;  flushings  ;  sudden  pains  at 
ape.K  of  heart,  "  causing  faintness  and  strange  sensations  "  (\ 
often  wonder  wiiether  my  heart  is  affected  "^;  inter-scapular 
pain  ;  this  week,  restless  dreamy  sleep ;  less  palpitation  ;  less 
pain  and  swelling  of  legs  and  ankles  :  constipation  ;  appetite 
good.  Auscultation  reveals  feeble  action  of  heart ;  no  mur- 
murs ;  pulse  stronger  than  indicated  b\'  cardiac  action,  80 
sitting  and  standing,  regular.  Considering  that  some  of  the 
.symptoms  were  due  to  drug-action,  I  prescribed  1^.  Spt.  vini 
red. 

4th  Oct.  Still  have  severe  pain  in  temples  and  occiput, 
with  nausea  ;  flushings.  Other  symptoms,  including  cardiac, 
much  relieved.  Sleeps  better  ;  pulse  80,  sitting  and  standing  ; 
feeble.     %.  Lycopus  3c,  4tuor  in  die. 

nth  Oct.  Has  had  a  bilious  attack,  with  vomiting  of  food 
Used  formerly  to  have  sevei'e  pain  across  hypogastrium  with 


508  LYCOPUS     VIRGINICUS. 

such  attacks,  but  was  free  on  this  occasion.  Still  has  flurried 
feelings  and  flushings,  but  lessened.  Beatings  through  temples 
to  occiput,  with  sensation  of  stoppage  in  larynx  (nervous). 
Sleeps  much  better ;  dreams  less  ;  less  palpitation  ;  sudden 
pains  at  apex,  but  lessened  in  frequency  and  intensity.  Pulse 
102  sitting;   II2  standing;  very  feeble.     IjL.  Spt.  vmi  rect. 

1 8th  Oct.  Hysterical,  with  bilious  feelings.  Faintness ; 
sighing.  Other  symptoms  about  the  same.  Pains  in  head 
and  temples.  Pulse  72,  feeble,  regular,  sitting;  resps.  18. 
1^.  Lycoptis  3,  4tuor  in  die. 

25th  Oct.  Less  sighing ;  less  giddiness.  Pulse  80,  feeble 
and  irregular,  sitting ;  92,  feeble  and  regular,  standing  ;  resps- 
19.  There  was  decided  improvement  in  several  respects;  but 
at  this  point  it  became  necessary  to  change  the  remedy, 
owing  to  the  setting-in  of  severe  bilious  derangements. 

Note. — The  prominent  symptoms  which  Lycopus  failed  to 
relieve,  were — neuralgic  pains  in  left  side  of  face ;  flushings, 
with  sense  of  heat ;  choking  sensation  in  throat ;  and  hepatic 
complications. 


CLINICAL    REPERTORY 


TO 


CHARACTERISTICS   OF   THE   NEW  "REMEDIES, 


By  F.  S.  whitman,  M.  D., 
belvidere,  illinois. 


PREFACE. 


At  the  request  of  Prof.  Hale,  whose  time  was  so  much  occu- 
pied as  to  be  unable  to  re-write  the  Clinical  Repertory  of  the 
second  edition  of  New  Remedies,  I  have  attempted  to  give,  as 
completely  as  possible,  the  clinical  indications  for  the  use  of 
the  medicines  in  this  third  edition  of  his  work.  Owing  to  the 
different  methods  of  presenting  the  medicines,  and  the  large 
number  added  to  this  edition,  the  former  repertory  could  not 
be  made  available,  and  much  had  to  be  re-written.  As  all  the 
proof-sheets  will  pass  through  Prof  Hale's  hands  for  his  emen- 
dations and  additions,  this  repertory  may  be  trusted  as  a 
reliable  guide  for  the  use  of  the  medicines  recommended.  If 
this  repertory  shall  be  of  service  to  the  busy  practitioner,  and 
shall  promote  that  choicest  of  all  blessings,  "mens  sana  in  sano 
corpore"  the  compiler  will  be  abyndantly  satisfied. 

F.  S.  WHITMAN,  M.  D. 


CLINICAL  REPERTORY. 


ABORTUS— 

Aletris,      Erechth.    Phytolac. 
Asarum,    Eriger.       Podophyl. 
Asclep.  s.  Eupatori.  Pulsatilla, 
Asclep.  i.  Gelsemin.  Mitchella, 
Baptisia    Gossyp.     Sanguina. 
Cauloph.  Hedeoma  Trillium, 
Cimicifug.Helonias,  Ustilago, 
CollinsonT^eptandr,  Viburnum 
•   AFTER  PAINS— 
Aletris  (?)Dioscorea  Polygonu. 
Asclep.      Gossypiu.  Pulsatilla 
Cauloph.   Mitchella  Senecip. 
Cimicifug.Podoph.    Trillium, 
V'ibur.  pruXanthox. 

AGALACTIA- 
Formica,   Urtica, 

ALBUMINURIA— 
Atropine,  Cyan.mer  Nit.  ura. 
Benz.  am.Geran(.?)     Phytolac. 
Cauloph.  Eup.  purp 
Chim.        Helonias, 

AMAUROSIS— 
Cac.  gr.     Gelsemin.  Phytol. 
Cimicif.     Hedeoma  Puis.  N. 
Calabar,    Hydrastis  Santon, 
Carb.  sul.  Lachnan.  Solanum, 
Caul.  Lil.  tig.      Theridion 

Cim.  race. Nab.  serp.Verat.  vir. 

AMBLYOPIA— 
Cimicifug.Lachn.  (.-')  Solanum, 
Gelsem.     Phytol.       Veratrum 

AMENORRHCEA— 
Aletris,      CoUinsonPolygonu. 
Apoc.  c.    Eupat.purPodophy. 
Aralia.       Gelsem.     Pulsatilla, 
Asar.  c.     Gossypiu.  Sanguina. 
Asclep.  in. Hedeoma  Senecio, 
Asclep.  sy  Helonias  Trillium, 
Brom.am.Iod.  lead.L^stilago, 
Coca,         Lobelia,   Verat.  v. 


Caul.  Lilium,      Xanthox. 

Cimici.       .Mitchella, 

AN/EMIA— 
Aletris.     Helonias,  Hypo.  pot. 
Brom.ironHydrastisPulsatilhi 

A'M  AS  ARC  A— {Dre>/>sj'.) 
Apoc.  c.  Asclep.  s.Benz.  am. 
Equis.      Eup.pur.  Hydrastis, 
Helonias,Iris  v.(.'')  Senecio, 
Rhusv.(.?) 

ANGINA— 
yEscuIus,  Eup.  pur.  Nymph. 
Arum.       Erigeron,  Phytolac. 
Baptisia,   Gelsem i.    Podoph. 
Cactus,      HydrastisRhus  gia. 
Cimicifu.  Juglans,     Rhusvcn. 
Carb.  ac.   Lachnan.  Sanguina. 
Dios.  vil.  Lithium,   Solanum, 
Dorypho.  Myrica.     Triosteum 

ANGINA  PECTORIS— 
^sculus.  Cup.  ars.    Naja, 
Brom.  p.  Cyan. pot.  Sumbul. 
Cactus,      Iberis,(.^)  Val.  zinc. 
Chloral,     Lilium, [.''JVeratrum, 
Cimicifuga. 

ANEURISMS— 
Eucal  glo.  Lye.  virg. 

ANOREXIA— 
Cer.  virg.  Eup.  per.  Lob.  infl. 
Chelid.      Gossy.       Sumbul. 
Coca.         Hypo.  Im.Populus, 
Lil  tig.       Podoph. 

ANTHRAX— 
Carb.  acid.TheridionPhytoiac. 

APOPLEXY— 
Atropine,  Bromide,  a.,  1.  and  p. 
Cactu.s,      Gelsem,     Solanum. 

ARTHRITIS— 
Apocand.Como.  (?)  Phytolac. 

ASCARIDES  (Se^  Worms.) 
Apoc. and. Asclep.  s. 


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CLINICAL   REPERTORY. 


ASCITES— (5^^  Dropsy.) 

Aletris,(?)Brom.pot.Helon.  (?) 
Ampel.(?)Chimaph.  Iris  versi. 
Apoc.can.Erigeron,  Eup.purp. 
Ascl.  tub.  Ptelea,       Senecio, 

ASPHYXIA— 
Carb.  sul. 

ASTHENOPIA— 
^sculus,  Cactus  gr.Eryngium 
Chloral,     Caul.  thil.Gelsemi. 
Cotyled.    Cimicifug.Hydrastis 
Cyan.  pot.Comocla.  Ver.  v-ir. 

ASTHMA— 
Aropine,    Cactus,      Hypo.pot 
AilanthusCauloph.  Hedeoma, 
Ars.  iod.    Chel.  Lobelia, 

Asclep.  in.Coca,         Phytolac. 
Asclep.sy.Chlor.hd.  Ptelea, 
Asclep.  t.  Coty.         Rhus  gla. 
Apocy.cn. Cistus  canSanguin. 
Arum.        Eup.aromSilph. 
Baptisia.   Eup.  per.  Solanum. 
Brom.  pot.Euphorbi.Sumbul, 
Can.  ind.  Gelsemin.  Triosteu. 
Carb.  sul.  Guarana.  Veratrum, 
Card.  mar. 

ATROPHY— 
General — 

Arum,        Brom. am. Phytolac. 
— oftheMammce. 
Chimaph.  Iodide  of  Lead. 

BED-SORES— 

Comocla.  Carbolic  a.Hamam. 

Rhus  ven.  (.'') 

BILIARY       DERANGE- 
MENTS— See  also  Hepatic 
Affections. 

^sculus,  Dios.  vil.   Phytol. 

Cactus.      HydrastisPodophy. 

Collinson.Iris  versi.  Ptelea, 

Chel.  maj.Juglans(.'')Rumex, 

Cornus,     Leptand.  Sanguin. 

Carduus,  Myrica,     Veratrum, 
BILIOUS       COLIC— 

{See  Colic  Bilious) 
BILIOUS  FEVERS— 
{See  Ftvers.) 


BORBORYGMUS— 
Cactus,      Dioscorea  Hedeoma 
Cauiophy.(TnaphaIi.  Originam 
Cimicifug. 

BLENNORRHCEA— 

{Sec  Gleet.) 

BOILS — {See  Fjirunculus.) 
BLADDER,  Diseases  of, 
{See  Cystic  Diseases.) 

BRAIN,  Affections  of. 
Atropine,  Cypriped.  Podophy: 
Brom.pot.Datura,      Phos.zinc. 
Calabar,    Gelsem.     Santonine 
Can.  ind.  Gymnoc.  Sanguin. 
Cactus,      Lachnan.  Solanum, 
Chlor.hd.  Mon.  cam.Sulph.nic. 
Codeine,    Paullinia  Veratrum, 
Cimicifug.  Zizia, 

BRONCHITIS— 
Allan,  gld.  Aral,  race.  Asclep.  sy. 
Asclep.  tu,  Apoc.can. 

Ampelop,  Bals.peru.Can.  ind. 
Carb.  sul.  Cean.  am.  Cac.  gr. 
Cimicif.     Cist.  can.  Codeine 
Collinson.  Cotyled.    Cyan.  pot. 
Erechth.    Eup.aromt>up.  per. 
Gelsem.     Hepa.  tril.Galium. 
Iris  versi.  Lob.  infl.  Hypo.pot. 
Myr.  com.Podophy.  Myr.  cer. 
Rumex      Silphium,  Sanguin, 
Stillingia.  Sticta. 

BRIGHT'S    DISEASE— 

{See  Albnminuria.) 
Geran.       Helonias,  Senecio, 

BRONCHOCELE— 
Badiaga,  Carb.  sul.  lodid.lead 
Phytolacca  Podophy  1. 

BUBOES— 
Badiaga,   Chim.  (.?)  Comoc.  (.?) 
Corydalis,  Phytolac.  Sanguina. 

BURNS— 
Galium,     Rhus  v.    Urtica, 

CACHEXIA— 
Asar.  can.Chelone,   Chimaph. 
Coryd.for.F'rasera(.?)  Hepatica, 
Hydrastis,Iris  versi.  Phytol.  {}) 


CLINICAL  REPERTORY, 


513 


Stillingia,  Xanthoxylum,  (?) 

CAMP  DIARRHOEA— 
{See  Diarrhcea.) 
lod.ars.     Jugla.  cin.  Leptand. 

CANCERS— 
Carb.  ac.    Chim.  (?)  Cistus,  (?) 
Cund.  (?)  Guaco,  (?)Galium,(?) 
Hydrastislodide  ars.Phytolac. 
Rumex  crispus,         Trif.  prat. 

CANCRUM  ORIS— 
Baptisia.    Cornus      Hydr.  can. 
Myrica  c.  Trillium. 

CANINE  HUNGER— 
Abies  can.Asclep.syCaulophy. 
Collin.        Eupa.perfGelsemin. 

CARDITIS— 

{See  Heart  Affections.) 

CARDIALGIA— 
^scul.  hi.  Coll.can.  Chelidoni, 
Cup.  ars.    Cauloph.  Cimicifug. 
Cornu.  flo.Dios.  vil.   Formica, 
Gelsem.     Iris  ver.     Leptandr. 
Lobelia,    Mitch.  rep.Ptelea 
Sanguina.  Verat.  vir. 

CATARACT— 
Pulsatil  N.Santonine. 

CATARRH— 
Alian.  gld.vEscul.hipAralia  r. 
Arum  tri.  Asclep.in.Ascle.  tub 
Baptisia,    Balsm.perBaro.  ere. 
Brom.  am.  Cactus.     Cimifuga. 
Eupat.  ar.  Geran.       Gels. 
Hedeoma,Hydras.    Leptand. 
Lobelia,    Lith.  Menis. 

Mitch.       Myric,cer.Ptelea, 
Puis.  N.     Phytol.      Polygon. 
Rumex  cr.Sang.  can.Senec.  aur 
Sticta,        Silph.        Sumbul, 
Stillingia  Zizia. 

— Infia  m  ma  to  ty. 

Asclep.t.  Gelsemin.  Verat.  vir. 

— Rheumatic. 
Cimicifuga, 
— of  Bladder. 

{See  Cystorrlioea) 
Apoc.  can.Baros.cre.Chimaphi. 
64 


Collin.  canEucal.glo.Erigeron. 
Epigaea     HamamcLHedeo.  (?) 
HydrastisMitchella,  Pulsat.  n, 
Popul.       Senec.  (.^)  Sticta. 
SantonineSilphium    Trillium, 

CEPHALALGIA— 
^scu.  gla.yEsc.  hip.  Apoc. and. 
Apoc.  can. Ars.  iod.   Asclep.sy. 
Asclep.  t.  Atropine,  Ailanthus, 
Bromides,  Bapti.  tin.  Carb.  sul. 
Cann.  ind. Calabar,    Chloral, 
Coca,         Codeine,   Cup.  ars. 
Cauloph.   Cimic.       CoUinson, 
Corn.  cir.  Cyan.  pot.Diosc.  vil. 
Erech.        Erigeron,  Eryngium 
Gels.  E)upa.perfFormica. 

Gossip.      Gnaph.     Gymnocl. 
Hedeoma,Guar.         Ham. 
Iris  ver.     Helonias,  Hydrastis 
Lobelia,     Iberis,       Juglan.cin 
Lilium,      Lachnan.  Leptandr. 
Monob.ca.Lith.  c.      Mygale, 
Paullinia,  Naja  trip.  Nuph.  lut. 
Puis.  n.      Polyg.        Phytol. 
Peos.  zincRhus  gla.  Scutel. 
Sulp.nick.  Sanguin.  Santonine 
Solanum,  Triosteu.  Theridion 
Trif.  prat.  Val.  zinc,  Zizia, 

CEREBRITIS— 

{Sec  Brain,  affections  of.) 
Veratrum, 

CEREBRO-SP'L  MENIN. 
Bapti.  tin.  Brom.  am.Chlor.  hy. 
Calabar.  Cactus,  Cann.  ind. 
Cyan.mer.Cimic.rac.Eupat.per. 
Gelsemin.  Lachna(?)Solanum, 
Valer.zinc, Veratrum  Zizia(?) 

CHANCRES— 
Alian.  gld. Apoc. an.  Ars.  iod. 
Corydalis,  Guaco,       Myric.cer. 
Merc.cyanPhyto.dec.Stillingia. 
— P/uigedejt  ic. 
Sanguinaria  can.       Stillingia. 

CHILBLAINS— 
Badiaga, 

CHLOROSIS— 
Arali.  rac.  Helon.dio.Hydrastis 


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CLINICAL   REPERTORY. 


Oxal,  cer.  Pulsatil.N.Strych.c. 
SarraceniaSenecio 

CHOREA— 
Brom.  pot.Cal.  bean,Cup.  ars. 
Cauloph,   Ceras.  vir.Cim. 
Chloral,     Cypri,        Eupat,  ar. 
Gelsemin.Mygalc,     Phos.zi.(?) 
Strych.f.c  Scutell.      Sticta. 
Sumbul,    Tarantula Veratrum 
Val.  Zinc 

CHOLERA— 
Brom.  pot.Cup.  ars.  Erech.  hie. 
Euphorbi.Guaco,       Iris  ver. 
Phytolac.  Podoph.     Ver.  vir 
Xanthoxylum,  Zizia 

— Cholera  Infantum. 
Apocy.  ca.Brom.pot.Cerasus, 
Collinson.  Carb.  ac.  Corn,  cir, 
Diosc.  vil.  Euph  cor  Euony  (i*) 
Erigeron,  Frasera,    Gerani. 
Gnaphal,    Iris  ver     Lepta  vir 
Mono  camPodop  pelPhyto 
Plant  maj.Polyg.       Rhus  glab 
Veratr.v.  Xanthoxylum, 
—Morbus. 

Apoc.  can.Caulophy.Cup.  ars. 
Diosc  vil.  Euph  cor.Euony  {)) 
Gnapha.    Iris  ver.     Myric.  cer. 
Polyg.        Phyto.       Podoph. 
Veratrum.  Xanthoxylum, 

CHORDEE— 
Asclep.  in.Brom.pot  Chlor.hyd 
Cannab.inMonob.c.  Origan.  [.-•] 

CIRCOCELE— 
Hamam.    Coll.  can. 

COLIC— 
yEscul.hip.Aletris,     Asar. 
Ascle.  t.     Bapti.  tin.Caulophyl 
Bromide  potassium,  Chelidon. 
Cimicifug.  Collin.  ca.Diosc.  vil. 
Eryn.  aqu.Fras.  car.  Gelsem. 
Gnaphali.  Hedeoma,Helon. 
Hydrastis, Iris  ver.    Lepta.  vir. 
Myric.  cer.Phyt.  dec. Podoph. 
Poly.  pun.Stillingia,Verat.  vir. 
Xantho.fr. 

COLICA    PICTONUM— 
Podop.pel. 


Q>01AZ— Flatulent. 
Aletris,      Ars.  iod.   Asar.  can. 
Brom.  pot.Carb.  sul.  Coca. 
Coty.         Cauloph.  Collin. 
Diosc.  vil.Erig.  Eup.  pur. 

Gnaph.       Gelse.  s.  v.Polyg. 
— Bilious. 

iEscul.  hi.  Chelidon.  Cimicifug. 
Chlor.hyd. Dioscorealris  vers. 
Jug.  cin.    Lep.  virg.  Lobelia 
Myr.  cer.   Phyto.       Triosteum 
— Neuralgic. 

Atropine,  Bromide  potassium, 
Dioscorea. Pulsatilla,  Senecio. 

COLITIS— 
Euphorbi,Phytollac.  Podophyl. 

COLDS— EFFECTS    OF. 
Apocy.  an. Aralia  r.  Ascle.  tub 
Eupat  per  Galium     Gnaphal 
Gelsem      Senecio,    Verat.  v. 
Triost.per. 

COMA— 
Brom.pot.Chloral     Carb.  acid 
Gelsemin.  Gymno.(i*)Lachna(.') 

CONGESTIONS— 
Atropine    Brom  ^ot.Cactus  ^r. 
Ascle  s.(i*)Corn  (.?)    Gelsemi  s. 
Cimicif.     Hama  vir.Hedeoma 
Gymnocl.  Iris  ver.     Lachnan. 
Lepta  vir.  Lycopus.  Phyto  dc. 
Pulsatilla  Podophyl.  Solanum, 
Sanguin.    Urtica  urcns 
Veratrum.Zizia. 
— of  the  Brain. 

Ascle  s.(.'*) Bromides  Cacttcs  gr, 
Cimicif ug.G els e^nin.  Gymn  (.«') 
Hama  vir.Hedeo.pulLachnan. 
Phos.zinc,  Sanguin.    Solanum, 
Veratr  v.  Zizia. 
— of  the  Heart. 
Cactus       CimicifugQoVCvix^ori. 
Eupa.pr(.'')Gelsemin.Hamama. 
Iberis,        Iris  ver.     Lyco.  (i*) 
Mitchella  Naja, 
Podophy.  Pulsati.(.'')Seneci.(.'') 
Sanguin.    Trilli.  (.-')  Veratr  v. 
— of  Liver. 
yEscu.hi(.'')  Cactus      Collinson 


CLINICAL  REPERTORY. 


515 


Chel  maj.  Gelscmin.Helonias. 
Leptand.  Myrica.     Phytolac, 
Podophyl.  Sanguina.  Verat.v. 
— Pelvic  viscera. 
^scu  hi(?)Asarum.  Baptisia(?) 
Cactus.       Cauloph.  Cimicifug. 
Cannab.i.  ColHnson.  Erigeron. 
Eup.pu.(?)Gelsemin.  Gossipi. 
Hamame.  Hedeoma.  Lilium, 
Podophyl.  Polygon.    Verat.  v. 
—  Uterus. 

Aletris.      Ascle  syr.Baptisia. 
Cactus.      CimicifugCaulopyl. 
Collinson.  Erigeron.  Eupat  pur 
Gelsemin.  Gossipiu.  Hamamel. 
Hedeoma.Helonias.  Lilium 
Mitchella  Podophyl. Polygon. 
Puis  N.      Sanguin.   Senecio. 
Trillium.  Veratrum.Xanthox. 
— of  Cervix  Uteri. 
Aletris  (.?)Ascl  in  (.')Caulophy. 
Cimicifuga.  Lilium. 

— Pancreas. 
Iris  ver. 
— of  Lungs. 

Apocy  ca.  Ascle  tub.Cactus  g. 
AilanthuSjAtropine.Cann  ind. 
Discorea,  Guaraea,  Gelsem. 
Lobel  inf.  Rumex,    Sanguin. 
Sticta.        Veratrum. 

CONJUNCTIVITIS— 
Gelsem.     Hamame.  Hydrastis 
Iris  V.         Phytol.     Sticta. 

CONSTIPATION— 
^sculu  g.  ^sculu  h.Aletris, 
Ars  iod.     Apoc  can.Apoc  and. 
Baptisia,    Chelone,  Chimaph, 
Cann  ind.  Carb  sulp.Coca, 
Codeine,    Collin  c.    Enonymu. 
Formica    Gelsem     Gymnocla 
Guaraea    Hydrastis  Iris  ver 
Juglans     Mitchella  Nabulus 
Nit  uran    Ptelea        Phytol 
Podophy  Strychnia  .f.  c. 
Sumbul     Urtica       Trifolium 

CONVULSIONS— 
Atropine  .^sculusg.Brom  pot 
Calabar,    Cauloph    Cupri  ars. 


Cimicif      Cypripid  Eupa  aro 
Gelsem      GymnoclaHedeoma 
Lachnant  Lobelia     Mygale 
Naja  Phytolac.  Scutcl. 

SantonincTarantula 
Veratrum  Viburn  o.  Zizia. 

CORNEA,  OPACITY  OF. 
Hydrastis  Pulsatilla  N. 

CORYZA— 
^scul  h.   Apoc  can. Arum  try. 
Asar  can.  Badiaga    Cactus, 
Cimicif.      Chelidm.  Cornus  c. 
Cup  ars.    DioscoreaEup  purp. 
Eup  arom.Formica   Gelsem. 
Hydrast.   Juglans     Lilium. 
Myrica.      Nit  uran.  Plantago. 
Phytol.       Rumex     Sanguin. 
Senecio     Sticta        Trifolium. 

COUP  DE  SOLIEL— 
Gelsem.     Lachnanthes  SJ\ 
Scutell.      Theridion  Veratrum. 

COUGH— 
.^sculu  h.  Apoc  can.  Aralia. 
Asclep  s.  Asclep  t.  Cerasus, 
Cimicif.     Com  dent.Discorea, 
Eryngui.    Eup  aro.  Eup  pcrf. 
Galium      Gelsem.    Gnaph. 
Gymno  c.  Ham  virg.Helonias 
Leptand.  Lycopus   Naja. 
Phytol.      Podoph.    Rhus  glab 
Rumex      Sang  can.  Senecio. 
Stilling.     Sticta        Trillium 
Veratrum  Zizia. 
— Catatrhal. 

^scul  h.    Apoc.  c.    Asclep. 
Cactus      Cimicif.     Sticta 
— Dry. 

Acalypha  Arum  tri.  Cactus 
Chelone     Eup  aro.   Iris  ver. 
Lobelia      Phytol.     Podoph. 
Pulsatilla  Rumex     Sang  can. 
— Loost. 

Apoc  can.  Arum  try.Eryngium 
Eup  perf.  Leptand.  Senecio 
Stilling.     Sang.         Trillium. 
— Hectic. 

Carb  sul.   Card  mar.Eup  per. 
Ham  virg.  Hyp  lime  Lycopus 


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CLINICAL  REPERTORY. 


Senecio     Sticta        Sang  can, 
Trillium. 
—  Whooping. 

Arum  tri.  Asarum    Atropine 
Brom  am.  Brom  pot.Castana 
Cerasus     Chelid  m.  Kup  arom 
Euphorb   Guaraea.    Hedeoma. 
Lobelia  i.  Pulsatilla  Podophy. 
Sang  can.  Sticta        Trifolium 
— Cramps  .  of   Stomach — {See 

Myalgia) 
Arum  try.  Collin.      Dioscorea 
Gelsem.      Iris  Podoph. 

Veratrum  Veronica 
— of  Pregnancy. 
Caulop.      Cimicif.     Gelsem. 
Viburnum.Verat.  v. 

CRICK  IN  THE   BACK. 
Cimicif.      Ham  virg.Rhus  ven 

CROUP— 
Brom  pot.Cyan  m.    Eryngium 
Gelsem.     Gymnocl  Lobelia. 
Naja  Podophy.  San  can. 

Stilling.     Veratrum. 

CUTANEOUS  AFFECT. 
— See  Eruptions. 
A  nus        Ampel  quAralia. 
Asarum     Asclep  t.  Cauloph. 
Chelone     Cistus        Cornus  f. 
Corydalis  PLrechth    Pluphorbia 
Gelsem      Iris  ver.     Juglans 
Lachnant  Lobelia     Nabulus 
Podophy   Pulsatilla  Rumex 
Stillingia  Trillium.  Urtica 

CYSTITIS— 
Alnus         Chelid  m.  Caulop. 
Chimaph  Collin  c.    Erigeron. 
Eup  purp.  Galium      Hydrastis 
Polygon    Populus     Senecio 
SantonineVeratrum. 

CYSTORRHCEA— 
— {See  Catarrh  of  the  Bladder.) 
Benz.  am.  Barosma  Bals.  Peru 
Chimap     CorydalisCoIlin  c, 
Erechth     Erigeron  Eup  purp. 
Senecio.    SantonineMitchella 

DEAFNESS— 
Apoc  can  Aralia       Baptisia 


Cistus        Cactus      Comoclad 
Eup  purp.  Gelsem      Hydrast 
Lachnan  Rhus  ven.  Sang  can 

DEBILITY— 
Aletris       Aralia       Baptisia 
Bals  peru  Cann  ind  Chelid  m 
Coca  Cyan  mcrCollin  c 

Cerasus      Chelone    Cimicif 
Corydalis  Cornus      Eup  perf 
liup  aromFrasera     Gelsem 
Helonias   Hydrast    Hyp  lime 
Hypo  pot  Iris  Leptand 

Myrica      Mitchella  Populus 
Rumex      Sang  can.Verat.  v. 
DENTITION   DIFFICULT 
Brom  pot.Phyto.        Podoph 
Hypo.  pot.  et  lime 

dp:lirium— 

Alianth     Atropine  Brom  pot 
Bapti-sia     Cimicif     Cactus 
Chlor  hydCyprip      Doryph 
Gelsem      Gymnoc  Lachnan 
Podophy  Solanum  Sang  can 
Val  zinc    Veratrum  Zizia. 
— a  potti. 

Brom  pot  Can  ind  Cimicif 
Cyprip  Chlor  hydGelsem 
Mono  camScutell.     Solanum 

DIABETES— 
Apocy  c    Brom  pot  Chimap 
Cimicif      Erigeron  Eup  pur 
Gelsem      Geranium  Helonias 
Hydrast    Lycopus  Nitr  uran 
Senecio     Trillium    Verat. 

DIPHTHERIA— 
Ars  iod     .  Brom  pot  Baptisia 
Cimicif      Cyan  merCarb.  ac. 
Gelsem      Guaco  .'*    Hydrast 
Iod  lead    Lachn       Myrica 
Naja  }       Sang  can  Solanum 
Trillium    Xanthox 

DIARRHCEA— 
^scnl  h    Ampelop  Alnus  v 
Apoc  and  Apoc  can  Asclep  in 
Asclep  sy  Asclep  tu  Baptisia 
Cactus       Cerasus     Chimap 
Cimicif      Carb  acid  Cistus 
Collin        Cornus  c 


CLINICAL  REiPERTORY. 


517 


Corydalis  Chelid. 

Discorea    Erechth    Erigeron 

EryngiumEuphorbi  Frasera 

Formica    Gelsem      Geranium 

Gnaph        Ham  v      Helonias 

Hydrast    Iris  Juglans 

Leptand    Lilium      Lycopus 

Mitchella  Myrica      Nabulus 

Nuphar     CEnoth.     Phytol 

Puis  Nut  Plantago    Rhus  ven 

Rumex      Robinia     Sang  can 

Senecio     Solanum  Trillium 

Triosteu    Urtica        Veratrum. 

— Bilious. 

Apo'c  can  Apoc  andCollin  c 

Cornus  c  Carb  sulp  Cyan  mer 

Chelid        Carduus  ? 

Dioscorea  Eup  perf  Gelsem 

Iris  Juglans     Leptand 

Phytol       Podophy. 

— CI  ironic. 

Ars  iod      Alnus        Ampelo 

Apoc  can  Bals  peru  Baptisia 

Cistus        Collin  c    Carb  snl 

Chelid        Euphorb  Geranium 

Hyp  lime  Leptand  Myrica 

— of  Children. 

Brom.pot.  Cimicif      Collin  c 

Euphorb    ICryng        Gelsem 

Gnaph       Hyp.  lime  Lept 

CEnotheraPoly  off     Trillium 

— Colliquative. 

Ars  iod      Euphorb  Euonym 

Frasera      Gnaph      Hyp  lime 

Myrica      Oxal  cer  Xanthox. 

— with  Griping. 

Apoc  can  Comoc.     Diosco 

Gnaph       Iris  Juglans 

Leptand   Nuphar     Phytol 

Podophy  Pulsatilla 

Rhus  ven 

■ — Painful. 

Apoc  and  Cactus      Collin  c 

Triosteum 

—Painless. 

Asclcp  sy  Brom  pot  Chelid 

Cauloph    Gelsem 


— Light. 

Hydrast     Iberis        Myrica 

Rhus  ven 

— Mucus. 

Asclep  tu  Asclcp  in  Bals  pcru 

Collin         Cactus      Erechth 

Eryng        Iris  Leptand 

Sarrac       Senecio     Podophy 

Polygon 

— In  Morning. 

Cactus       Cimicif     Eup  perf 

Gnaph       Nuphar     Podophy 

Rumex      Senecio     Phytol 

— at  Night. 

Cauloph    Chelid       Iris 

Phytol 

— Constipation,  alternate  with. 

Apoc  can  Apoc  andCimicif 

Iris  Podoph 

— of  Undigested  food. 

Mszw  hip.Iris  Phytol. 

Podophy.  Polyp, 

—  Watery. 

Ampcl.      Apoc  can. Cactus 
Collin.        Cosmol.    Cauloph- 
Erechth.    Euphorb.  Gnaph. 
Iris       ,     Leptand.  Nabulus 
Robinia     Rumex     Sang  can, 
Senecio     Podophy.  Phytol. 

—  Vomiting  with. 

Apoc  and. Apoc  can.Ascle  sy, 
Baptisia  Collin.  Euphorb. 
Gnaph.      Iris  Phytol. 

Podophy. 
— Broivn, 

Ascle  sy,  Baptisia    Caul  op. 
Cornus      Gnaph.      Leptand. 
Podophy.  Rumex     Senecio 

—  White. 

Cauloph.  Iberis  Lobcl  inf. 
Podophy.  Rhus  ven. 

—  Yellow. 

Ascle  sy.  Ascle  tu.  Cistus 
Dioscorea  Gelsem.    Iris 
Leptand,   Nuphar    Podophy. 
Polygon.    Senecio 


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CLINICAL  REPERTORY. 


— Blackish. 

Cactus        DioscoreaGnaph. 

Leptandra  Podophy. 

— Green. 

Ascle  tu.  Cornus  f.  Hydrast. 

Iris  Podophy.  Polygon. 

DILATATION  ^/ VEINS 
Lycopus. 

DIPLOPIA— 
Cactus       Cimicif.     Gelsem. 
Gymn.       Lachnan.  Veratrum 

DREAMS    Troublesome 
Baptisia    Erynguim  Hydrast 
Juglans.     Lobelia     Mitchella, 
Ptelea        Phytol.      Polygon. 
Rumex      Sang  can.  Solanum 

DROPSY— 
Aletris       Ampelop.Apoc  can. 
Apoc  and.Ars  iod.    Arct  lap. 
Benz  am.  Cactus      Cauloph. 
Chimaph.  Collin.      Comocl. 
Erigeron.  Equis.       Eryng  a. 
Euonymu.Eup  per.  Eup  purp. 
Euphorb.  Galium      Gelsem. 
Hedeoma  Helonias  Iris 
Leptand.  MitchellaMenisp. 
Phytol.      Rhus  gla.  Rhus  ven. 
Sang  can.  Senecio    Sarracen. 
Sumbul     Veratrum, 

DIURESIS— 
Ascle  sy.  Apoc  can.Apoc  and. 
Corydalis  Erigeron  Eup  purp. 
Gelsem.     Helonias  Senecio 
Veratrum. 

DYSENTERY— 
-^sculus    Apoc  andAsclep  in. 
Asclep  tu.Baptisia    Bals  peru. 
Brom  pot.Carb  sul.  Cerasus 
Cistus        Collin  c.   Cornus  c. 
Corydalis  Cyanmer.Dorypho. 
Dioscorea  Erechth.   Erigeron. 
Euphorbi.  Gelsem.    Geranium 
Gnaph.       Ham  vir.  Hydrastis 
Iris  Juglans    Leptand. 

Lycopus    Myrica     Nabulus 
Polygon.    Podophy.  Polypor.     I 
Phytol.       Populus    Rhus  g.       ' 


Rumex      Sang  can. Senecio 
Trillium     Urtica       Veratrum 
Xanthox. 

DYSPNCEA— 
Asclep  sy.Asclep  tu.Baptisia 
Cactus       Cistus        Comoclad 
Eup  perf.  Eryngum  Gelsem. 
Ham  virg.Iberis        Lachnan. 
Lobel  inf.  Ptelea       Rumex 
Sang  can.  Sumbul 

DYSPEPSIA— 
Abies        CEsculu  g.Aletris 
Asclep  sy.Alnus       Asclep  tu. 
Apoc  and.Asar  c.      Baptisia 
Caulop.      Cerasus 
Cal  bean.  Coca 
Cornus  c.  Cornus  f. 
Corydalis  Euonym.  Eup  per. 
Helonias   Hepatica  Hydrast. 
Iris  Leptand   Lycopus 

Myrica      Nabulus 
Nitr  uran.  Phytol. 
Populus     Ptelea 
Rhus  gla.  Rumex 
Sang  can.  Sarrac. 
TriosteumVeratrumVibur  op. 

DYSURIA— 
Apoc  can.  Asclep  in. Ascle  t,  (.'') 
Asclep  sy.Barosma  Cactus 
Cauloph.  Chimap.    Doryph. 
Epigaea     Eup  perf.  Eup  purp. 
Equisetu.  Galium      Gelsem, 
Ham  virg.Hedeoma  Helonias 
Iris  Mitchella  Populus 

Polygon.    Pulsatilla  Phytol. 
Santonin.  Sarrac.       Senecio 

DYSMENORRHCEA— 
^sculu  h.Asclep  in.Asclep  sy. 
Apoc  and.Ars.  iod.  Aletris. 
Asarum(.?)Atropine  Baptist. 
Brom  am. Cactus       Can  ind. 
Cimicif.     Cauloph.   Collin. 
Chlor  hydCornus 
Dioscorea  Erigeron 
Eup  perf.  Gossip. 
Ham  virg.Hedeoma  Helonias 
Iris  Mitchel(.?)Podoph(.?) 


Chelone 

Collin. 

Cypriped. 


Naja 
Podophy. 
Pulsatilla 
Robinia 
Stryc  fer. 


Cyprip.(.?) 
Eup.purp. 
Gelsem. 


CLINICAL   REPERTORY. 


519 


Polygon.    Phytol.      Sang  can. 
■  Scutel.  (?)  Senecio     Trillium 
Ustilago   Veratrum  Xanthox, 
'     DUODENTITIS— 
Iris  Podoph.(.'')  Pulsatilla 

ECCHYMOSES  on  EYE- 
BALLS— 
Erigeron   Ham  virg. 

ENTERITIS— 
Apoc  and.Asclep  sy.Baptisia 
Cornus  c.  Euphorbi.Gelsem. 
Hydrast.   Iris  Leptand. 

Lycopus.  Nuphar     Phytol. 
Podophy.  Sang  can.Veratru(.'') 

ECZEMA— 
— (See  Eruptions) 

ELEPHANTIASIS— 
— {See  Eruptions) 

ENTERO-COLITIS— 
Leptand.  Nuphar. 
ENURESIS— 
Atropine  Barosma  Benz  am. 
Brom  pot.  Coca  Cactus 

Eup  aromGelsem.     Geranium 
Nitr  uran. Podophy.  Phytol. 
Plantago  Polygon.    Sang  can. 
SantonineStillingia,  Vibur  op. 

ENTERALGIA— 
— {See  Colic) 

EPILEPSY— 
Brom  am.  Brom  lith.Brom  pot. 
Bufo  Cauloph.  Cup  ars. 

Cyan  pot.  Cornus  f.  Cypriped 
Eup  pur.  Galium.     Gelsem. 
Gymnoc.   Lachn.  (.'')  Polygon. 
Podophy.  SantonineSolanum 
Veratrum  Zizia. 

ERUPTIONS— 
Ailanth,    Agave       Alnus 
Ampelop.  Asclep  tu.Arctium 
Ars  iod.    Carb  sulp.Chehdon. 
Cupri         Chimaph.Cimicif. 
Cistus        ComocladCorydalis 
Euony.  (.^)Euphorbi.Gelsem. 
Gossip.      Gymno.    Guaraea. 
Hydrast.   Iris  Juglans 

Lachn  .{!*)  Lobel  inf.Nabulus 
Nuphar     Phytol.      Plantago 


I  Polygon.    Pulsatilla  Rhus  g. 
'  Rhus  ven.Rumex     Sarrac. 

Sang  can.  Stillingia  Urtica 

Veratrum  Zizia. 

— Ecthyma. 

Cistus        Juglans 
I  — Eczema. 
\  Carb.  ac.   Cosmol.    Stillingia. 

Iris  Juglans     Comocl.(.'') 

Rhus.ven.(.'') 

— Exanthematoiis. 

Baptisia    Cimicif.     Gelsem. 
I  Hydrast.  Juglans     Podophy. 

Sarracen.  Veratrum  Xanthox. 

— Elephantiasis. 

Comoclad.Rhus.ven. Stilling. 

Solanum. 

— Ephelis. 
:  Cauloph. 
\  — Erysipelatous. 

Anather.   Atropine  Aralia 

Cistus        ComocladP^uphorb. 

Gelsem.     Gymno.    Hydrast. 

Juglans     Lobelia     Polygon. 

Rhus.  ven. Solanum  Veratrum 

— Erythema. 

Ars.  iod.    Comocl.(.'')Gelsem. 
Juglans     Pulsatilla  Rhus.  ven. 

Solanum  Urtica       Zizia 
— Favus. 

Phytol.  (.?)Iris  (.?)      Carb.  acid 

— Herpes. 

Alnus        Aralia       Cistus 

ComocladCarb.  sul.  Coca 

Cosmol.     Eup.  per.  Juglans 

Lobelia     Menisp.     Phytol. 

— IcJi  thyosis. 

Alnus  (.?)    Phytol  (.?)  Stilling (.?) 

— Impetigo. 

Alnus        Ars.  iod.  Carb.  acid 

Carb.  sulp.J  uglans 

— Intertrigo. 

Hydrastis. 

—Itch. 

Asclep.  in.Carb.acidLobelia 

Phytolac.   Rumex 

— Lepra. 

Ars.  iod.    ComocladCarb.  acid 


520 


CLINICAL   REPERTORY. 


Carb.sulp.Iris  Stillingia 

— Lichen. 

Corydalis 

— Lupus. 

Carb.  acidCistus       Cundura. 

Guaraea.  Hydrast.  Phytol. 

— Papulous. 

Cimicif.     Gelsem.    Lachn. 

Lobelia     Pulsatilla  Urtica 

— Pemph  igus. 

Comocla.  Juglans     Rhus  ven. 

— Pityriasis. 

Alnus  (?)  Ars.iod.     Ampel.  [?] 

Carb.acid.Nuphar,    Phytolac. 

Stilling.[?] 

— Petechia. 

Baptisia[?]Comoc[?]  Hcdeo[?] 

Rhus  v.. 

— Porrigo. 

Alnus,       Comoc[?]  Juglans[?] 

Iris  Rhus  v.[?] 

— Pustulous. 

Asclep.  t.  Cimicifu,  Carb.  acid, 

Euphorb.  Iris 

Juglans,    SarraceniaSumbul. 

— Prurigo. 

Alnus       Apocy.an.  Collinson. 

Carb.acid.Ham.  virg.Populus. 

— Psoriasis. 

Ars.  iod.  Apocy.canlris 

Nuphar    PhytolaccaSarracen. 

— Syphilitic. 

Alnus       Ampelops.  Asclep.  s. 

Cistus       Corydalis  Phytolac. 

Pulsatilla  Rhus  ven.  Stillingia 

— Purpufa. 

Baptis.(.>)  Eriger.[?]  Ham.  w.[>] 

Hedeo.[i'] 

— Roseola. 

Gelsem.(.?) Urtica  {>) 

— Scabies. — {See  Itch.) 

— Squamous. 

Ampel.(?)  Coca  Hydrast. 

Phytol.(.!')  Rhus.ven.Sang.  can. 

— Sycosis. 

Juglans(?) 

— Tinea. 

Arctium    Ars.  iod.    Iris 


Phytol.      Pulsatilla  Carb.  acid 

—  Urticaria. 

Cimicif.     Chloral      Lobelia 
Pulsatilla  Sang.  can.Urtica 

—  Vesiculous. 

Asclep.tu.Comocl.    Chimaph. 
Euphorbia}  uglans{.')Lobelia 
Rhus.  ven.Rumex 

— Zoster — ( Shingles. ) 

Cistus        Cosmol.    Comocl. 

Phytol.      Rhus.  ven. Semper. 

— Erysipelas — ( See  Eruptions^ 

Alnus        Aralia       Comocl. 

Doryphor.Euphorb.  Gelsem. 

Gymnoc.    Hydrast.  Podophy. 

Plantago  Polygon    Rhus.  ven. 

Solanum  Veratrum.Zizia 
EPISTAXIS. 

Cyan.mer.Discorea.  Cactus 

Erechth.    Erigeron  Gelsem. 

Geranium  Ham.virg.  Hedeoma 

Hyp.  limeLycopus  Rhus.  g. 

Rumex      Sang.        Trillium 

Thlaspi.    Veratrum. 

— Hemorrhoidal. 

JEsc\x\.  h.  Collin.       Ham.  v. 

Podophy. 
EUSTACHIAN   TUBE, 

— Obstructions  of. 

Phytol.      Cistus  (.?)  Gelsem.(.?) 

Hydras.(.?)Pulsatilla  {>) 
EXCORIATIONS— 

Comoc.(.'')  Hydrast.   Juglans 

Rhus  ven. 

EXOPHTHALMUS— 

Lycopus  virg. 

EYES   DISEASES  OF— 

— {See  Ophthalmia.) 

— Catarrh. 

Pulsatilla  Nutt. 

— Neuralgia  of. 

Atropine  Cactus  (.!*)  Cimicif. 

Gelsem.     Iris  Lachn. (.?) 

Pulsatil.[.''] Hydrast.  Senecio.[.>] 

Zizia  [.?] 

FATTY  DEGN.  OF  KID- 
NEYS—[5^^  Bright' s  dis] 


CLINICAL  REPERTORY. 


521 


FELON — [See  Paronychia] 
F.ECES— 
— Diarrhceic — \See  Diarrhoea?\ 
— Dysenteric — [See  Dysentery] 
— Qualities  of— [when  not  diar- 
rhceic or  dysenteric] 

— Acid. 

Hydrastis. 

— Black  and  hard. 

iEscul.  h.  Dioscorea 

— Brown  and  Soft. 

Asclep.  s. 

— Black  and  soft. 

yEsculus  hAsclep.tu.Leptand. 

— Bilious. 

Apocy.  c.  Cornus  c.  Eup.  perf. 

Ge!semin.  Juglans 

— Clammy. 

Asclep.tu. 

— Clay-colored. 

Iberis,        Leptandra 

— Dark-colored. 

Cauloph.  Cornus  c.  Eryngium 

Gnaphali.  Ham.virg.Rhus  ven. 

Rumex      Sarracen.  Senecio 

— Eggs,  like  spoiled. 

Asclep.tu. 

— Greai  (tea-color). 

Asclep.tu.Gelsem.      Hydrastis 

Iris  versi. 

Podophy.  Polygon. 

— Hard  and  Dry  [or  Scybala] 

Cimicif.     Collin.       Cornus.  c. 

Erigeron    Eryngiumlris 

Leptand.  Phytol.      Pulsatilla 

Senecio. 

— Mucus  covered  zvith,  [Slimy.] 

.Collin.       Cornus.     Ham.  virg 

Hydrastis  Leptand.  Phytol. 

Podophy.  Polygon.  Pulsatilla 

Sarrac. 

—  Soft  and  mushy,  papescent. 

iEscul.  h.  Asclep.sy.  Dioscorea 

Erigeron   Gelsem.     Ham  v. 

Hydrast.   Iris  Leptand 

Lobelia     Phytol.      Podophy. 

Pulsatilla. 

65 


— Streaked  with  blood. 

Iris  Phytol.      Senecio 

— Scanty. 

Rumex      Sang,  can. 

—  Undigested. 

Erigeron,  Iris,  Pulsatilla. 

—  White  or  light  colored. 
.(Esculus  hAsclep  t.  Cauloph. 
Dioscorea  HydrastisLobelia 
Podophyl.Rhus  ven. 

—  Yellozvish. 

Asclep.sy.Asclep  tu.Cistus. 
DioscoreaGelsemin.  Iris  vers. 
Leptand.  Nuphar      Podophyl. 
Senecio 

¥'£N'EKS—(May  be  of  use  in) 
.^scul.  h.  Apocy.can.Apocy.an 
Asarum  Asclep.nic  Asclep.tu 
Asclep.sy,  Baptisia  Cimicifu. 
Cerasus  Chelone  Chimaph. 
Eringium  Eup.  perf.Eup.  purp 
EuphorbiaFrasera  Galium. 
Gelsem.  Gnaph.  Hedeoma, 
Helonias  Hepatica.Hydrast. 
Iris  Lachn,      Leptand. 

Lycopus  Lobelia  Podophy. 
Phytol.  Triosteu.  Veratrum 
Xanthox. 

— Bilious. 

Apoc.and. Baptisia    Chelid. 

Cornus.  f.  Eup.  perf.Gelsem. 

Iris  Juglans     Leptand. 

Podophy.  Phytol.      Polygon. 

Sang.  can.TriosteumVeratrum 

— Bilious  remittent. 

Cornus.  f.  Gelsem.    Podophy. 

Sang.  can. 

—r  Congestive. 

Baptisia    Cornus.     Eup.  perf. 

Veratrum  Xanthox. 

— Catarrhal. 

Apoc.and. iEscul.  h.  Apocy.  c. 

Asclep.  tu.Arum.  t.    Asarum. 

Baptisia    Cactus      Eup.  perf. 

Gelsem.     Myrtus.     Senecio 

Sticta        Veratrum  [.?] 

— Exanthematous. 

Asarum[.'']Arum.try.Baptisia 


522 


CLINICAL  REPERTORY. 


Cimicif.     Gelsem.     Hydrast. 

Juglans      Lachnan.  Podophy. 

Sarrac.      Solanum  Urtica 

Veratrum  Xanthox. 

— Eruptive,  \See  Exanthem^ 

— Gastric. 

Asclep.tu.Baptisia    Cactus 

Cimicif.     Cornus.     Eup.  perf. 

Gelsem.     HedeomaHelonias 

Hydrast.  Iris  Podophy. 

Sans^.  can.TriosteumVeratrum 

— Hectic. 

Asarum.    Bals.peru.Chimaph. 

Cerasus     Eup.purp.Gelsem. 

Hypo.limcLachn.  [i']Lycop.[i'] 

Sang.  can. 

— Inflammatory. 

Apoc.  [.?]    Asarum [i']Baptis.[i'] 

Cactus       Gelsem.    Veratrum 

— In  term,  it  ten  t. 

iEscul.       Alianth.    Aletris 

Apoc.  can.Apoc.and.Asclep.tu. 

Asarum.    Brom.pot.Cactus 

Ceiasus     Chelone    Cimicif. 

Chimaph.  Cornus.  c.  Cornus.  f. 

Eup.  perf.  Eup.  aro.  Euonym. 

Eucalyp.    Frasera     Guaraea. 

Gossip.      Gymnocl.  Gelsem. 

Hydrast.  Leptand.  Lobelia 

Lycopus    Podophy.  Plantago 

Polygon    Populus.    Ptelea 

Veratrum  Verb.  has.Xanthox 

— Irritative. 

Baptisia    Comoc[i']  Euphorb. 

Gelsemin.  Lachn[i']  Podophyl. 

Rhus  v.[.^l  Sang.c[i']  Veratrum. 

— Infantile  remittent. 

Gelsemin.  LeptandrPodophyl. 

Veratrum. 

— Nervous. 

Cypriped.  Eup.  a.[i']  Lachnant. 

Scutellar. 

— Puerperal. 

Aralia[.'']  Cimicif.     Carb.  acid 

Baptisia,  Hedeo[?]    Solanum 

Veratrum 

— Remittent. 

Cerasus     Cornus  f.  Cornus  c. 


Eup  perf  Eucalypt.  Gymnocl. 
Gelsemin  Iris  versic  Juglans 
Leptandr  Lachnant  Podophyl 
Sang  can  Veratrum 
— Rheumatic. 

Apocy.a.  Asclep.t.    Baptisia 
Cimicifug.Cactus       Formica 
Galium      Gelsemin.  Iris  vers. 
Lithium  C.Pulsatilla  Phytolac. 
Rhus  TriosteumVeratrum 

— Spotted  or  petechial  (  Cerebro- 
spinal). 
Baptisia    Cimieif.     Chloral  \T\ 
Calabar.    Eup.  pu  rp.  Gels  on. 
Solanum,  Veratrum  Xanthox. 
Zizia. 
— Scarlet. 

Arum        AlianthusAtropine 
Comocla.  Carb.  acidChlor.hy. 
Gelsemin.  Gymncla.  Juglans[?] 
Rhus  v.[i']Solanum    Urtica 
Verat.  [.?] 

—  Typhus. 

Atropine  Asclepias  Baptisia 
Cann.  ind. Chimaph.  Cypriped 
Comoclad  Eup.perf.  Gelsemin. 
Iris  versic. Podophyl. Rhus  g. 
Rhusv.[i*]  Xanthox. 
— Typhoid. 

Asarum     Baptisia  Chimaph. 
Cerasus      Carb.acidCimicifu. 
Cornus  fl.  Cypriped  Doryph. 
Erigeron    Gelsemin. Gymnoc. 
Iris  versic.  Leptand  Lachnan 
Myrica       Mygale     Podophy 
Plantago    Rhus         Sumbul 
Solanum    Triosteu.  Veratrum 
Xanthox. 

—  Verminous. 

Apocy.an.Euphorb.  Gelsemin. 
Santonine. 

—  Yellow. 

Apocy.an.Cimicifu.  Eup.  perf. 
Gelsemin.  Veratrum 
FISTULA. 

Myrica  [.?]Hydras[i'] 

— In  Ano. 

CoUinson.  HydrastisPhytolac. 


CLINICAL    REPERTORY. 


523 


Sang.c.  [?] 

— of  MamincB. 

Hydras[?]  Phytolacca 

FLATULENCE. 
yEscul.  h.  Arum         Apocy.  c. 
Ars.  iod.   Asclep.t.    Baptisia 
Cactus,      CaulophylCarb.sulp 
Chelidon.  Coca,         Collinson 
Comocla.  Cornus      Cimicifu. 
DioscoreaGuaraea    Hydrastis 
Iris  versi.  Juglans     Lachnant 
Mitchella  Originam  Phytolac. 
Polygon.  Rumex     Sang.can. 

FURUNCLES. 
Asclep.  syArctium   Bellis 
Coca         Carbol.ac.Erigeron 
Gnaphali.  Ham.  wV.Iris  versi, 
Phytolacca^^x\^.zzxiSW\X\Vi\J\ 

FUNGOUS    GROWTHS. 
Carbol.ac.Podophyl  Sang.  can. 

GANGRENE. 
Baptisi.[.?]Frasera[i*]  Rhus  g. 
Ustilago  Xanthox 

GASTRODYNIA. 
Gelsem.     Iris  versic  Phytolac. 

GASTRALGIA. 
Atropine  Asclep.tu  Codeine 
Dioscorea  Gelsemin.Helonias 
Iris  versicT^eptand.  Lobelia 
Veratrum 

GASTRITIS. 
iEsculus  hAtropine  Carb.  acid 
Euphorb.  Hedeoma  Hydrastis 
Iris  versic.Lycopus    Podophyl. 
Ptelea       Sang.  can.  Veratrum 

GALL-STONES,^;i7)«/j/^;/ 
Carduus,  Chelidoni.  Dioscorea 
Eup.  purpPodophyl. 
GASTRIC     DERANGEMENTS. 

Abies       Apocy.canApocy  an 
Aletris,     Asclep  sy.Asclep.  t. 
Balsam  P.Brom.  pot  Cactus 
Canchal.  Cann.  ind.  Carb.sulp 
Carduus    Chelidoni.  Cimicifu. 
Cornus  c.  Cyan.pot.  Cyan.mer 
DoryphorEup.  purp.Frasera 
Gelsemin.GossipiumHelonias 


Hydrastislberis  Iris  versic. 
Lobel.cer.  Lobelia  in.Leptand. 
Myrica  Plantago  Podophyl. 
PolyporusPtelea  Stillingia. 
Sang.can.  Ustilago  Veratrum. 
GLANDULAR  affections. 
AlianthusBadiaga  Barosma 
Chimaph.  Cistus  c.  Iod.lead[i*] 
Phytolac.  Stillingia 

GLEET. 
Alnus       Asclep.sy  Chimaphil 
Cimicifu.  Corydalis  Collinson 
Dorypho.Erigeron    Erechthit 
EringiumEup  purp.  Equiset. 
Gelsemin  Geranium  Ham.virg 
HedeomaHydrastis  OilSandal 
Populus    Popophyl  Phytolac 
Stillingia  Senecio     Trillium. 

GLOBUS  HYSTERICUS. 
(See  Hystericus.) 

GLOSSITIS. 
Arum        Cyanide  p  Doryp.(.'') 

GOUTY  AFFECTIONS. 
Apocy.  anBenz  am.  Carb.sulp. 
Eup.  perf.  Eup.purp.Lithium  c 
Veratrum. 

GOITRE. 
Chimap(.'jCorydal[i']Iris  ver. 
Iod.lead[i']Phytolac.  Podophyl 
Urtica 
GRANULATED    Kidneys. 

(See  Brighfs  Disease.) 
Granular  conjunctivitis. 
PhytolaccaSding.  can. 

GONORRHCEA. 
Alnus        Asclep.in.Asclep.sy. 
Carb.  acid. Cauloph     Chimaph. 
Cann  ind.  Doryph.   Erigeron 
Ering.a  ^.Equis.        Geranium 
Gelsem      Hedeomsi.  Hyd7'asi. 
Ham  virg.  Iris  Lobelia 

Oi/.  Saitd.  Phytolac.  Podoph. 
Populus    Rhus  g.     Sang  can. 
Stilling.    Senecio 

GRAVEL— (C^/f«//.) 
Alnus        Barosma   Chimap. 
Collin.      Corydalis  Erigeron. 


S24 


CLINICAL  REJ'ERTORY. 


Eup  per.    Epigea.     Eryngium 
Equise.     Eup  aro.    Frasera. 
Galium      Gossipi.    Podoph. 

GUMS,  INFLAMMATION  OF 

Cimicif,  Cyanmer.Eup.aro(?) 
Helonia(?)Hydrast.  Myrica.(?) 
Phytol.  (?) 

HEMOPTYSIS— 
Acalypha.  Apoc.  can, Card  mar. 
Cactus        Collin.       Eri^eron. 
Galium      Gelsem.     Gerani. 
//tfw.wV^.Hepatica  Hyp  lime 
Lycopus.    Sang.  can.Senecio 
Sticta       Trillium    Urtica 
Veratrum. 

HEMATEMESIS— 
Cactus      Erigeron    Eryng. 
Erechth.  //^w.wV^.Lycopus 
Nit.  uran.  Rumex     Sang.  c. 
Trillium.  Veratrum 

HEMORRHOIDS— 
Esculu  g.  yEscul.  /^.  Anath. 
Badiaga.    Cyan.mer.Chelone 
Cactus       Collinson.Discorea, 
Erechth.    Erigeron  Eryngum 
Galium      Geranium  Gnaph. 
Ham.virg.WydvdiSt.  Hyp.  lime 
Iris  Leptand    Lobelia 

Phytol.  Podoph.  Polygon. 
Rhus  glabSang  can.  Trillium 
Veratrum  Urtica 

HEMORRHAGES— 
Alnus        Apoc  can.  A calyph. 
Cerasus     Cactus       Cimicif 
Collinson.  Erechth.   Erigeron 
Galium     Gelsem,    Geran. 
Gnaph.      Ham.  v.    Iris. 
Lobel.  inf.Lycopus  Rhus  g. 
Sang.  can.Senecio     Trillium. 
Thlaspi.     Urtica       Veratrum 

HEMATURIA— 
Alnus        Cactus      Chimaph. 
Erigeon    Erecht.(i')Eup.  pur. 
Geranium  Hamame.  Pulsatil(.?) 
Trillium    Thlasp. 

HEART    AFFECTIONS. 
Btom.  pot. Cactus        Chelone. 
Cimicif.     Collin.        Chloral 


Formica.  Gelsem      Iberis 
Leptan  (i')Lithium.  Lob.  inf.(.?) 
Lilium.     Naja  Phytol. 

Rumex  (i')Sang.  can.Scutell. 
Sumbul,    Veratrum 

HEPATIC     DIFFICULTIES. 
Escul.hip.Baptisia   Chelone. 
Carb.sulp.Chelid.      Card.  mar. 
Dioscorea  KnonymwEupa.perf. 
Hepatic(?) Hydrast.  Iris 
Iberis         Leptand.  Lith. 
Myrica.     Menisp.     Phytol. 
Podoph.     Polygon    Sang.  can. 
Stilling. 

HEPATIC    CIRRHOSIS. 
Apoc.  can. 

HEPATIC  CONGESTION. 
Chelid.      Cornus.     Carduus 
Leptand.  Podophy. 
HEPATIZATION  ^/ lungs 
Cactus       Sang,  can. 

HERPES  CIRCINATUS. 
— {See  Eruptions^ 

HERNIA  strangulated. 
Carb.sulp.Gelsem     Lobelia 

HEMIPLEGIA— 
— {See  Paralysis^ 
Sang.  can. Phytol.  *  Strych.  f 
Xanthox.(.?) 

H  E  AD  AC  H  E— Bilious. 
Escul.  hi.Apoc.and.Baptisia. 
Chelid.      Collin.canCornus. 
Iris  Leptand    Myrica. 

Nuphar     Podophy.  Triosteum 
— Catarrhal. 

Escul.  hi.  Anather.  Asar.  can. 
Cimicifug.Gelse.  s.  v.Phyto. 
Senecio      Sticta. 
— Congestive. 

Apocy.  ca.  Atropine    Baptisi. 
Badiaga    Brom.am.  Brom.lith. 
Br ont.  pot. Cactus        Canchala. 
Cannab.inChelidon.  Corn.  flo. 
DioscoreaGelsemin.  Hamam.v 
Lachnan  Monob.  c.   Menisp. 
Nitr.  ura.  Phos.  zinc  Solanum, 
TheridionVerat.  vir. 


CLINICAL  kEf>ERTORY. 


525 


— Gastric. 

Ars.  iod.  ^scul.hip.Collin. 
Gnaph.      Hedeoma  Hydrastis, 
iris  Fodoph[?]Pulsatil.  N 

Polygon.  Stillingia,  Veratrum. 
— Hemorrhoidal. 
iEscu.hip.Collinson  Podophyl. 
— Myalgic. 

Cimicifug.Hydras[?]  Sanguin. 
— Nervous. 

Asclep  sy. Atropine   Cann.  ind. 
Carb.  ac.  Cauloph.    Cimicif. 
Cypriped.  Gelsemin.  Gnaph. 
Hydrast    Iberis        Liliiim 
Mon.cam.  Nabulus    Phyt.  dec. 
Pajdlinia  Pulsatilla  Sulph.  nic. 
Scutella.    Ustilago    Val.Zinc 
— Rheumatic. 

Ascle  s.     Apocy.anBaptisia 
Cimicifug.C^iCtns      Cauloph. 
Myr.  cer.    Phytolac.  Pulsatilla 
Sanguin.  * 

HEMICRANIA. 
KpocTvadi. Atropine  Cypri. 
Eupat.perGelsemin.  Ins  v. 
Sulp.nick.  PtdsatillaT xiosttVim. 
Val.  Zinc 

HEPATITIS. 
Chelido.     Chelone    Euphorbi. 
Hepatica  Hydrastis Leptandr. 
Myric.cer.  Phyto.       Podophy. 
Ptelea        Veratr  v. 

HOARSENESS. 
Arum.       Bapti.  tin.  Cimic.  rac. 
Carb.  sul.  Chelidon.  Coca, 
Gelsem.(.'')EryngiumIris  ver.(.'*) 
Lachnan.  Plant  maj.Rhus  glab 
Rumex     Stillingia.  Xanthox. 

HYSTERIA. 
Aletris      Asclcj).  t.  Cactus, 
Coca  Ccreisus{})  Cimicif ug. 

Corn.  cir.  Cypriped.  Caulophy 
Frasera{?) Ge/semi.  s.  Erech.  hie 
EryngiumEupat.  ar.  Hedeoma 
Myric.  cer. Mon.  cam.Originum 
Populus  Polyg.  Scutella. 
Senecio  Sticta.  Sumbul 
Theridion  Veratrum 


HYDROCEPHALUS. 
Apoc.can.Hyp.lime  Phos.zinc. 
SantonineVeratrum 

HYDROPHOBIA. 
Calabar(.?)Chloral(.?) 
Gels.  (.?)     Lobelia(.?)Scutel. 

HYPOCHONDRIASIS. 
yEsc.  hip.  Asarum    Asclep.  sy. 
Bapti.  tin.Brom.pot.C<a:«.  ind. 
Card. mar  Coca  Cactus 

Cimicif ugComus  c.  Cypriped 
Eryngi.     Euph  cor  Gelsemin. 
Hypo.potHydrastisIris  ver. 
Lachnan.  Lepta  vir.Lobelia, 
MitchellaPodoph.     Ptelea 
Rhus  gla.  Senecio     Xanthox 

HYDROTHORAX. 
(See  Dropsy.) 

HYPERESTHESIA  of  the 

Brain. 
Bromides,  Cactus(.'')  Cimicif. 
Cypriped. Diosc.  (.-')  Gelsem(,?) 
Gymno(.'')  Lachnan.  Mono  cam 
Scutella.    Sangui.(.'')  Val.  zinc, 
— of  Spine. 

Baptis.(.'')  Calabar.    Cimicifug. 
Cypriped. Diosc.  vil.  Gelsemin. 
Lachn(.'*)  Scutella.    Veratr.  v. 
—  Uterus. 

Atropine,  Caulo.(.')  Cimicif(i') 
DioscoreaEup.pu.(.'')Hedeoma, 
— Ovaries. 

Hedeoma  Lilium,     Podoph(.?) 
Valer.zinc, 

HYPERTROPHY  of  Heart 
Brom.pot  Cactus 
Cimicifu.    Collins(.'') 
Cerasus     Gelsem.    Hydrastis 
Helonias,  Lycopus  Lilium 
Lobelia     Sanguin.  Ver.  vir 

IMPETIGO. 
{See  Eruptions) 

IMPOTENCE. 
Brom.  pot.Carb.sul.  Chloral, 
Eup.purp.  Gelsemin. Ham.  v. 
Helon.dio.Nuph.  lut.Phytolac. 
Stillingia.  Xanthox. 


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CLINICAL  REPERTORY. 


INTERMITTENTS. 
(See  Fevers.) 

INTERTRIGO, 
{See  Eruptions.) 

INDIGESTION. 
(See  Dyspepsia.) 
I N  T  E  S  T I N  A  L  /« tussusception 
Lobelia     Podop(?) 
INDURATION  of  Os  Uteri. 
Cimicifug.Podophy  Phyto.(?) 
Lilium      Mitchel(?)Stilling.(?) 
— Glands,  (See  also  Glandular 

Affections?) 
Chimaph  Phytol. 

INFLUENZA. 
Asclep.sy.Card.mar.  Cimicifu. 
Eryngi.     Eup.perf.    Gelsem. 
Phytol.      Sang.can.  Stillingia 
Sticta       TriosteumVeratrum 

ISCHURIA. 
Apoc.  can. Eup.purp.  Galium 
Gelsemin.  Guaraea    Mitchella 
Myrica      Podophyl.  Senecio 
Santonine. 

INSOMNIA. 
Atropine  Brom,  lith.Brom  pot 
Chlor.hydCaulophyl  Cotyled. 
Cyan.mer  Cypriped   Dios.  vil. 
Eupa.aro.  Gelsemin.  Iberis, 
Lachnan.  Lilium        Lycopus 
Monob.ca  Nitr.  uran.Podophy 
Senec.  aurScutellariaSolanum 
Verat.  vir.Val.zinc 
IRRITABLE  UTERUS. 
Atropine  Aletris,      Cimicifug. 
Caulophy  Cannab.inCypriped. 
Helonine  Lilium       Puis.  N. 
Ustilago   Val  zinc   Xanthoxy 

JAUNDICE. 
Benz.  am.  Car  dims    Chelidon 
Chelone    ChimaphilCornus 
Gelsem.     Helonias  Hepatica 
HydrastisLeptand.   Myrica  c. 
Podophyl.  Polypo.      Ptelea, 
KNEE-JOINTS,  Inflammafn 
Phytol.      Verat.  vir. 

KIDNEY  AFFECTIONS. 
(See  Renal  Diseases.) 


LABOR,  DIFFICULT. 
Aralia  r.   Cauloph.    Cimicifu, 
Chloral(i')Cann.  ind.  Gossip. 
Gelsemin.  Lobelia(.?)Mitch.(i*) 
Polyg.[?]    Ustilago   Viburn,  p. 
Verat.(.?) 

LARYNGITIS— 
.^scul.  h.  Ampel.      Aralia 
Atropine  Bals  P.     Carb.  acid 
Card.  marChelid.      Dioscorea. 
Gyamnocl  Juglans    Lachnan. 
Naja  Rumex     Silphium. 

Sang.  can. Sticta        .Stilling. 
— Catarrhal. 
./Escul.  h.  Ampel. 

LARYNGISMUS— 
Gelsem. 

LABIA,  INFLAMMATION  OF. 
Podophy. 

LEUCOCYTH.EMIA— 
Hypo.  pot. 

LEUCORRHGEA— 
Apoc.and. Aletris      Aralia 
Asclep.  in.Asclep.  tu.i^scul.  hi. 
Baptisia    Bals.  P.      Barosma. 
Brom.  am.Ceanoth.  Chelid. 
Cauloph.  Chimaph.  Cimicif. 
Collin.       Corydalis  Erigeron 
EryngiumEup.  purp.Eucalypt. 
Geranium  Guaraea.  Gossip. 
Gnaph.      Gelsem     Hamame. 
Hedeom.  Helonias  Hyp.  lime. 
Hydrast.   Iris  Lilium. 

Myrica      Nabulus  Originam 
Phytol.      Podophy,  Populus 
Pulsatilla  Rhus  g.     Senecio 
Stilling.     Sumbul    Trillium 
Zizia. 

— Burning. 

Hedeoma  Aralia  (.'')  Myrica 
Trillium(.?) 

Ghrontc, 

Chim.(.?)  Cimicif.  Hydras  (.?) 
Geranium  Senecio  Stilling.(.^) 
— Cervical. 

Chim.(.?)    Eryng.(i')  Hydrast 
Nabulu.r.?;Phytol.     Pulsatilf^.?; 
Senecio     Stilling(?) 


CLINICAL   REPERTORY. 


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— Copious. 

Caulop/?jEup.  pur.  Erigeron 

Pulsatilf.?;Gerani.).>)  Hydras(.?) 

Senecio.(.'') 

— Excoria  ting. 

AraHa(i')  HedeomaMyrica(,^) 

trillium.(.!') 

— Foetid. 

AraHa(^.?^  Baptisi  (i')Carb.acid, 

Rhus  g.  [.^Trillium.  [.?] 

— Gelatinotis. 

Nabulus. 

— Mucus. 

Caulop.     Chimaph.  Eup.  purp 

Hydrast.   Nabulus    Pulsatil[j'] 

Podophy.  Senecio. 

— Profuse. 

Geranium  Hamame. 

— {See  Copious.) 

— Syphilitic. 

Apoc.  and.Coryda  [.-'jChima.  [i*] 

Phytol.      Stilling[.?] 

—  Transparen  t. 

Cauloph.  Hydras [.''] Eup.  purp 
Gelsem  Nabulus  Pulsatil[j'] 
Podophy  Senecio[?] 

—  Uterine. 

Caulop.      Eup.purp.Iris 
Hydrast    Lilium       Nabulus 
Phytol.  ^ 

—  Vaginal. 

Asclep.  in.Erigeron  Geranium 
Hedeo.  [.^] Hamame  Hydrast. 
Pulsatil.[i']Senecio.[i'] 

—  Yellow. 

Hydras.(j')HedeomaPulsatil(.?) 
Senecio.(.'') 

LEPRA   MALGNAINT. 
— {See  Eruptions.) 

LIMOSIS— 
Abies        Eup.  perf.  Gelsem 
Ptelea 

LOSS  OF  APPETITE. 

— {See  A  norexia.) 

LOCHIA,  UNHEALTHY 
Baptisia  Cauloph.  Carb.acid. 
Ustilago. 


— Profuse. 

Asarum.    Erigeron.  Senecio 

Trillium 

— Suppression  of. 

Aralia       Aletris      Cauloph. 

Cimicif.     Hedeoma.Mitche.f'i'j 

Veratrum.f.^j 

LUMBAGO— 
iEscul.  g.  .^scul.  h.  Baptisia 
Carb.  sulp.Cauloph   Cimicif. 
Cornus.  c.  Cup.  ars.  Discorea 
Gelsem      Gnaph.      Hamame. 
Phytol.      Rhus.         Sang.  can. 
Veratrum. 

LUPUS— 
— (Ste  Etuptions.) 

MAMM^— 
— A  trophy. 
Chimaph. 
— (Burning  in.) 
^scul.  h.  Comoclad. 
— Sivelling  of. 
Asclep.  in.Cistus       Phytol. 
— Diseased. 

Asclep.  in.Cistus  Cimicif. 
Chimap(i')Hydras(i')Phytol. 
Stilling. 

— Inflammation  of. 
Baptisia    Cimicif.     Cistus 
Chelone    Chimaph.  Lilium, 
Helonias   Hydrast.  Phytol. 
Sang.  can.Veratrum. 
— Suppuration  of. 
Cistus        Comocl.    Phytol. 
— Neuralgia  of. 
Cimicif.     Phytol. 
—  Tumor  of. 
Chimaph.  Cundur(i') Phytol. 

MANIA.  A-POTU- 
Brom.pot.Can.  ind.  Chlor.hyd. 
Cimicif.     Cyprided. Gelsem. 
Scutell.     Solanum. 

MASTITIS— 
— {See  MammcB  inflm.  of.) 

MEASLES— 
Gelsem.     Jaglans     Rhus.^v. 
Solanum  Veratrum. 


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CLINICAL   REPERTORY. 


HELENA  — 
Bapt.(?)     Erigeron     Hamame. 
Hedom.(?)Leptand.(?) 

MELANCHOLY— 
Alianth.    Brom.  pot.Cactus 
Cimicif.     Chlor.hyd.Eryngiu. 
Hypo.pot.Helonias  Iris 
Lilium.      Lithium    Mitchella 
Naja  Pulsatilla  Santonine 

Senecio. 

MEMORY  LOSS  OF— 
Alianth.    Atropine.  Ascled.tu. 
Benz.  am.  Brom.pot.Dioscorea. 
Mitchella  Ptelea.       Phos.  zinc. 
Rhus.  ven.Sang.  can.Sarrac. 
Senecio. 

MENORRHAGIA— 
Aletris      Asarum.    Apoc.  can. 
Apoc.and.Asclep.  tu.Brom.  am. 
Brom.  pot.Baptisia   Can.  ind. 
Carb.  acidChelid.      Caulopy. 
Cactus       Cimicif.     Collin. 
Erigeron  Erechth.    Gelsem. 
Gossip.(.'')  GeraniumHedeoma. 
Helonias  Hamame.Hyp.  lime 
Iris  Lycopus   Mitchella. 

Phytol,      Pulsatilla  Sang.  can. 
Senecio     Trillium.  Thlaspi 
Ustilago    Xanthox. 

MENINGITIS— 
^scul.  g.  Aletris  (i")  Brom. pot. 
Cimicif.     Doryphor.Gelsem. 
Gynocl.(.?)Hyp,  limeHyp.  pot. 
Lachn.[.?] 

MENSES,  IRREGULAR. 
Pulsatilla  Senecio. 
* — Premature. 

Aletris[.?]  Mitchel[.?]Pulsatil.[.?] 
Senecio     Sang.  can. Ustilago 
Xanthox. 
— Delayed. 

Aralia       Cimicif.     Hyp.  lime 
Nabulus    Mitchella  Polygon 
Pulsatilla  Senecio     Sang.  can. 
Thlaspi. 

— Suppression  of. 
Aralia       Cimicifu.  Hedeoma, 


Leptand.  Lobelia,     Podophyl 
Pulsatil  N 

MERCURIAL   affections. 
Aralia      Corydalis  Phytolac. 
Phos.  zincRumex      Stillinf'i'j 
MERCURIAL  PTYALISM. 

(See  also  Ptyalisin.) 
Atropine  Arum  tri.  Geranium 
Heloni.(^.?jPhytolac.  Podophy. 
Rhus(".?;  Xanth.^.?; 
— Cachexia. 

Baptisia,    Brom.pot.Corydaf'?^ 
Iris  ver.     Rumex     Phytol 
Stillingf  >) 
MERCURIO-SYPHILITIC 

Affections. 
Corydaf.^jPhytolac  Rumex 

Stillingr.n 

METRORRHAGIA. 
Apoc  can  Brom.am.Brom.pot. 
Can.  ind.  Cauloph    Erigeron, 
Erech.       Gossip(.^)  Hamamel. 
Hedeoma  Iris  ver      Lycopus 
Phytol.      Sanguina.Trillium. 
Thlaspi     Ustilago    Veratr(?) 

METRITIS. 
Cactu.s.     CaulophylEup  purp. 
HedeomaLilium      Podoph(.^) 
Veratrum(.^) 

MILK  CRUST. 
Arctium    Eu^iorb.  Juglans.  (?) 

MYALGIA.- 
^scu  hip  Aletris(.?)  Cauloph 
Cimicif      Cornus(i')  Dioscorea 
Frasera(.'')Gelsemin  Gnaphal, 
HamamelHedeoma  Helonias 
Phytolac.  Podophyl.Sang.  can 

MYELITIS. 
Baptisia(.?)Calabar    Scutel  (.?) 
Veratrum. 

MYOPIA, 
.^scul.hip 

MYOSITIS. 
Cimicif     Veratr(.?) 

MUCOUS  DISCHARGES. 
Asclep.t.  Baptisia,    Chimaph. 
Gelsem.     HamamelHydrast. 
Pulsatilla  Senecio     Sticta 


CLINICAL    REPERTORY. 


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NAUSEA,  {See  Vomiting) 
-^scu.  glaAscle.  tubCimicif. 
Caulphil.  Dioscorea  Eupa.pur. 
Frasera  Gnaph.  Gossipium 
Hedeomalris  ver.  Juglan.  cin 
Lobelia  Leptandr.Phytol. 
Podophyl.Pulsatilla  Sang.  can. 
TheridionVeratrum  Val.  zinc. 

NECK,  STIFF. 
./Escul.  gl.  Cimicif.     Lachnan. 
Veratrum 

NECROSIS. 
MerccyanPhytol.  (i')Rumex 
Stillingia  Theridion 

NERVOUS   IRRITABILITY. 
Brom.pot  Can.  indicCimicifug 
Cypriped  Dioscorea  Eup.arom 
Mon.cam.  Scutellar    Sticta 
Val  zinc. 

SICK  HEADACHE. 
(See  also  Headache,  Nervous.) 
Cyprip[.?]  Cimicifu.  Gelsem. 
Iris  ver.    Scutel.[.'']  Sticta 

NEPHRITIS— 
Barosma.  Chelid.      Cotyledo. 
Collin.        Cauloph.  Corydalis 
Chimaph.  Erecth.[.^]  Erigeron 
Eup.purp.Eryngiu.  Gelsem. 
Geranium  HedeomaHelonias 
Mitchella  Phytol.     Polygon 
Senecio     Trillium. 

NEURALGIA— 
Alianth.    Atropine  Asclep.  tu. 
Badiaga    Brom.  pot.Canch. 
Carb.  acidCarb.sulp. Chelid. 
Codeine    Chlor.hyd.Cup.  ars. 
Cyan.  pot.Cypriped  Cornus.  f. 
Cimicif.     Discorea.  Eup.  purp 
Hamame.  Iris  Lobelia 

Lachn.      Lilium.     Naja 
Plantago  Polyp.        Ptelea 
Phytol.       Rhus.  ven. Stilling. 
Scutell.      Sul.  nick.  Val.  zinc 
Veratrum  Zizia. 
NEURALGIC  hemicrania. 
Apoc.and.Iris  Sulp.  nick 

Sang.  can.Val.  zinc. 

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NEURALGIA  of  testicle. 
Atropine  Cimicif.  Hamame. 
Pulsatilla. 

NIGHT  SWEATS— 
Ars.  iod.    Apoc.  an.  Cistus. 
Cerasus     Cornus.     Cimicif. 
Frasera     Hyp.  limeLycopus 
Myrica      Populus.   Rhus.  g. 

NODES— 
Coryda.[.?]  Phytol.      Stilling. 

NYMPHOMANIA— 
Brom.  pot.OriginamVerat.  v. 

NOLI-ME-TANGERE— 
Juglans      Phytol. 

ODONTALGIA— 
Brom.  pot. Carb.acid. Chelid. 
Cimicif.     Coca  Chlor.hyd 

Comoclad  Gelsem.    Pulsatilla 
Phytol.      Plantago  Rhus.  g. 
Sang.  can.  Stilling.    Xanthox. 

CESOPHAGITIS— 
Carb.  sul.  Iris  Gelsem. 

Lobel.  inf.Phytol .-'    Sang.  can. 
Veratrum  .-' 

OEDEMA  OF  THE  Glottis. 
Arum,  triph. 

OPHTHALMIA— 
Alianth.    Anather.  Ars.  iod 
Asclep.  tu.^scul  h.  Atropine 
Apoc.  can.Baptisia    Badiaga 
Brom.  am.  Cauloph.  Chelid 
Cimicif.     Cactus      Cistus 
Cornus       ComocladChlor.hyd 
Dioscorea  Erechth.  Eup.  purp. 
EryngiumEup.  perf.Geranium. 
Gelsem.     Gymnol.   Hamame. 
Hydrast.   Hedeomalris 
Juglans     Lachnan.  Leptand. 
Lobelia     Lithium.  Myrica. 
Phytol.      Podophy.  Pulsatilla 
Rhus.  ven. Sang.  canSticta 
Sumbul     Semp.tec.Veratru } 
Urtica .''     Ustilago  Xanthox 

Catarrhal. 
Apoc.  c.     Cimicif.     Eryngiu. 
Erigeron.  Gelsem.    Hamam. 
Hydrast.   Iris  Lachnan. 


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CLINICAL  REPERTORY. 


Leptand.  Lobelia.    Sticta. 

— Rheumatic. 

Apoc.  can.Baptisia    Erigeron 

Gelsem.     Hydrast.  Lachnan 

Leptand    Lobelia     Veratrum 

— Piiriileiit. 

Baptisia    Carb,  acidErigeron 

Eryng.      Gelsem.     Hydrast. 

Sticta. 

— Scrofulous. 

Baptisia    Badiaga    Chimaph 

Cistus        EryngiumFormica 

Gelsem.     HedeomaXanthox. 

ORCHITIS— 
Anath.      Ascle.in.  .''Carb.  sulp 
Chelid.       Erechth.   Eryngium 
Hamame.  HedeomaLithium 
Polygon.    Phytol.      Pulsatilla 
Veratrum. 

OTALGIA— 
Aralia        Atrop.       Cactus 
Chelid.       DioscoreaEryngium 
Formica    Gelsem.     Hydrast. 
Lachn.       Lobelia     Mitchella 
Plantago   Phytol.     Pulsatilla 
Ptelea       Sticta        Sang.  can. 
Sarrac. 

OTITIS— 
Cactus       Can.  ind.  Gelsem. 
Pulsatilla  Rhus.  venSang.  can. 

OTORRHCEA— 
Ars.  iod.    Chimaph.  Baptisia 
Gelsem.     Hydrast.  Senecio 
Stilling..?  Phytol.      Pulsatilla 

OVARITIS— 
Cactus  .-*    Cimicif.     Gelsem.  } 
Hamame.  Lilium.     Naja 
Phytol.      Podophy.  Ustilago 
Veratrum. } 

OVARIAN  DISEASE— 
Atropine  Cactus      Cimicif. 
Hamame.  Ustilago  Val.  zinc 
Xanthox  Zizia. 

OZCENA— 
Arum  .-*       Baptisia    Bals.  P. 
Carb.  acidGeranium  Hydrast. 
Myrica      Phytol.     Sang.  can. 
Sticta }      Stilling.  > 


PARALYTIC  DYSPHAGIA. 

Gelsem.  s.  v. 

PAROTITIS— 
Phytolacca  dec. 
PALPITATION  OF  heart. 
.^scul.hip.Asarum.  Atropine 
Badiaga     Cactus       Cal.  bean 
Can.  ind.   Collin.       Cimicif. 
Chelid.       Cotyledo.Eup.  purp 
Formica    Gelsem.    Iberis 
Lilium.      Mygale     Polygon 
Podophy.  Sang.  can.Scutell  } 
Sarrac .''     Sumbul     Veratrum 
Vibur.  p. 

PARALYSIS— 
Atropine  ^scul.  g.  Cauloph. 
Cal.  bean  Chelid.      Formica 
Guaco        Guaraea    Gelsem. 
Hedeoma  Myrica      Oxal.  cer. 
Phos.  zinc  Phytol.      Sang.  can. 
Stry.et.f.c.Xanthox  Zizia. 
— of  Lower  Extremities. 
-^scul.       Cauloph.  Can.  ind. 
Codeine    Gelsem.     Hedeoma. 
Pulsatil  't  Sang,  ca.?  Xanthox 
— of  Sphincters  of  Bladder. 
Atropine  Cactus      Can.  ind. 
Codeine    Gelsem. 
— of  Glottis. 
Gelseminum  s.  v. 
— of  the  Lungs. 
Gelseminum  s.  v. 

PARAPLEGIA— 
Can  ind.    Caulop.     Gelsem.  t 
Hedeoma  Phytol.      Sang.  ca. .? 
Strich.  f.c.Xanthox.  ? 

PARONYCHIA. 
Asclep.sy  Phytolac 
PERI-PNEUMONIAnotha 
Eupa  aro.Sarracen.  Xanth  [.-*] 

PERITONITIS. 
Cactus       CimicifugGelsem. 
Hedeoma  Podophy.  Phytol  \J\ 
Polygon.   Veratrum 

PERIOSTITIS. 
Corydal(.?)Phytolac.  Stilling[i'] 

PERICARDITIS. 
Ascle.  t.     Cactus       Cimicifu. 


CLINICAL   REPERTORY. 


531 


Lobelia[?]Naja  trip.  Trillium 
Veratrum 
— Chfonic. 
Collin.[.?]   Lycop[.?] 
PETECHIA.[5<r^  Eruptions.] 
Baptisia,    Carb.  ac.   Hamamel 

PHOTOPHOBIA. 
Alianthu.  Anath.      Arum 
Atropine.  Brom.pot.Chelid. 
Coca  Chlor.hydCimic.  (.'') 

Gelsem.     Gymno. .-'  Lachnan. 
Scutell. 

PULMONIC    AFFECTIONS. 
Ampel.      Aralia       Arum. 
Ascles.  sy.Asclep.tuBals.  P. 
Carb.  sul.  Cerasus     Coca 
Codeine    Cistus.       Cactus 
Cimicif.     Euonymu.Erigeron 
Hamame.  Helonias^Hep'atica 
Hyp.  limejuglans     Lycopus 
Lobelia.    Myrica     'Phytol. 
Sang.  can.Senecio.    Stilling. 
Sticta.        Trillium. 

PHLEBITIS— 
Hamamelis  virginica. 
PHLE.GMASIA^/^^  Dolens. 
Cimicif.      Hamame.Veratru.  "> 
PLACENTA    RETAINED. 
Cimicif.     Cauloph.  Gossip. 
Gelsem.     Eup,  purpMitchella 

PLEURITIS. 
Asclep.tu.Asclep.incBadiaga 
Cactus      Cimicif      Card.  mar. 
Eup.aromEuphorbi. 
Gelsemin.  Hamame.  Leptan(i') 
Podophy.  Sang.  canTriosteum 
Veratrum. 

PLEURODYNIA— 
Cimicif.     Caulophy  Hypo.  pot. 

PNEUMONIA— 
Asclep.sy.Asclep.tu.Apoc.and. 
Baptisia    Cactus       Eup.  aro. 
Eup.  purpEuphorbi.Gelsem. 
Hypo,  potjuglans    Lachn. 
Lobelia     Polygon   Sang.  can. 
Veratrum. 

PORRIGO.f  5^^  Eruptions) 


POLYPI^ 

Hydrast.  Sang,  can, 

PRIAPISMUS— 
Brom.  potChloral.     Can.  ind. 
Codeine    Discorea  Eryngium 
Gelsem. 

PROSTATIC    GLAND— 
— Disease  of. 

.^scul.hip.Cactus  Chimaph 
Gnaph.  Podophy.  Populus. 
Senecio, 

PROLAPSUS  OF  VAGINA 
M&cnU >)  Ascle.t.(.?) Aletris.(i') 
Coilin.(>)  Cimicif(.?)  Hydras(?) 
Hp,ioni.(i')  Podophy 

PROLAPSUS  ANI— 
^scul.hid. Anath.     Eryng. 
Hamame.  Phytol.      Podophy. 
—  Uteri. 

.^scul.      Aletris      Aralia 
Asclep.tu.  Caulop.(i')Collin. 
Cimicif.     Eup.  purpGossip.(.'') 
Helonias  Hamame.  Mitchel(.'') 
Lilium.      Podophy. 

PRURIGO— 
— {See  Eruptions.) 

PRURITUS— 
Collin.       Helonias    Polygon. 

PROSOPALGIA— 
Atropine  Cimicif.     Gelsem. 
Iris  Phytol.      Sang.  can. 

Val.  zinc 

PSORIASIS— 
— (Ste  Efuptions.) 

PSORA— 
Cornus.     Lobelia     Phytol. 
Rumex      Stilling.    Sarrac. 

PTOSIS— 
Chloral.     Gels.  s.  v. 

PTYALISM— 
Atropine  iEscul  h.  Baptisia 
Brom.  pot.GeraniumHelonias 
Hydrast.   Iris  Nit.  uran 

Podophy.  Phytol.  Polygon. 
Trifol.        Xanthox. 

PUERPERAL— 
— Peri  ton  itis. ' 
Aralia       Cimicif.     Podophy, 


53.2 


CLINICAL   REPERTORY. 


Veratrum. 

— Cojtviilsions. 

Brom. pot. Chloral.     Cauloph. 

Gelsem.     Solanum  Veratrum. 

— Mania. 

Brom.  pot.Chlor.hadCimicif. 

Cypri.(i*)'  Scutel.(.'')  Veratrum. 

PYROSIS— 
yEscul.       Ampel.     Canchal. 
Carb.  sul.  Caulop.     Cerasus 
Chelid.      Cornus  f.  Dioscorea. 
Iris  Leptand.  I^achn. 

Podophy.  Robinia    Sang.  can. 
Veratrum.Xanthox. 

PURPURA  Hemorrhagica. 
•Chlor.hyd  Hamame. 

QUINSY— 
Arum.       Gnaph.      Phytol. 
Sg.ng.  can. 

RENAL  DISEASES— 
Apocy.      Barosma.  Chimaph. 
Eup.  purpErigeron   Erechth. 
Epigea.     Equiset.    Galium. 
Helonias  HedeomaMitchella 
Phytol.      Sang.  canSenecio 
Urtica. 

RETROVERSION  of  Uterus. 
^scul.hip.Cauloph.  Qo\X\x\.(}) 
Eup.  purpHedeoma.Helonias 
Lilium.      Podophy. 

RECTUM  STRICTURE  OF 
^scul.  hip. 

RECTUM  ULCERATION  OF 
Hydrast.  Leptanf j'jPodophf^i'; 
Phytol.(.?) 

RHAGADES— 
Comocl.    Hydrast. 

RHEUMATISM— 
Alianth.    Ampel.     ^scul.  h. 
Apocy.  c.  Badiaga    Carb.  acid 
Carb.  sulpCauloph.  Chelid. 
Coca  Comocl.    Cotyledo. 

Cyan.  pot.Cimicif.    Cauloph. 
Eupator.    Formica   Gelsem. 
Gossip.      Gymnocl.Guaco. 
Hamame.  Hedeoma.Helonias. 
Iris  Juglans-    Lilium. 

Lithium.   Lobelia.    Leptand. 


Sang.  canTriosteum 


Menisp.     Mitchella.Myrica. 
Originam. Phytol.      Plantago. 
Ptelea.       Polygon.   Pulsatilla 
Rhus.  g.    Rumex     Sticta 
Sumbul 
Veratrum  Xanthox 

RHEUMATIC  neuralgia 
Cimicif.     Gelsem. 

RHEUMATIC  GOUT— 
Apoc.  an.  Gnaph.      Eup.  perf. 
Sang.  can.Veratrum. 
— Hemicrania.  (See  Headache 

Rheumatic. ) 
Apoc.  andCimicif.     Phytol, 
Sang.  can. 

RHEUMATISM  of  back. 
— (See  Lumbago.) 
Cimicif.     Caulophy.Rhus.  ven 
Phytol. 
— Acute. 

Asclep.  syAsclep.  tuCauloph. 
Cimicif.     Veratrum. 
— Articidar. 

Apoc.  andAsclep  tu  Hamame. 
Veratrum, 
— Chronic. 

Chimaph.  Phytol.     Stilling. 
— of  the  Chest. 
Ascle.  t.(.'')Cactus      Cimicif. 
Caulop.     Phytol. 
— of  the  Heart. 
Cactus      Cimicif.     Veratrum 
— of  the  Hands. 
Caulophy. 
— Muscular. 

Apoc.  canCaulop.(.'')Cimicif. 
Phytol. 

— of  the  Uterus. 
Cauloph.  Gelsem.     Cimicif, 

RHUS  POISONING— 
Verb.  hast. 

RINGWORM— 
Aralia       Eup.  perf.  Euphorbia 
Hepatica  Juglans     Phytol. 
Semp. 

RIGID   OS    UTERI— 
Cauloph.  Cimicif     Gelsem. 
Lobeha. 


CLINICAL   REPERTORY. 


5!3f3 


RIGIDITY  OF  PERINEUM. 
Lobelia.    Gelsem. 

RUBEOLA— 
— (See  Eruptions.) 

SATYRIASIS— 
Brom.  pot.  Can.  ind.  Gelsem. 
Origan. (.') 

SCORBUTUS— 
Alnus        Agave      Cistus. 
Geranium  Galium.    Hydrast. 
Rumcx      Rhus.  g.    Phytol. 
Xanthox. 

SCIRRHUS  GROWTHS. 
Chim.(.?)    Cundur.(i')Hydrast. 

SCARLATINA— 
— (See  Fevers.) 
Alianth,    Arum.       Asclep. 
Gelsem.     Hydras(i')Myrica. 
Phytol.      Sang.  canScutell. 
Solanum   Xantho.(!')Veratrum 

SCROFULA— 
Alnus.       Ampel.     Aralia. 
Asclep.sy.Cerasus.    Cundura. 
Cistus.       Cornus      Corydalis. 
Eryngi.     Galium.     Hepatica. 
Hydrast.  Iris  Juglans 

Myrica.     Phytol.      Podophy. 
Rhus.  g.    Rumex      Stilling. 
Trillium.  Theridion 

SCABIES  (See  Eruptions.) 

SCIATICA— 
Carb.  sulpCeanot.(.^)Gnaph. 
Phytol.      Sang.  can. Xanthox 
Val.  zinc. 

SERPENT  BITES— 
Guaco. 

SEA  SICKNESS— 
Euphorbialris  (.?)       Phytol.(.?) 

SEMINAL  EMISSIONS. 
Ascl.tu.[.?]Brom.iron  Brom. pot. 
Cann.ind  Carb.  acid  Collinson. 
DioscoreaFormica  Helonias 
Eryngi.  P^up.pu.(.'')  Iris  versic 
Lilium  Myrica  Nuphar 
Senecio     Theridion 

SINGULTUS. 
Brom.pot.Cauloph    Gelsem. 


SLEEP,  UNREFRESHING 
Cornus.  c.  Cypriped.  Eup.  a.  \)'] 
Gelsem.     Senecio      Scutella. 
Lachn.[.?]  Xanthox    Zizia 

SOMNAMBULISM. 
Atropine  Brom. pot.  Solartum 

SPASMS. 
Cactus  [.?]Cimicif.     Cup.  ars. 
Dioscorea  Gelsem.     Hedeoma 
Polygon     Phytolac.  Podoph. 
Scutella.    Veratrum 
— of  the  Boivels. 
Cauloph    Dioscorea  Erechthi 
Hedeoma  f'odophy. 
— of  the  Uiest. 
Caulophi  Hedeoma  Lobelia 
— of  the  Larynx. 
Brom.pot  Cimicifug.  Lobelia 
— of  Stomach. 

Cauloph.  Erechth     Gelsemin. 
Hedeoma  Iris  V.  [.'']     Lobelia 
Phytol[.?]  Veratrum 
— of  Uterus. 

Atropine  Chlor.hy.  Cauloph. 
Cimicif.     Gelsemin.  Diosc[.''] 
Gossip.[i']  Hedeoma  Verat[?] 
— of  the  Ureters 
Gelsem. 

SPERMATORRHCEA. 
Anath        ^scul.  h.  Brom.  iron 
Cerasus     Cornus.     Cimicif. 
Cypriped.  Collinso.   Eryngium 
Gelsemin.  HamamelHydrast. 
Iris  ver.     Myrica      Nuphar 
Pulsatil[.'']  Theridion Ustilago 

SPINAL    IRRITATION. 
iEscul.g(.?)Cimicif.     Calabar 
Caulop(^.''^  Cypripf^i^j  Gelsem 
Guaco       Gnaphali   Hyp.  lime 
Lobelia     Lachn.  \T\  Phytolac 
Scutellar  Veratrum  Val.zinc. 

SPLEIiN,  DISEASES  OF 
Brom.pot  CeanAm.  Gelsem(^.'*j 
Galium     Phytolac.  Podophyl. 

SPRAINS. 
Bellis  p.    Carb.sulp.Collinso. 
Gnaphali  Polygon    Rhus  v. 


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CLINICAL  REPERTORY. 


STERILITY. 

Brom.pot  Cimicifug.Eup.  p.  [?] 
Eup.  pur.  GossipiumHelonias 
Originam  Stilling. 

STOMATITIS. 
Arum        Baptisia    Cornus  c. 
Carb.  acidEup.  aro.  Geranium 
HamamelHydrast.  Iris  v. 
Myrica      Phytolac  Podophy. 
Rhus  V.     Rhus  g. 
— Materna. 

Baptisia    Carb.  acid. Cornus  c. 
Eup.  aro.  Helonias   Hydrast. 
Podophy.  Veronica. 
— Mercurial. 

Baptisia    Cornus  c.  Iris  v. 
— Strangury. 

Atropine  Apocy.a.  Asclep.in 
Cactus       Chimaph.  Eup.  purp 
Eriger.  (.?)Erechth[i']Galium 
Gnaphali.Gelsemin.  Helonias 
Mitchella  Nitr.uran.  Polygon. 
Senecio     Urtica 

STRABISMUS. 
Brom.pot.  Gelsemin  Hamamel 
Hydrastis. 

STRICTURE  OF  urethra. 
Dioscorea  Hydrast. 
— Rectum. 
yEscul.  h. 

STENOCARDIA. 
Cactus 

STYES. 
Arct.lap 

STUPOR. 
Brom.pot  Chloral(.'')  Coca 
Gelsemin.  Phytol.      Pulsatilla. 
Urtica. 

SUBSULTUS  TENDINUM 
Cyprip.[i']  Scutella    Solanum, 
Eupat.ar. 

SYNOVITIS. 
Apocy.canPodoph. 
SYPHILITIC  CACHEXIA 
Chimap(.'*)  Corydalis 
Phytol.      Stilling  (.?) 


SYPHILIS. 
Alianth.    Apoc.and.  Alnus 
Ampel[.^]  Aralia         Asclep.  in 
Asciep.sy.Asclep.  tu.  Ars.  iod 
Corydalis.Cean  Am.  Chimaph. 
Eringium  Eup.  perf.  Guaco 
Iris  vers.   Lobelia      Menisp. 
Podophyl.Phytol        Pulsatilla 
Rumex  .  Sang.  can.  Stillingia 
(See  also  Ulcerations,  Syphilitic) 

TEETH,  LOOSENESS  OF 
Sang  can.  Phytolac. 

TETANUS. 
Atropine  Brom.  am.Cal.bean. 
Chlor.  hy.  Cyan  pot.  Guaraea. 
Gelsem.     Lobelia(.'')  Phytolac. 
Scutel.  [i']Theridionyerat(.?) 

TETTER,  {See  Eruptions.) 
Aralia       Hcpatica  Rhus  g. 
TENESMUS  OF  RECTUM, 
.^sculus  hHydrastisIris  versi. 
Podophy.  Sarrac. 
— of  Bladder. 

Apoc.c.(.'')  Asclep.  c.Chimaph 
Eriger.[.?]  HedeomaMitcheK.?) 
Pulsatil[i']Senecio 

T  H  RO  AT,  f  See  A  ngina  and 
Ulcerations,  Throat.) 
TINNITUS  AURIUM. 
Hydrastis 

TINEA    CAPITIS. 
Erechthit.Eup.  perf.Iri.s.  v. 
Myrica.     Phytolac. 

TONSILITIS. 
Arum.  t.    Badiaga     Chelone 
Erisferon  Guaraea    Gelsemin 
GymnoclaHamamel.Iod.lead 
Myrica      Phytol      Pod.  pelt 
Sang.  can. 

TRISMUS. 
Calabar     Gelsem.    Nuphar 
Phytolac  Scutellar.  Vcratrum 

TRACHEITIS. 
Sang.c.[i'] 


CLINICAL  REfERtORY. 


535 


TREMORS. 
Caulophil  Cimicif.     Eup.arom 
Lachn.  [?]Pulsatilla  Scutella. 
Veratrum 

TUMORS. 
Asclep  in.Baptisia    Chimaph. 
Cyprided  Erigeron  Galium 
Gnaph.      Hamamel  Hydrastis 
Phytolac  Stilling 

TYMPANITIS 
Collin  [.?]  Euony[i']    Eriger.[i'] 
Gelsem.    Hedeoma  Podophy. 
Polygon.  Xanthox. 

ULCERATIONS. 
Ars.iod.     Alnus        Aralia 
Ampelop.Baptisia    Badiaga 
Bals.  P.     Carb.acid  Cetasus 
Cistus        Chelone    Cornus 
Erechthi  Galium      Geranium 
HydrastisHyp.  lime  Hamamel 
Iris  Lycopus   Myrica 

Nit.  uran  Phytolac  Polygon. 
Rumex      Rhus  gla.Sang.can. 
Semper      Stillingia  Trillium 
Vib,  pru 
— of  Bladder. 

Eup.  purpHydrastisPhytol[i*] 
— of  Cornea. 

HydrastisPulsatilla  Phytolac. 
Stillingia 

— of  Buccal  Cavity. 
Baptisia    Cornus.  f.  Gnaphali. 
HydrastisPhytolac.  Rumex 
— of  Intestines. 
HydrastisLeptand.  Pod.  pelt. 
Phytolac   Rhus  g. 
— of  Legs. 
HydrastisPhytolac 
— of  Os  Uteri. 

Baptisia,    Helonias  Hydrastis 
Iris  V.         Myrica      Phytolac. 
Stilling[i>] 
— of  Rectum. 

HydrastisPhytolac.  Podophy. 
— of  Stomach. 

Hydras(.?)PhytoI.[.?]  Sang.can. 
Veratrum 


— Syphilitic. 

Chima.(.'')  Coryda(.'')  Iris  ver[.''] 
Phytolac.  Stilling[.?] 
— of  Fauces. 
Rumex. 
— of  Throat. 

Alianth.     Hydrast.  Erigeron. 
Geranium  Gnaph.      Myrica.(.?) 
Phytol.      Rhus.  g.    Rumex 
Sang.  can.Stilling.(.'*) 
—  Vagina. 
Hydrast.  Phytol. 
UREMIA— 
Ars.  iod.    Apocy.  and. 
URINE   AND  ITS  QUALITIES. 
— Acid. 

Alianth.    Baptisia     Chelid. 
Eryng.      Leptand.  Mitchella 
Phytol.      Podophy.  Pulsatilla 
Sarrac. 
— Acrid. 
Galium. 
— Albuminous. 
Chimaph.  Helonias  Phytol. 
Pulsatilla. 
— Bloody. 

Benz.  am.  Chimaph.  Chelid 
Equisetu.  Erechth.  Epigaea. 
Hamame. 
— Brown. 

Eup.  perf.Gymnocl.  Lobelia. 
— Burning. 

Asclep.  syBaptisia    Cactus 
Erigeron   Eup.purp.Gelsem. 
Iris  V, 

— Clear  or  Pale. 
Apoc.and.Cauloph.  Erigeron 
Eup.perf.  Eup.purp.Galium. 
Gelsem.     Guaraea    Helonias 
Phytol.      Polygon.  Rumex 
Sang.can.  Sarrac.      Sumbul 
— Dark. 

Benz.  am.  Chimaph.  Erigeron. 
Eup.  perf.  Hedeoma. 
— Dribbling. 
Eryngium  aquaticum. 
— Frequent. 
.(^scul.hip.Apoc.andChimaph, 


53<5 


CLINICAL  REPERTORY. 


Erigeron  EryngiumEup.purp, 

Gymnocl.  Galium.     Hydrast. 

Podophy.  Sang.  can. 

— Hi^Ji  Colored. 

^scul.hip.Baptisia    Bals.  P. 

Collin.       Cornus      Eup.  perf. 

Hamame.  Mitchella  Myrica. 

Menisp.     Ptelea       Rhus 

Senecio     Stilling. 

— Increase  of  Solids. 

Asclep.sy.EryngiumMitchella 

— Incon  tineit  t. 

Alianth.     Cactus      Gelsem. 

Podophyl 

—Milky. 

Gelsem.     Lobelia     Santonine 

Stilling. 

— Mucus. 

Asclep.tu.  Chimaph.  Erigeron 

Eup.purp.  Sarrac. 

— Neutral. 

Hydrast,  Leptand 

— Painful. 

^^scul.hip.Doryph. 

Hedeoma.Galium. 

Iris  Senecio. 

— Purulent. 

Chimaph. 

—Red. 

Asclep.tu. Benz.am. 

Cornus      Iris 

Lobelia     Leptand 

Polygon.   Nuphar 

— Retention. 

Cactus      Cimicif. 

Populus     Podophy. 

— Specific  Gravity  too  high. 

Asclep.sy  Eup.purp.Helonias 

Mitchella  Myrica.     Phytol. 

Pulsatilla  Sarrac.      Senecio. 

— Specific  Gravity  too  low. 

Eryng.      Eup.purp.  Pulsatilla 

— Sediment— -(  Calculus.) 

Chelid.      Epigaea    Podophy. 

— Supprtssion . 

Erigeron  Eucalypt.  Hedeoma. 

Podophyl  Populus.    Sarrac. 

Santonine 


Lobelia 

Erigeron 
Gelsem. 


Cactus 

Eryng. 

Lachnan. 

Phytol. 

Doryphor. 


— Smarting. 

Eup.purp.  Galium.    Senecio. 
— too  Profuse. 

Apoc.and.Asclep.sy.Baptisia 
Cactus       Carb.acidCodeine 
Caulophy.Chimaph.  Cimicif. 
Collin.       CotyledonErigeron 
Eup.perf.  Eup.purp.  Gnaph. 
Galium.     Gelsem.     Helonias 
Iris  Lithium    Myrica. 

Mitchella  Nit.  uran  Plantago 
Podophy.  Polygon.  Rumex 
Sang.can.  Sarrac.       Senecio. 
Veratrum 
— too  Scanty. 

Apoc.and.Asclep.sy.Benz.  am. 
Can.  ind.  Chimaph.  Cyan. mer. 
Cornus      Collin.       Eryngium 
Erechth.    Eup.perf.Eup.purp. 
Hamame.  Hedeomalberis 
Lobelia      Lycopus.  Leptand. 
Mitchella  Menisp.    Polygon. 
Podoph     Rhus.  g.    Scutell. 
Senecio 

—  Urging — (Ineffectual.) 
Hedeoma  Mygale     Pulsatilla. 

—  Watery. 

Apoc.ca(.^)Cimicif.    Eup.pu.(.'') 
Gelsem.     Lobelia     Sang.can. 

—  White. 

Eryng.       Eup.perf.  Eup.purp. 
Mitchella  Myrica.    Phytol. 

—  Yellow  or  Straw  colored. 
Apoc.can.  Cactus      Cauloph. 
GymnoclaMyrica.     Polygon. 
Pulsatilla 

UREMIA— 
Asclep.sy. Apoc.can  Eup.purp. 
Gelsem.     Mitchella. 

URINARY   DIFFICULTIES, 
.^scul.  h.  Apocy.  c.  Asclep.sy. 
Arum.        Cactus      Can.  ind. 
Carb.sulp.  Collin.       Chimaph. 
Cauloph,  Corydalis  Cimicif. 
Erigeron  Eup.purp.Erechth. 
Galium.     Gelsem.     Gnaph. 
Hydrast.   Hamame.Helonias  . 


CLINICAL    REPERTORY. 


537 


Lithium    Polygon    Pulsatilla^ 

URETHRITIS— 
Cauloph.   Chimaph.  Cup.  ars. 
Erigeron  Erechth.    Galium. 
Gelsem.     Gnaph.      Hamame 
HydrastisHelonias 
Hedeoma  Podophy. 
Trillium. 

URTICARIA— 
— (See  Eruptions.) 
Chloral.     Gelsem.(.?)Pulsatilla. 
TriosteumRumex(.'') 
Urtica 

UTERINE 
— Diseases. 

Aletris.      Asclep.incAsclep.sy. 
Asclep.tuCaulophyl  Cimicifu. 
CypripedEup.purp.  Galium. 
Gossip      Hedeoma  Hamamel 
Helonias  Iris  Mitchella 

PodophylPulsatilla  Senecio 
Trillium   Xanthox 
— Congestions. 

Asclep.incAsclep.sy.iEscul.hip 
-^scul.  g.  Aletris      Cactus 
Caulophy.Cimicif.     Collin. 
Eup.purp.Gossip.      Hamame. 
Helonias  ^Hedeoma  Mitchella 
Podophy.  Sang.  can. 
Veratrum 
— Cancer. 

Ars.  iod.    CunduranGalium. 
Hydrast.   Phytol. 

— HcemorrJiage. 

(See  also  Mtnorrhagia.) 
Aletris     ^Asarum.   Apoc.can. 
Erechth.    Erigeron  Gossip. 
Hamame.  Lobelia     Myrica. 
Senecio     Trillium. 

VULVITIS— 
Coca. 

VARIOLOID— 
— (Sec  Variola.) 
Cimicif.     Hydrast.  Sarrac. 
Veratrum. 


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VAGINITIS— 

Hedeoma.  Hamamelis. 
VARICOCELE— 
Collin.       Hamamelis. 
Pulsatilla 

VARICOSES— 
Collin. (.'')  Hamame. 

VARIOLA— 
Baptisia    Cauloph.  Cimicif. 
Carb.  acidDioscoreaHydrast, 
Sarrac.      Veratrum. 

VERMINOUS    AFFECTIONS. 

—  (See '  Worms.) 

VERTIGO— 
Abies.       ^scul.gla.iEscul.hip 
Alianth.    Aletris      Ars.  iod. 
Baptisia    Brom.pot.  Cactus 
Cauloph.  Cal.  bean  Can.  ind. 
Carb.  acidCarb.sulp.Carduus 
Canch.       Chelid.      Cup.  ars. 
Cyan.mer.Datura 
Erechth.  Eryngium 
Euphorbi.Iberis         Helonias 
Lobelia     Nit.  uran  Ptelea 
Sang.  can.Sumbul 
Veratrum. 

VICARIOUS  Menstruation. 
Baptisia.    Cimicif    Collinso. 
Hamatnel  Mitchella 
Pulsatilla(.?) 

VOMITING, 
^scul.  h.  tEscuIu  g.  Alianthus 
Asclep.t.  Apoc.and.  Asarum. 
Brom.pot.Cactus       Carb.sulp. 
Card.marChelid.        Cimicifu. 
Codeine    Chlor.hyd.Cornus  f 
Cornus  c.Cup.arsen.  Collinson. 
Cauloph.  Erigeron     Gelsemin 
Hamam  Hedeoma,  Helonias 
Iris  ver.  Lobelia        Nitr.uran. 
Ptelea      Phyt.  dec.   Plantago 
PulsatillaPodoph.      Sang.can. 
Santon.    Triosteum  Urtica 
Veratrum 


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CLINICAL   REPERTORY. 


— of  Pregnancy. 

Aletris      Brom.pot.  Carb.acid. 

Card.mar.Cauloph.    Cornus. 

Cimicif.    Dioscorea  Euphorb. 

Gelsem.    Gossipi.      Helonias 

Iris  versi.Oxa.cer. 

Senecio 

WHITLOW. 
(See  Paronchia.) 
Bellis        Phytolacca  decan. 

WARTS. 
Asclep.s[.'']GeraniumPhytolac. 
Rhus  glab 

WOUNDS. 
CoUinso    Erigeron  Geranium 


Phytolac.  Rhus  glab 
Trillium 

WORMS. 
Asclcp  sy 

Ars.  iod.    Apoc  can. 
Asclep.tu.Chelone 
Euphorb.  Gelsem. 
Gnapha.    Helonias 
Podophyl.Santonine 
Sumbul 

WRY-NECK. 

.^scul.  glabra 
Lachnanthes. 
Phytolacca  decandra. 


INDEX    OF  REMEDIES. 

rASE 

Abies  canadensis,  Hemlock  Spruce.  Pinus  Canadensis         17 
ACALYPHA  INDICA,  Indian  Acaiypha,  Cupame?ta,         .  17 

Msc\JL\3S  Gi^K^KA,  Ohio  Buckeye,  .  .  .18 

^SCULUS    HIPPOCASTANUM,    Buckeye,    Castanea   equina, 

Horse  chestnut,  Pavina.  ....  19 

Agave  Americana,  American  Aloe,  American  agave, 

Agave  ramosa,  Maguey,  ...  23 

Ailanthus  GLANDULOSA,  Chinese  sumach,  Tree  of  Hcaven,2l 
Aletris  FARINOSA,  Ague-root,  Ague-grass,  Aletris  alba. 
Aloe-root,    Blazing    star.  Bitter-grass,    Black-root,  Colic 
Root,  Devil's-bit,  Mealy   Starwort,  Star-grass,  Starvvort, 
Unicorn-root.  (False).  ....  27 

Alnus  rubra,  Ta^  alder,         .  .  .  .  28 

Ampelopsis  QUINQEFOLIA,  American  Ivy,  Five-leaved  Ivy, 

Virginia  creeper,  Woody  Climber,  .  .  28 

Anatherum  MURICATUM,  Andropogon  muricatus,Andro^- 
ogon  squarrosus,  Agrostis  verticellata,  Cuscus,  Vetiveria 
odorata,  Vetivert,         .....  29 

Apocynum  i^^T)\<0?,Em\Y01A\]M,  American  Ipecac,  Catch-Jly,Z9 
Dog'sbane,  Bitter  Dogsbane,   Bitter-root,  Honey  bloom, 
Fly-trap,  Milkweed,  ....  39 

Apocynum  cannabinum,  {Apocynin,)  Indian  hemp,  40 

Arctium  lappa,  Arctium  bardana, Burdock,  Cuckold,  Clot 

Bur,  Lappa  major,  Persollata,  ...  43 

Arum  triphyllum,  Ariscema  atrorubens,  Dragon-root, 
Dragon,  turnip,  Indian  turnip,  Pepper  turnip,Three-leaved 
arum,  Jack-in-the-pulpit,  ...  43 

Aralia  RA.CEUOSA,  American  spikenard,  Spikenard,     43,  471 
Arsenici  lODiBUM,  Iodide  of  Arsenic,  •  .  45 

ASARUM  canadense,  Asarum  Carolinianum,  Broad-leaf 
Asarabacca,  Canada  Snake-root,  Colt's  foot,  Heart  Snake 
root,  Indian  ginger.  Wild  ginger,  .  .  48 

ASCLEPIAS  incarnata,  Asclepias    pulchra.  Flesh-colored 

Asclepias,  Swamp  milk-weed.  Silk-weed,  .  48 

ASCLEPIAS  TUBEROSA,  Butterfly  Weed,  Canada  root,  Flax 
root.  Orange  Swallow-root,  Orange  apocynum.  Pleurisy 
root,  Silk-weed'  Tuberous-rooted  Swallow-root,  Wind 
root,  White-root,  Wind-weed,  ...  49 

Asclepias  SYRIKCPl, Asclepias  pubescens,  Asclepias  apocy- 
num, Asclepias  obovata,  Asclepias  tomentosa.  Common 
Silk-weed,  Milk-weed,  .  .  .  52 

Atropine,  Belladonin,         ....  54 

Badiaga,  Iresh-water  Sponge,  ...  60 

Balsam  PERUVIANUM,  Balsam  of  Peru,  Myroxylon  Peru- 
iferum,  Balsamum  Indicana,  ...  64 


540  INDEX  TO   REMEDIES. 

PAOB. 

Baptisia    TINCTORIA,    Farbe    Baptisia,     Broom,     Clover 
broom,  Horse-fly  weed,  Indigo-weed,  Indigo  broom,  Indi- 
gofera.    Rattle-bush,    Podalyria    tinctoria.    Wild    Indigo, 
Yellow  Indigo,  American  Indigo,  Yellow  broom,  66 

Barosma  CRENATA,  Buchu,   Bucku,   Agathosma   crenata, 
Diosma  crenata,  .  .  .  .  .  70 

Bellis   perennis,  Bellis   minor,   Bellis  hortensis.  Bruise- 
wort,  Common  daisy,  Day's-eye,  Symphytum  minnicum,    71 
Benzoate  of  ammonia,  Ammonia  benzoas,  .  72 

Bromide  of  Iron,  Ferri  bromidum,         .  .  -72 

Bromide  of  Ammonia,  Ammonice  Bromidum        .  73 

Bromide  of  Lithium,  Lithii  Bromidum,  .  75 

Bromide  of  Potassium,  PotassH  Bromidum,  .         76 

BUFO,  Rana  Bufo,  Bufo  Sahylensis  (aqua),  Brazilian  Toad,  90 
Cactus  GRANDIFLORUS,  Night-Blooming  Ccrcus,         .  90 

Calabar  Bean,  Physostigma  venenosum,  Ordeal  Nut,  94,  474 
Canchalagua,  CJiironia  chilensis,  Gentiana  cachenlahuen, 

Gentiana  Peruviana.  Erythraea  chilensis,  .  97 

Cannabis  Indica,  Bangue,   Bang,  Indian   Hemp,  Hasch- 

isch,    Subjee,  Cannab.  in.  Haschischini,  .  .  98 

Carbolic  acid,  Acidum  carbolicum,  Aciduni  phenicum,     105 
Carburetum    SULPHURIS.    Alcohol    sidphnris,    Carbonis 

sulphuretum.  Carburet  of  sulphur  .  .  113 

Carduus  MA.^IM, Blessed  Thistle,  Carduus  lacteus,  Cirsium 
maculatum,  Common  milk  thistle,  Carthamus  macula- 
tus,  Ladies'  thistle.  Spina  alba,  Silybum  marianum,  122 

Castana  VESCA,   Castanea   vulgaris.    Common   Chestnut, 

Fagus  castanea,  Glans  Jovis,  Jupiter's  acorn,  Lopima.      124 
Caulophyllum  THALICTROIDES,  Blue-berry  Cohosh,  Blue 
Cohosh,   Blueberry,  Blue  ginseng,  Papoose  root,  Squaw 
root,  Yellow  ginseng,  Leontice  thalactroides,  .  124 

Ceanothus  AmeriCaNUS,  Celastrus,  Ceanothus  Trincrvis, 

New  Jersey  tea,  Red  root  .  .  .  127 

Cerasus  VIRGINIANA,  Cerasus  scrotina,  Choke  cherry.  Wild 
cherry  (red)  .  .  .  .  .  128 

Chelidonium  MAJUS,    CJielidonium  li<Bmatodcs,   Common 
Celandine,  Great  Celandine.Papaver  Corniculatum,Papa- 
ver  luteum,  Tetterwort,  .  .  .  .129 

Chelone  glabra,  Balmony,   Common  snakehead.   Shell- 
flower,  Turtle-head,  Turtle-bloom,  .  .  145 
CiMIClFUGA  ^KC¥M.O?>K,  Actcea  racemosa,  Actaea  cimicifuga, 
Botrophis  serpentaria,  Black    snake-root,  Black  Cohosh, 
Macrotys  racemosa,  Richweed,   Rattleweed,  Serpentaria 
nigra,  Squaw-root.     [Active  principle,  Macrotin  or  Cimi- 
cifugin.]             .             .             .             .             .             .146 

Chimaphila  umbellata,  Chimaphila  corimbosa.  Ground 
Holly,  Pyrola  umbellata,  Pipsissewa,  Prince's  pine,  Rheu- 
matism-weed, Wintergreen,  ,  ,  .  153 


INDEX    TO   REMEDIES.  54 1 

PAOK. 

CiSTUS  CK^h.V)YM?,\?>,Helia7ithemuni,  Frostwort,  Frostweed, 

Frost-plant,  Rockrose,  .  .154 

Q.OZK,Cocaine(  KJioko, )Y.xy\hxoy.y\ovi.  coca,Tea  of  the  Andes,!  57 
Codeine,  Codeinmn,  Paperverinum,  .  -153 

Qwi^O^Ki.  YiYV)^K'^Y.,( Hydrate  of  Chloral,)  .  165 

COLLINSONIA  CANADENSIS,  ColHusonia  deciissata,   Horse- 
weed,     Horse-balm,     Heal-all,    Knot-root,    Knot-wood, 
Knobweed,  Richlcaf,  Richweed,  Stone-root,  Ox  Balm,     171 
COMOCLADIA   DENTATA,  Gnao,  .  .  1 73 

CORNUS  FLORIDA,    Box-tree,    Box-wood,    Dogwood,   Dog- 
tree,  Bitter  Redberry,  Florida  Dogwood,  Large-flowered 
Cornel,Male  great-flowered  Dogwood, Virginian  Dogwood  i  "jd 
Corn  US    CIRCINATA,     Comus    tormentosa,    Round-leaved 

Cornel,  Round-leaved  Dogwood,  Green  Osier,         .  176 

Corydalis  FORMOSA,  Squirrel  Corn,  Turkey  Corn,  Wild 
Turkey  Pea,  Stagger-weed,  Choice  Dialetra,  Dicentra, 
Dicentra  Canadensis,  (Gray,)  .  .  .  179 

Qo'i^iOlA^^,  Oily  principle  of  Petroleum,  .  180 

Cotyledon  x^wsaiaqx^'^,  Cotyledon  uvibilicus  veneris.  Navel- 
wort,  Venus'  navelwort,  .  .  .  .181 
Cundurangu,  Condor-plant,             .             .             .  189 
CUPRI  ARSENITUM,  Arsenite  of  Copper,  Scheele's  Green,      189 
Cyanide  of  Potassium,  Cyanuret  of  Potassium,  Hydro- 

cyanatc  of  potassa,  .  .  .  .  192 

Cyanuret  of  mercury,  Hydrargyri cyanuretum,  H.  cyan- 
idum,  H.  borussias,  H.  bicyanidum,  Prussias  hydrargyri, 
Prussiate  of  mercury,  .  .  .  .194 

Cypripedium  pubescens,  American  Valerian,  Bleeding 
Heart,  Cypripedium  luteum,  C.  calculus,  C.  flavcscens, 
C  parviflorum.  Moccasin  flower,  M.  plant,  Male  nervine, 
Noah's  ark,  Yellow  umbil.  Yellow  Lady's-sHpper,  196 

Datura  arborea,  Bougmancia  Candida,  .  .197 

DIOSCOREA  VILLOSA,  Colic  root.  Wild  Yam  root,  198 

Doryphora  ten  linea.  Colorado  Potato-Bug,         .  214 

Epig^a    REPENS,   Ground    Laurel,    Gravel    plant,    May- 
flower, Trailing  Arbutus,  .  .  .  216 
Erechthitis  hieracip'OLIA,  Fire-weed,  Senecio  hieracifo.216 
Erigeron  CANADENSE,    Butter-weed,  Canada   Flea-bane, 

Horse-weed,  Pride-weed,  (Fire-weed.)  .  .         218 

Eucalyptus  globulus.  Blue  Gum-Tree,  .  221 

EUGNYMUS  ATROPUPUREUS,  Burning  bush,  Indian   arrow 

wood.  Spindle  tree,  Wahoo,  .  .  .  222 

Eupatorium  aromaticum,  Hempweed,  White  Snake-root,222 
Eupatorium  perfoliatum,   Ague-weed,    Boneset,  Cross- 
wort,  Eupatorium  connatum,  Feverwort,  Indian  sage,  Joe 
pye,  Thoroughwort,   Teazel,  Thorough-wax,    Thorough- 
stem,  Vegetable  antimony,  Sweating  plant,  .  223 


542  INDEX   TO   REMEDIES. 

EUPATORIUM  PURPUREUM,  Gravelroot.  Joe  pye  weed, 
Mohawk  Teazel,  Purple-streaked    Eupatorium,  Trumpet 
weed.  Queen  of  the  Meadow,  .  .  .  226 

Euphorbia  corollata,  Apple  root,  Bowmans  root,  Emetic 
root,    Hippo,   Ipecac,  Indian    physic,    Milkweed,    Large 
Flowering  Spurge,Milk  Purslain,Purge-root,Snake's  milk,229 
Eryngium  aquaticum,  Eryngium    Yuccaifolium,   Button 

Snake-root,  Water  Eryngo,  .  .  .  230 

Equisetum   hyemale,  Sco2irmg  Rush,  .  .        232 

Formica,  homiic  acid,  Myrmex,  The  poison  of  ants,  232 

Galium  aparine,  Aparine  Jiispida,  Aspharine,  Asperula, 
Ampelocarpus,  Cleaver,  Cleaver's  bees,  Clider,  Cliver, 
Gooseshare,  Galium  infestum,  Hayriff,  Lappa,  Philan- 
thropus,  Omphalocaspus,  Robin-run-the-hedge,  235 

Gelseminum  SEMPERVIRENS,  Bignonia  semptrvirens,  Gel- 

seminum  nitidum.  Yellow  Jessamine,  .  .         235 

Geranium  maculatum.   Cranes  bill,   Spotted  Geranium, 

Wild  Cranesbill,  Crowfoot,  Alum-root,  .  243 

Gnaphalium  polycephalum,  Catfost,  Everlasting,  Sweet 

scented  life-everlasting,  .  .  .        244 

GosSYPiUM  herbaceum,  Bombax,  Cotton-root,  245 

Gymnocladus  CANADENSlS,^^;/<^//f<?,Cofifee-tree,  Kentucky 

Coffee-bean  tree,  Nickar  tree,  Mahogany,  .  248 

Guaco,  Eupatorium  Guaco,  Mikania,.  Huaco.  .  250 

GuARAEA   TRICHLOIDES,  j5«//   J^i?t?<^,        .  .  .         253 

Hamamelts  VIRGINICA,  Hamamelis  Macrophylla,  Snap- 
ping Hazel  Nut,  Witch  Hazel,  Winter  Bloom,  Winter 
Witch  Hazel,  .....  257 

Hedeoma     PULEGIOIDES,    Cunila    Pulegioides,    Melissa, 

Pennyroyal,  Stinking  Balm,   Squaw   Mint,    Tick  Weed,  260 
Helonias  T>iOlCA,ChamcBlerinm  Luteunt,\] mcorn  Root, 26 1,478 
Hepatica  triloba.  Anemone  Hepatica,  Hepatica  Ameri- 
cana, Herba  Trinitatis,  Plepaticus  flos.  Liverwort,  Liver- 
weed,  Noble  Liverwort,  Trefoil,  .  .  .     264 

Hydrastis  canadensis,  Canadian  Hydrastis,   Eyebalm, 
Ground  Raspberry,  Golden  Seal,  Hydrophyllum  Verum, 
Indian  Paint,  Orange  Root,   Warneria  Canadensis,  Yel- 
low Root,  Yellow  Puccoon,  Yellow  Paint,  .  264 
Hypophosphate  of  lime,  Calcis  Hypopliosphis,  Calcarea 

Hypophosphorica,  Hypophosphas  Calcariae,  .         269 

Hypophosphite    of    potash.     Potasses      Hypophosphis, 

Potassa  Hypophosphorica,  .  .  .  272 

Iberis  amara,  Bitter  Candy-tuft,  .  .  .        273 

Iodide   of   lead,    PliLmbum    lodatum,  Plumbi  lodidum, 

Plumbi   loduretum,  .  .  .  277 

Iris  versicolor.  Blue  Flag,  Iris  hexagona,         .  .     278 

Juglans  CINEREA,  Butternut,  Oilnut,  White  Walnut,  282 

Lachnanthes  tinctoria,  Dilatris  Tinctoria,  Red  Root,  284 


INDEX    TO    REMEDIES.  543 

PASK. 

Leptandra  VIRGINICA,  Pcederota    Virginica,  Black-root, 

Culver's  Physic,  Veronica  Virginica,  .  288 

\A\A\iM.'Y\Q'^T^\i^,  Tiger-spotted  Lily,         .  .  291 

Lithium     carbonicum,    Cardonate    of   Ltt/iia,     Lithiae 
Carbonas,  ....  303 

Lobelia  Cerulea,  Blue  Lobelia,  Blue  Cardinal  Flower, 

Lobelia  Reflexa,  L.  Syphilitica,  Ranunculus  Virginiana,  308 
Lobelia   inflata.    Asthma     Weed,   Eycbright,    Emetic 

Weed  Indian  Tobacco,  Puke  Weed,  Wild  Tobacco,  312 

Lycopus  VIRGINICUS,  Bugle  Weed,  Gypsy  Weed,  Lycopus 
Uniflorus,  Lycopus  Pumila.  Pauls  Betony,  Water  Bugle, 
Water  Horehound,  .  .  .  316,  493 

Menispermum    CANADENSE,    Menispermum   Angulatiim, 

Sarsaparilla,  Yellow  Parilla,  .  .  .  318 

MiTCHELLA  REPENS,  Partridge  Berry,  .  320 

MONOBROMIDE  OF  CAMPHOR,  Camphora  Monobromidum,     322 
Mygale  lasiodora,  Cuban  Spider,  .  .  323 

Myrica  CERIFERA,  ^^jK-^^^O'.   Candle-berry,  Myrtle,  Wax 
Myrtle,  Sweet  Gale,  .  .  .  .  325 

Myrtus  communis,  Myrtus  Communis  Ltalica,  Myrsine, 

Myrrhine,  Myrtle,  .  .  ,  -331 

Nabalus  SERPENTARIA,    Prenanthes   Serpentaria,  Rattle 

Snake  Root,  N.  Albus,  White  Lettuce,  .  332 

Naja   tripudians.   Cobra  Capello.  Hooded  Snake,  Spec- 
tacled Snake,  .  .  .  .  333 

Nitrate  OF  URANIUM,  C/ir<3;«M  j?WVr«j,  .        335 

Nuphar  LUTEA,  Nymphoea  Lutea,  N.  Major   Lutea,  Yel- 
'     low  Water  Lily,  .  .       ,      .  .  .       340 

OENOTHERA  BIENNIS,  CBfwthera  MolHsima,  CE.  Muricata, 
CE.   Gauroides,    Cureall,    Evening    Primrose,    Primrose 
Tree,  Onagra,  Scabish,  .  .  .  .341 

Oil  OF  sandalwood,  .  .  .  .  341 

Origanum  vulgare,  Cuftila  Bubula,  Common  Marjorum, 

Majorana  Mancurana,  Wild  Marjorum,  .  .      342 

Oxalate  of  Cerium,  ....  343 

Paullinia  sorbilis,  Guarana,  Peruvian  Tea,  .  345 

Phosphide  of  zinc,  ....  345 

Phytolacca  decandra,   Solanum  Racemosum,    Cancer- 
root,    Coakum,   Garget,  Jalap   cancer-root,    Phytolacca 
vulgaris.  Poke-weed,  Poke,  Pigeon-berry,  Skoke,  Ameri- 
can night-shade,  ....  347 

Plantago  major,   Plantago   Vulgaris,  Great  Plantain,  P.  Latifolia, 

Way-bread,  .  .  '  .  .  352 

Podophyllum    peltatum,  Anapodophyllum  Canadense,  May-apple, 
Mandrake,  (Podophyllin,)  .  .  .  .  363 

Polygonum  punctatum.  Polygonum  Hydropiperoides,  Smart-weed, 
Water-pepper,  ....  ...      369 

POLYPORUS  officinalis,  Agaricus  Albus,  A.   Laricis,   Boletus   L., 
B.jpurgans,  B.  Officinalis,  Fungus  Laricis,  .  .  37a 


544  INDEX   TO   REMEDIES. 


POLYPORUS  PINICOLA,  Pine  Agaric,  ...  .      375 

PopULUS  TREMULOIDES,  Atnericau  Aspect,  .  .  375 

Ptelea     trifoliata,    Hop    Tree,    Shrubby    Trefoil,   Swamp    Dog- 
wood, Stinking  Ash,  S.  Prairie-bush,  Wing-seed,  Wafer  Ash,  377 
Pulsatilla  Nuttalliana,  American  Pulsatilla,  Anemone  Ludovi- 
ciana,            .......                     389 

Rhus  GLABRUM,  Cojnmon  Sumach,  ....  394 

Rhus  venenata,  Poison  Sumach,  ....  394 

ROBINIA  PSEUDO  ACACIA,  Black  Locust,   False  Acacia,  Locust  Tree, 
Pseudo  Acacia  Odorata,  .....  397 

RUMEX  CRISPUS,  Yellow  Dock,  ....  398 

Sanguinaria  canadensis,    Blood-root,    Blood-wort,    Indian  Paint, 
Red  Puccoon,  Red-root  Turmeric,  ....  402 

Santonins,  Cinin,  (from  Artemisia  Santonica,CanniHerba,Chamsece- 

drus,  Xantolina,  Absinthium  Santonicum,  Worm-seed,)  .  410 

Sarracenia  PURPUREA,  Huntsman's  Cup,  Indian's  Cup,Pitcher  plant, 416 
Scutellaria  lateriflora,  Blue  Pimpernel,   Hood-wort,  Madweed, 
Mad-dog  skull-cap,  Skull-cap,  .  .  .  .  -417 

Sempervivum  tectorum,  Agriqsinara,  Barba  Jovis,  Cyphel,  Buph- 
thalmus,  Fews,   Jupiter's    I3eard,    House  Leek,    Seugreen,  Semper- 
vivum majus,  .  .  .  .  .  .  .418 

Senecio   aureus,    Senecio     Gracilis,    Life-root,    Squaw-root,_  Wild 
Valerian,  Golden  Rag- weed,  .  .  .  .  .419 

SiLPHlUM  LACINIATUM,  Compass plant,  Polar  Plant,  Rosin-weed,         423 
Sticta  pulmonaria,  Hazelraw,  Hazel crottles,  Lichen  Pulmonarius, 

L.  Arborum,  Pulmonaria  Arborea,  Oak  Lungs,  Lung- wort,  423 

Stillingia  SYLVATICA,  Cockup-hat,  Marcory,  Queens-root,  6.  Delight, 
Yaw-root,  .......  425 

Strychnia  ET  v^kv.\  cn^xs.  Citrate  of  Iron  atid  Strychnine,        .     430 
Sulphate  of  nickel,  Niccoli  Sulphas  .  .  431 

SUMBUL,  Jatamansi,  Musk-root,         .  .  .  .  432 

Tarantula,  yir««<rff  Tarantula,  A  species  of  Spider,  Lycosa  Taran- 
tula, .  .  .....  .438 

Thlaspi  bursa  pastor  is.  Bursa  Pastoris,  Coco-wort,  Poor  Man's 

Parmacity,  St.  James's  wort,*  Shepherds  Purse,  .  439 

Theridion  cuRASSAVtcuM,  A  Species  of  West  Indian  Spider,  439 

Trifolium  pratense,  Red  Clover,  .  .  .        445 

Trillium   pendulum,    Bethroot,   Coughroot,    Ground   Lily,    Indian 

Balm,   Indian  Shamrock,  Paris-wort,  Tme-love,  Rattlesnake-root, 

White  Beth-root,  .....       447 

TrioSTEUM    perfoliatum,   Triosteum  majus  Fever-root,  Fever-wort, 
Gentian,    Horse   Gentian,    Sweet    Bitter,    Tinkei-'s-weed,   Triosteo- 
spermum.  Bastard  Ipecac,  Wild  Coffee,  White  Ginseng,  W.  Gentian,448 
Urtica  Urens,  Div.rf  Nettle,  Stinging  Nettle,  Urtica  Minor,  449 

Ustilago  madis,  Smut  Corn,  .  .  .  452 

Valerianate  of  zinc,  Zinci  Valerianas,  Zincum  Valerianicum,  455 

Veratrum  viride,  A merica?i  Hellebore,  Bear-weed,  Devil-bit,  Earth- 
gall,  Itch-weed,  Indian  Poke,  Indian  Uncas,  Swamp  Hellebore, 
Tickle-weed,  Poke-weed,  Wolf-bane,  Puppet-root,  .  457 

Veronica  baccabunga,  Brook  Lime,  .  .  .      463 

Viburnum  opulus,  High  Cranberry,        .  .  .  '    464 

Viburnum  prunifolium.  Black  Haw,  Sloe  Leaved  Viburnum,  Sloe,  464 
Verbena  haSTata,  Verbena  Paniculata,  Simpler's  joy.  Blue  Vervain,  465 
Xanthoxylum  fraxineum,    Xanthoxylum  Americanum,    Pellitory, 
Shrubby  Prickly  Ash,  Toothache  Bush,  Toothache  Tree,  Suterberry, 
Prickly  Ash,  X.  Ramiflorum,  X.  Tricarpum  .  .  465 

ZiziA  AUREA,  Golden  Alexander,  .  .  ,  468 


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